Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - July 2014

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Romanian and Croatian soldiers, outfitted in riot gear, prepare to go through the evaluation lane for non-lethal systems training.

Romanian and Croatian soldiers, outfitted in riot gear, prepare to go through the evaluation lane for non-lethal systems training on July 1, 2014, during Platinum Wolf 14, a multinational peacekeeping exercise held at South Base near Bujanovac, Serbia. Platinum Wolf 14 focused on developing non-lethal systems capabilities and infantry skills specific to civil disturbance control and peace keeping operations.

Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, ONG
Sgt. John D. Connors of the 122nd Army Band plays the trombone

Sgt. John D. Connors of the 122nd Army Band plays the trombone during a recent event. The Ohio National Guard's band is in the midst of its annual summer tour of the state through Sunday, July 6. To view the schedule, click on the 122nd ARMY BAND banner in the lower right column on this page.

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The Ohio National Guard wishes everyone a Happy Fourth of July!

The Ohio National Guard wishes everyone a Happy Fourth of July! Special thanks to our current and former Soldiers and Airmen, who have helped Americans to enjoy 238 years of freedom. Be safe, have fun and enjoy time
with your Family and friends during the holiday weekend.

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On Saturday, July 5, during the 2014 Mansfield Lahm Airport Day, the 179th Airlift Wing will dedicate one of its C-130H Hercules aircraft

On Saturday, July 5, during the 2014 Mansfield Lahm Airport Day, the 179th Airlift Wing will dedicate one of its C-130H Hercules aircraft to the city of Mansfield. The aircraft dedication ceremony for "Spirit of Mansfield" will begin at 9 a.m. near the Subway restaurant at the airport.

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Gary Anderson, director emeritus of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, fires the ceremonial first shot of the 2014 National Rifle and Pistol Matches.

Gary Anderson, director emeritus of the Civilian Marksmanship Program, fires the ceremonial first shot of the 2014 National Rifle and Pistol Matches July 7, 2014, at Camp Perry Joint Training Center near Port Clinton, Ohio. Hosted jointly each year by the National Rifle Association, Civilian Marksmanship Program and the Ohio National Guard, the five-week event brings more than 6,000 national and international civilian and military competitors, volunteers, spectators, vendors and family members to Camp Perry each summer.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG
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Command Sgt. Major Christopher Glauner (left) receives the 73rd Troop Command Talon Award from Col. Glenn S. Gmitter, commander of the 73rd Troop Command.

Command Sgt. Major Christopher Glauner (left) receives the 73rd Troop Command Talon Award from Col. Glenn S. Gmitter, commander of the 73rd Troop Command, July 12, 2014, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. Glauner received the award in recognition for his work with the Ohio National Guard's Homeland Response Force and as the 73rd Troop Command's command sergeant major, and retired in July after more than 29 years of service in the Army.

Sgt. Brian Johnson, ONG
Command Sgt. Maj. William A. Workley (left) accepts the ceremonial sword of responsibility from Col. Glenn S. Gmitter, commander of the 73rd Troop Command.

Command Sgt. Maj. William A. Workley (left) accepts the ceremonial sword of responsibility from Col. Glenn S. Gmitter, commander of the 73rd Troop Command, July 12, 2014, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. Workley, the most senior enlisted Soldier in a brigade of more than 2,000 Soldiers, replaced Command Sgt. Major Christopher Glauner, who retired in July after more than 29 years of service in the Army.

Sgt. Brian Johnson, ONG
Airman 1st Class Joseph Nenadich, 121st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron, flushes his face with water after being sprayed with pepper spray.

Airman 1st Class Joseph Nenadich, 121st Air Refueling Wing Security Forces Squadron, flushes his face with water after being sprayed with oleoresin capsicum, or pepper spray, during training on July 12, 2014, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. In order for security forces members to be authorized to carry the less-than-lethal weapon, members must be sprayed with an active OC agent so they know how to function properly after exposure, including retaining their firearms during an aggressor's attack.

Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens, ONG
Lt. Col. Darren Hamilton of the 164th Airlift Squadron works to start a fire.

Lt. Col. Darren Hamilton of the 164th Airlift Squadron works to start a fire during ground survival training July 12, 2014, in Butler, Ohio. Aircrew members, operators of the C-130H Hercules aircraft based at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, are required to maintain proficiency in survival tactics and procedures on both land and water.

Tech. Sgt. Joseph Harwood, ONG

Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger M. Jones, the Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, talks with Soldiers of the 1487th Transportation Company, out of Piqua, Ohio, July 13, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. Jones was at Camp Ravenna to observe training being conducted by units of the 112th Transportation Battalion, as well as those in the 216th Engineer Battalion, during their two weeks of annual training.

Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay, ONG
Spc. Eric Neilson, a surveyor with the 290th Engineer Detachment and a Cambridge, Ohio, native, calibrates a level.

Spc. Eric Neilson, a surveyor with the 290th Engineer Detachment and a Cambridge, Ohio, native, calibrates a level July 13, 2014, during annual training at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. The survey detachment is working with other Ohio Army National Guard engineer units to improve the infrastructure and facilities at Camp Ravenna.

