Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - October 2011 |
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Members of the 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment's Task Force Tecumseh pose for a photo while training in October 2011 at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. A contingent of Soldiers from the 2-174th ADA are currently deployed to the Washington, D.C., area to support the National Capital Region-Integrated Air Defense System mission, and are scheduled to return to Ohio sometime in September. (Ohio National Guard photo) |
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Maj. Brett Graham (back row, fifth from left) of Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stands with students of Mohawk High School, located in Sycamore, Ohio, after a call to duty ceremony Oct. 16, 2011, at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial in Columbus. Graham is a teacher at Mohawk and helped start Operation Buckeye Guard, a program where more than 350 Ohio high school football teams are showing their support for units of the 37th IBCT during the 2011 season by wearing helmet decals featuring the historic "Buckeye" Brigade patch and American flag. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge) |
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Ohio Air National Guard Master Sgt. Dan Bell (right), from West Salem and a member of the 179th Airlift Wing, finishes the Columbus Half Marathon Oct. 16, 2011 with his wife, Andrea Bell, in 2 hours, 7 minutes, 54 seconds. The couple trained together leading up to the race, which was the longest Dan had ever run. Ohio National Guard members from around the state donned team jerseys with a minuteman logo and participated in the annual race as runners, while many more served in various support roles. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge) |
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Former Kent State University students and current Ohio Army National Guard members 1st Lt. Joseph Pistilli (standing, from left), Spc. Kristen Brown, Spc. Richard Gilliam and Sgt. Daniel Westover — along with Lt. Col. Joseph Paydock (seated), former Kent State ROTC professor of military science — reminisce Oct. 24, 2011, while looking at photos of former classmate, Ohio National Guard Soldier and friend, 1st Lt. Ashley White, 24, who was killed by an improvised explosive device two days earlier, while serving in Kandahar, Afghanistan, attached to the 75th Ranger Regiment (Airborne). The Soldiers are all members of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, training at Camp Shelby Joint Military Training Center, Miss., for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sean Mathis) |
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Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre stands with Soldiers of the Ohio Army National Guard's Company D, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Roc, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based in Sandusky, Ohio, after giving a motivational talk Oct. 25, 2011, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss. Favre visited the Soldiers prior to their deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Ohio National Guard photo by Capt. Anthony Chenault) |
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A C-27J Spartan cargo aircraft, from the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, flies above the runway Oct. 17, 2011, at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The C-27J gives U.S. military troops a unique, short takeoff and landing capability, providing access to airstrips otherwise unreachable by fixed-wing aircraft. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Joe Harwood) |
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Capt. John Carter (right), a trainer/mentor with the 188th Infantry Brigade, checks over the course plotted on an unmanned aerial vehicle by Spc. Greg Morris (center) and Spc. Eric Perini, Soldiers with the Ohio Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Battalion, Oct. 20, 2011, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss. The 1-134th is part of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, which has been training at Camp Shelby in preparation for a scheduled deployment to Afghanistan. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Wiley) |
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Duke Wheeler has created a military themed corn maze at The Butterfly House in Whitehouse, Ohio. The maze, which spans 26 acres, shows aspects of the Ohio Air National Guard's 180th Fighter Wing, located near Toledo, Ohio, with the Stinger Bee mascot and F-16 fighter jet. Also depicted is an armored vehicle representing the Army, and a Marine saluting with a sword; at the bottom of the maze is a message reading "Thanks to our Troops." The maze took a total of 12 hours to cut, and has seven miles of trails spread out between four separate mazes. (Ohio National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. George Wolfe)
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Spc. Aaron S. Carmine, an infantryman assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and a Carrollton, Ohio, native, is retracted from harm by a Talon Generation IV robot during training Oct. 29, 2011, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss. The Explosive Ordnance Disposal engineer asset will be used by the 37th IBCT's infantry line units during their upcoming deployment to Afghanistan. (Ohio National Guard photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb) |
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Soldiers of the Personal Security Detachment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, mount an M2 .50-caliber machine gun before conducting night fire drills during training Oct. 31, 2011, at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss. The 37th IBCT is preparing for deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Ohio National Guard photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb) |
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Airmen of the 123rd Air Control Squadron exit the University of Cincinnati Blue Ash's Muntz Hall, following the unit's Oct. 31, 2011, call to duty ceremony. Upon completion of mobilization training, nearly 90 Airmen will deploy to Qatar in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. (Ohio National Guard photo Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik) |