Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - October 2013

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First Lt. Robert T. Cottingim of the 1487th Transportation Company is greeted by Family and friends as he dismounts a bus before the unit's welcome home ceremony on Oct. 4, 2013, at Piqua High School in Piqua, Ohio.

First Lt. Robert T. Cottingim of the 1487th Transportation Company is greeted by Family and friends as he dismounts a bus before the unit's welcome home ceremony on Oct. 4, 2013, at Piqua High School in Piqua, Ohio. About 160 Soldiers were returning from a yearlong deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom where they responsible for planning, synchronizing and executing tactical supply, sustainment and transportation operations throughout Regional Command South in Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG
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Ohio National Guard members meet Ohio State University football players after a practice

Ohio National Guard members meet Ohio State University football players after a practice on Oct. 9, 2013. The periodic military appreciation events, which include a tour of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and attendance at an afternoon practice, are part of an ongoing military outreach effort by OSU.

Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG
Army Ten-Miler on Oct. 20, 2013, in Washington, D.C.

CUTLINE: Gen. Frank J. Grass (in yellow shirt), chief, National Guard Bureau, stands for a photo with Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (to the right of Grass), Ohio adjutant general, and the Ohio National Guard contingent of runners who participated in the Army Ten-Miler on Oct. 20, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Now in its 29th year, the Army Ten-Miler is the second largest 10-mile race in the United States, with 35,000 registrants.

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Staff Sgts. Joshua Nelson (from bottom left) and Desiree Layne of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Master Sgt. Jacob Kandel of the Recruiting and Retention Battalion assist Rocky Boots with fitting more than 400 homeless veterans with new boots Oct. 22, 2013, during the Central Ohio Homeless Veterans Stand Down at the Franklin County Veterans Memorial in Columbus, Ohio. For nearly 20 years, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and other governmental and community organizations have hosted the collaborative event offering services to homeless veterans such as a hot meal, haircuts, clothing, health screenings, benefits counseling and referrals for housing, legal issues, employment and substance abuse treatment.

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Members of the Ohio Air National Guard's 220th Engineering Installation Squadron returned home from their overseas deployment

Members of the Ohio Air National Guard's 220th Engineering Installation Squadron returned home from their overseas deployment on Oct. 23, 2013, to Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. Based in Zanesville, Ohio, the 220th EIS has a mission to engineer and install long-term communications such as voice/data networks, ground-to-air communications and meteorological/navigational systems in and around airfields worldwide, and has deployed multiple times in support of the Global War on Terrorism.

Senior Master Sgt. Kim Frey, ONG
180th Fighter Wing fly their F-16 Fighting Falcons in tandem

Pilots from the 180th Fighter Wing fly their F-16 Fighting Falcons in tandem during a training mission. The 180th, based out of Toledo, Ohio, supports U.S. and allied missions worldwide in support of overseas contingency operations, as well as the Aerospace Control Alert mission within the United States, providing personnel and aircraft prepared to respond quickly to any domestic airborne threats.

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