Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery- July 2011 |
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Col. James E. Perry Jr., commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, serves as grand marshal of the Red, White and Boom parade July 1, 2011, in Columbus, Ohio. The 37th is preparing for an upcoming mobilization to Afghanistan later this year. (Courtesy photo by Heidi Kresge) |
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Ohio Army National Guard Spc. Jason King, of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 112th Engineer Battalion, high-fives his daughter Bella July 8, 2011, at a welcome home ceremony in Lakewood, Ohio, after returning home from a yearlong deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. King and other Soldiers from the 112th, located in Brook Park, Ohio, were part of Task Force Predator, conducting route clearance operations in Afghanistan. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Matt Molinski) |
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An Ohio Army National Guard color guard presents the national and state colors July 9, 2011, during the national anthem before the championship game for the NFL's National 7-on-7 Tournament presented by the National Guard at Cleveland Browns Stadium. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Randall P. Carey) |
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Sgt. Meldon Hamber, of Battery A, 1st Battalion,134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, waits for instructions July 9, 2011, during an equipment inspection at the unit's Marion, Ohio readiness center. The 37th IBCT will deploy to Afghanistan later this year in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Jonathan Johnson) |
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Col. John C. Harris (from left), Ohio's assistant adjutant general for Army; Spc. Michael Schmidt, a broadcast journalist with the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment; Sgt. Julian Verdugo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment; Pvt. Jeffery Whatmough, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Bn., 148th Inf. Regt.; and Command Sgt. Maj. Albert M. Whatmough, command sergeant major of the Ohio Army National Guard, don riding gear July 10, 2011, before their 2-Up rides with Jason Pridmore, a former American Motorcyclist Association champion and member of the Michael Jordan Motorsports team, at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Randall P. Carey) |
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Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels, of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment and a Cincinnati, Ohio, resident, meets U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta July 11, 2011, during a town hall meeting with troops stationed at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq. Pels was also one of six deployed service members, representing each of the military service branches, Panetta called on Independence Day to thank for their service. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. April Davis) |
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Soldiers of Company B, 638th Support Battalion conducted annual training at the unit's home station, the Ohio Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility No. 1, located in North Canton, Ohio. In this photo, Soldiers refuel a mobile generator. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Eric Mutchler) |
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Members of the 178th Medical Group, Springfield, Ohio, practice unloading a medical evacuation patient from a running UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during the domestic operations portion of the 2011 Patriot Exercise July 13 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. During the exercise, the 178th MDG received training from Army personnel on the proper procedures for loading and unloading medical evacuation patients, including 'hot' loading/unloading, which occurs while the helicopters rotors are moving. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Airman Amy N. Adducchio)
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Members of the 178th Medical Group, Springfield, Ohio, participated in the domestic operations portion of the 2011 Patriot Exercise July 13-14 at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis. During the exercise, the 178th MDG provided support for an Expeditionary Medical Support Basic, which is designed to facilitate surgical and primary medical care in a deployed environment. (Ohio National Guard photo by Senior Airman Amy N. Adducchio)
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A civilian media videographer takes footage July 14, 2011, inside a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, during a media orientation event, which also included briefings with senior leaders and static displays. The annual event familiarizes participating media members with the Ohio National Guard's missions and capabilities. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Matt Molinski) |
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Kimberly Dernberger affixes the rank of colonel to the shirt of her husband, John Dernberger, the newly-appointed Ohio National Guard deputy U.S. Property and Fiscal Officer for Ohio, during his July 15, 2011, promotion ceremony at Beightler Armory in Northwest Columbus. (Ohio National Guard photo by 1st Lt. Kimberly Snow) |
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A C27J Spartan takes off July 26, 2011, from the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio. Airmen from the 179th Airlift Wing made Air National Guard history by deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom for the first time with the C-27J, one of the Air Force's newest cargo aircraft. (Ohio Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Lisa Haun) |
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Spc. Lucas Grice (left), a combat engineer and West Jefferson, Ohio, native, and Tech. Sgt. Chris Ice, a medic and Toledo, Ohio, native, both with the Ohio National Guard's Homeland Response Force, aid and evacuate a simulated disaster victim during the unit's external evaluation July 27, 2011, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center, Ind. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Matthew Scotten) |
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Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgts. Paul Browder (from left), Michael Healey and Adrienne Corna graduated from the nine-week U.S. Army Drill Sergeant School earlier this year at Fort Jackson, S.C. The three Soldiers are members of the OHARNG Recruiting and Retention Battalion, and were sent to the school so that they may instruct new enlistees in Ohio's Recruit Sustainment Program (RSP) and increase their chances to succeed at Basic Combat Training (BCT). (Courtesy photo) |
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Soldiers from the 812th Engineer Company, based in Wooster, Ohio, race to begin an event in the unit-sponsored Sapper Stakes Challenge. Units from throughout the Ohio National Guard's 216th Engineer Battalion competed in the Sapper Stakes Challenge during Annual Training 2011 at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, located in northeast Ohio. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Michael Cellars) |