Staff Sgt. Michael Carden, ONG
Soldiers from the 1194th Engineering Company dig a drainage ditch

Soldiers from the 1194th Engineering Company dig a drainage ditch on July 13, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. The Soldiers were prepping the site for pouring of a concrete pad near the grenade range, to finish off a project they began during last year's annual training.

Staff Sgt. Joy Hingston, ONG

Sgt. Thomas Rigo, a technical engineer with the 204th Engineer Detachment, out of Columbus, Ohio, drives a wooden stake into the ground to lay down a foundation for a project during annual training on July 13, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. Several Ohio Army National Guard units are currently conducting their two-week annual
training period at Camp Ravenna.

Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay, ONG
Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, visits with Soldiers of the 112th Transportation Battalion.

Maj. Gen. Deborah Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, visits with Soldiers of the 112th Transportation Battalion July 14, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. Ashenhurst
was at Camp Ravenna to observe training being conducted by units of the 112th, as well as those in the 216th Engineer Battalion, during their two weeks of annual training.

Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay, ONG
Sgt. Ken Arner, a truck driver with the 1485th Transportation Company, located in Dover, Ohio, readies to man the gunner position in the Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer.

Sgt. Ken Arner, a truck driver with the 1485th Transportation Company, located in Dover, Ohio, readies to man the gunner position in the Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer July 14, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military
Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. Companies of the 112th Transportation Battalion are currently conducting their two-week annual training period at Camp Ravenna.

Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay, ONG
Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger M. Jones, the Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, talks with Soldiers of the 1487th Transportation Company, out of Piqua, Ohio.

Spc. Ashley Ricciardi, an instructor at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio, runs a Virtual Convoy Operations Trainer simulation on July 14, 2014. Several Ohio Army National Guard units are currently conducting their two-week annual training period at Camp Ravenna, and many Soldiers have had the opportunity to hone their driving skills using the VCOT.

Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay, ONG
Staff Sgt. Kris Slabaugh (right), logistics noncommissioned officer with the 684th Medical Company (Area Support), and an Akron, Ohio, native, secures a tent pole while setting up for a field exercise.

Staff Sgt. Kris Slabaugh (right), logistics noncommissioned officer with the 684th Medical Company (Area Support), and an Akron, Ohio, native, secures a tent pole while setting up for a field exercise July 15, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. Several units in the 371st Sustainment Brigade are currently conducting their two-week annual training period at Camp Ravenna.

Staff Sgt. Chad Menegay, ONG
Soldiers and Airmen with the Ohio National Guard Homeland Response Force participated in the Vibrant Response exercise.

Soldiers and Airmen with the Ohio National Guard Homeland Response Force participated in the Vibrant Response exercise this July at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind. The disaster preparedness exercise brought together more than 5,500 military and civilian personnel from around the country to train for response to a terrorist attack, and gave participants the opportunity to practice inter-agency cooperation. The Ohio HRF is a joint service team of more than 500 Army and Air National Guard members who are trained to assist and support civil authorities in the event of a major catastrophic event.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG

Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general (center), presents certificates of appreciation to Richard Lewis, executive director, and Rob Delane, deputy executive director, of the Ohio School Boards Association.

Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general (center), presents certificates of appreciation to Richard Lewis, executive director, and Rob Delane, deputy executive director, of the Ohio School Boards Association, at the organization's July board of trustees meeting. The OSBA has worked to promote awareness about the needs of military service members' children over the last several years.

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Sgt. Kourtney Shubert, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief with Company B, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment and a Sunbury, Ohio, resident, prepares before takeoff during a recent mission.

Sgt. Kourtney Shubert, a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crew chief with Company B, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment and a Sunbury, Ohio, resident, prepares before takeoff during a recent mission. Stationed at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio, the Soldiers of the battalion just recently completed their two-week annual training period.

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Chief Master Sgt. Ron Anderson (second from left), command chief master sergeant of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern), and Chief Master Sgt. Tracy Troxel (left), 180th Fighter Wing command chief, talk with 180th Security Forces members Senior Airman Bradley Szeremeta (third from left) and Senior Airman Tara Zuber.

Chief Master Sgt. Ron Anderson (second from left), command chief master sergeant of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern), and Chief Master Sgt. Tracy Troxel (left), 180th Fighter Wing command chief, talk with 180th Security Forces members Senior Airman Bradley Szeremeta (third from left) and Senior Airman Tara Zuber on July 16, 2014, in Swanton, Ohio. Anderson was visiting the 180th Fighter Wing, one of 10 Air National Guard units aligned under NORAD and 1st Air Force in support of Operation Noble Eagle and the nation's homeland defense.

Staff Sgt. Amber Williams, ONG
Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (center), Ohio adjutant general, meets with Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on July 17, 2014, who earlier in the year had participated in the 2014 Cyber Shield exercise at the National Guard Professional Education Center in North Little Rock, Ark.

Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (center), Ohio adjutant general, meets with Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen on July 17, 2014, who earlier in the year had participated in the 2014 Cyber Shield exercise at the National Guard Professional Education Center in North Little Rock, Ark. Cyber Shield is designed to sharpen the skills of the 54 National Guard Computer Network Defense Teams nationwide, in the areas of threat detection and response to cyber attacks.

Staff. Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG
Spc. Wesley Cheung, a health care specialist with the 684th Medical Company.

Spc. Wesley Cheung, a health care specialist with the 684th Medical Company
(Area Support) and a Winchester, Va., native, inserts an intravenous catheter into a simulated casualty during a mass casualty exercise July 18, 2014, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. Several units in the 371st sustainment Brigade are currently conducting their two-week annual training period at Camp Ravenna.

Staff Sgt. Michael Carden, ONG
Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, surveys the landscape below while strapped on to the back ramp of an Ohio Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter.

Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, surveys the landscape below, July 19, 2014, while strapped on to the back ramp of an Ohio Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopter. Harris and other senior leaders were travelling to Atterbury-Muscatatuck, Ind., to observe training during the multi-state, multi-agency Vibrant Response exercise.

Sgt. Michael Wirick, ONG
Maj. Gen. Leslie C. Smith (right), commanding general of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., talks with Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jameson Rausch

Maj. Gen. Leslie C. Smith (right), commanding general of Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., talks with Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Jameson Rausch, a member of the search and extraction element of the Ohio National Guard's Homeland Response Force and a Commercial Point, Ohio, resident, July 24, 2014, at Camp Atterbury, Ind. Smith was visiting Soldiers and Airmen who were participating in Vibrant Response, an annual multi-service, multi-agency disaster training exercise, since many of the Soldiers participating in the exercise were trained as engineers and in decontamination, both skills taught at Fort Leonard Wood.

Sgt. Brian Johnson, ONG
A Soldier with the Ohio Army National Guard’s 811th Engineer Company (Sapper) works to move one of his comrades with a simulated injury to safety.

A Soldier with the Ohio Army National Guard’s 811th Engineer Company (Sapper) works to move one of his comrades with a simulated injury to safety, July 24, 2014, at Camp Atterbury, Ind. As part of their two-week annual training, the Soldiers of the 811th were evaluated on tasks comprising their METL (Mission Essential Task List), an assessment that helps determine the unit’s readiness and availability for any missions that the Army may call upon them for in the future.

Sgt. Brian Johnson, ONG
The Ohio National Guard was organized as the Northwest Territory Militia. Happy 226th birthday Ohio National Guard! On this day in Ohio National Guard history, July 25, 1788 the Ohio National Guard was organized as the Northwest Territory Militia. Happy 226th birthday Ohio National Guard!
Soldiers and Airmen at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio prepare to enjoy some cake to celebrate the Ohio National Guard's 226th birthday.

Soldiers and Airmen at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio prepare to enjoy some cake to celebrate the Ohio National Guard's 226th birthday.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG
Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, is presented with a gift from Gen. Ljubiša Diković, chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff.

Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (left), Ohio adjutant general, is presented with a gift from Gen. Ljubiša Diković, chief of the Serbian Armed Forces General Staff, July 23, 2014, in Belgrade, Serbia. Ashenhurst joined Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, and U.S. Ambassador to Serbia Michael Kirby for meetings to discuss the State Partnership Program relationship between the Ohio National Guard and Serbia.

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Staff Sgt. Jonathon Cockrell, an Ohio Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion noncommissioned officer, leads a ";mountain climber" exercise.

Staff Sgt. Jonathon Cockrell, an Ohio Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion noncommissioned officer, leads a "mountain climber" exercise July 23, 2014, during a boot camp held in the Worthington Kilbourne High School gym for members of the school's football team. Recruiters have conducted several camps this summer for high school and college sports teams, providing an opportunity for outreach within the communities they serve.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG
A team of Soldiers from the 812th Engineer Company (Sapper) pulls a Humvee during the 812th Outlaw Team Building Challenge.

A team of Soldiers from the 812th Engineer Company (Sapper) pulls a Humvee during the 812th Outlaw Team Building Challenge on July, 27, 2014, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind. The event was designed to test the physical and mental conditioning of the unit's Soldiers through tasks common to missions of Sappers, the Army's combat engineers.

Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, ONG
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World War II veteran Donald Garver receives the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally meritorious wartime service from Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air.

World War II veteran Donald Garver receives the Bronze Star Medal for exceptionally meritorious wartime service from Maj. Gen. Mark E. Bartman, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, on July 27, 2014, at the Williams County Veterans Memorial Building in Bryan, Ohio. The Ohio National Guard helped recognize 62 World War II veterans or their next of kin by presenting Bronze Stars at the ceremony.

Maj. Nicole Ashcroft, ONG
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Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, host a Clergy Orientation Flight.

Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (third from left), Ohio adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (second from left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, host a Clergy Orientation Flight on July 31, 2014, to educate clergy about the missions and members of the Ohio National Guard and to learn about the tangible needs of troops and their Families. They are pictured here with their pastors, Robert Abrams (left) from Resurrection Evangelist Lutheran Church and Les Bowling from Eagle Rock Church.

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