Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - January 2012

Photo Gallery

Comprised of more than 550 Soldiers and Airmen from units throughout Ohio, HRF personnel are trained to provide critical needs in an emergency including command and contol, security, search and extraction, decontamination, medical triage, aviation, communications, transportation and maintenance.

The HRF can respond within six to 12 hours and is equipped to deploy via ground or air transportation to incident sites.

The Ohio National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) provides timely, life-saving capabilities within the first 48 hours of a chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or high-yield explosive (CBRNE) emergency.

180th

Four members of the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing, based in Toledo, Ohio, form the "O-H-I-O" popular among Ohio State University football fans, while stationed at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq, in November 2011. Pictured are: 1st Lt. Joseph Basynski (from left), Senior Airman Erik Dickerson, Staff Sgt. Brendon Blair and Senior Master Sgt. David Martin. The 180th FW deployed to support the departure of U.S. military personnel from Iraq.

(Ohio National Guard photo)

 
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brady Price (left), property book officer for Headquarters, 155th Chemical Battalion, looks over the shoulder of Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Lyles, Army National Guard senior warrant officer adviser at the Ordnance Corps and School in Fort Lee, Va.

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Brady Price (left), property book officer for Headquarters, 155th Chemical Battalion, looks over the shoulder of Chief Warrant Officer 4 William Lyles, Army National Guard senior warrant officer adviser at the Ordnance Corps and School in Fort Lee, Va., as he inspects Headquarters, 155th Chemical Battalion supply records. The unit earned an on-site evaluation as a semifinalist for the Army Award for Maintenance Excellence Jan. 17, 2012, at the unit armory in Kettering, Ohio. The Department of the Army evaluation team visits only units that are judged the best of the best after annual state, regional and National Guard Bureau competitions.

(Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge)

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From left, U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Thomas Capel, the International Security Assistance Force command sergeant major, Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Grinston, the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team command sergeant major, Sgt. Maj. Christopher Lynch, the 170th IBCT operations sergeant major, and Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger Jones, the 37th IBCT command sergeant major, walk to address ISAF service members at Freedom Chapel here Jan. 25, 2012. Soldiers with 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are heading home to Baumholder, Germany after a yearlong deployment to northern Afghanistan.

(U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Klutts, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat
Team)

Soldiers of 1st Platoon, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stand for a photo at their duty location in Afghanistan. Task Force Roc is in charge of security missions for NATO Training Mission Afghanistan.

(Photo courtesy of Task Force Roc Public Affairs)