October 2019 Gallery
Photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Wade, 179th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
National Red Ribbon Month: Airman helps combat opioid epidemic
Staff Sgt. Carolyn Kinzel, C-130 Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 164th Airlift Squadron in Mansfield, Ohio, works full-time as an analyst for the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, supporting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Cleveland office. With a degree in geospatial sciences, Kinzel recently used her skills to create a map to determine optimal locations in the Cleveland area to place fentanyl test stripe stations, potentially saving thousands of lives from accidental fentanyl overdoses.
Photo by Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Soldiers of 1-148th Infantry Regiment tackle combat during annual training
Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment trained to maintain their combat readiness over a two-week period this summer at Camp Atterbury Joint Training Center near Edinburgh, Indiana. This training served to greatly enhance the cohesion and battle readiness of the participating companies, growing them into an even more lethal fighting force.
Photo by 1st Lt. Andrew Layton, 110th Wing Public Affairs
National Fire Prevention Week is Oct. 6-12
Firefighters from the 180th Fighter Wing run fire protection drills as part of a coalition fire department team during the Northern Strike 19 training exercise this summer at Alpena Combat Readiness Training Center, Mich. Challenging training enables Air National Guard firefighters to protect military installations and aircraft from the threat of fires and other incidents, but also makes them ready to assist civilian fire departments with medical and fire emergency support through mutual aid agreements at no cost to the local communities.
Photo by Airman 1st Class Alexis Wade, 179th Wing Public Affairs
Be safe online: October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Senior Master Sgt. Nick Wirwille, superintendent of the cyber systems operations shop with the 179th Airlift Wing Communications Squadron, works on a computer Oct. 6, 2019, at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio. Cyber systems operations specialists design, install and support systems to ensure they operate properly and remain secure from outside intrusion. “If you aren’t following proper cybersecurity, (it) can wreck your life,” Wirwille said. “It is the most important thing in the world right now to be aware of.”
Photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Simones, 178th Wing Public Affairs
178th Wing Airmen participate in CBRNE training
Airmen with the 178th Wing participate in chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) defense training Oct. 6, 2019, at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield, Ohio. CBRNE training prepares Airmen for a variety of unique threats and contributes to enhanced readiness. Maintaining individually assigned equipment is essential for Ohio National Guard Airmen and Soldiers to be “Always ready, Always there.”
Photo by Staff Sgt. Megan Shepherd, 179th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
National Red Ribbon Month:
Airman helps fight war on drugs
Tech. Sgt. Michael Hilliard, an operations intelligence specialist at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, works as an analyst for the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, supporting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Cleveland office and the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office Crime Strategies Unit. “We have ways to help our community and citizens of the state beyond our one weekend a month and two weeks in the summer,” Hilliard said. “It’s not always about deploying somewhere else or hurricane and emergency response. This is an additional way that we can help the community.”
Photo by Senior Airman Gwendalyn Smith, 179th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
National Red Ribbon Month: Airmen partner with DEA to battle opioid epidemic
Senior Airman Michael Early, an operations intelligence analyst at the 179th Airlift Wing in Mansfield, Ohio, also works as an analyst for the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, supporting the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Cleveland office. Early has served in the Ohio Air National Guard for 3 1/2 years and uses what he has learned throughout his military career to propel him forward in his new job. “The Air National Guard has provided me with the specific training needed to do this type of analysis and do this type of work,” he said. “I think this job is super rewarding and something you can directly see the impact that we do as analysts on the counterdrug program.”
Photo by Senior Airman Christi A. Richter, 121st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
Ohio ANG wings work together during aerial refueling
A formation of six F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio flies behind a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing in Columbus, Ohio during a mid-air refueling mission, Oct. 10, 2019. The aerial refueling capabilities of the KC-135 help to contribute to the total Air Force mission of global reach and keep aircraft like the F-16s in the fight.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chad Menegay, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Ohio Army National Guard aviation unit to deploy
Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jeffrey Brinley, a C-26 pilot for Detachment 2, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 641st Aviation Regiment, says goodbye to Chief Warrant Officer 2 Zachary Hook, a medevac pilot for Detachment 2, Company C, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment (General Support Aviation Battalion), after Hook’s deployment ceremony Oct. 17, 2019, at the MAPS Air Museum in North Canton, Ohio. Company C is a medevac support unit that is deploying to the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) region, located in Southwest Asia. The detachment was organized in the Ohio Army National Guard in 2016, and this is its first mobilization.
Sgt. Joanna Bradshaw, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Camp Perry honored for historic preservation efforts
The Ohio National Guard received a Preservation Merit Award Oct. 19, 2019, from the Ohio History Connection for historic renovations to the Hough Auditorium at Camp Perry Joint Training Center in Port Clinton, Ohio. A $1.6 million federally-funded renovation project completed last year upgraded the interior of the 81-year-old theatre, including new seating, restrooms and lighting.
Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker, 180th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Airman first to compete in OHARNG Combatives Tournamenth
Staff Sgt. Christopher Kervick, a cyber security specialist assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing in Swanton, Ohio, became the first Ohio Air National Guard competitor in the six-year history of the Ohio Army National Guard Combatives Tournament when he participated in this year’s event. Kervick, who practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu and brought home a silver medal in the middleweight division, encourages more Airmen to compete in future tournaments: “If you’re a wrestler or a jiu-jitsu person, it’s an absolute ideal weekend — representing your wing, getting to hit people and getting paid to do it!”
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, Ohio Army National Guard Historian
New, nontraditional Army signal company activated
A new Ohio Army National Guard network operations unit was established during an activation ceremony Oct. 20, 2019, at the 216th Engineer Battalion’s headquarters, located at the Woodlawn Training and Community Center in Cincinnati. The new unit will provide a multitude of cable, wire and fiber optic systems installation and maintenance capabilities.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Chad Menegay, Ohio National Guard
IBCT commander, promoted to colonel
Col. Matthew S. Woodruff, commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, buttons his Army Service Uniform coat to display his new rank with the help of his fiancée as part of a promotion ceremony Oct. 21, 2019, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Woodruff encouraged everyone in the audience who came to show their support to get after it. “If you’re getting after it, then we’re all better,” Woodruff said. “If you have to get after getting after it, if you’ve got to do anything like that, that will make us all a better organization.”
Ohio National Guard photo
Celebrating Red Ribbon Week Oct. 23-31
Members of the Ohio National Guard senior leadership team hold their red ribbons in support of National Red Ribbon Week, which emphasizes advocating for and living a healthy, drug-free lifestyle year-round. Pictured are (from left): Command Sgt. Maj. Dwight S. Chambliss, Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major; Col. Daniel Shank, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army; Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general; and Brig. Gen. James R. Camp, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air.
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Lt. Gov. Husted takes part in military appreciation night at area high school
Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted (center) and his daughter Kylie hold up an Ohio Army National Guard camouflage jersey that they received from OHARNG Recruiting and Retention Battalion personnel as part of military appreciation night festivities Oct. 25, 2019, at Hilliard Davidson High School in Hilliard, Ohio. Throughout the 2019 high school football season, select teams from around Ohio have worn the special jerseys during the 10-week regular season to honor the military. Husted also had the opportunity to give the players a pregame speech and perform the coin toss.
Photo by Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Tone set for training year during 2020 Army Leaders Conference
Command Sgt. Maj. Sheldon Chambliss, Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, addresses attendees of the 2020 Army Leaders Conference Oct. 26, 2019, at the Defense Supply Center Columbus, in Columbus Ohio. Having assumed responsibility as state command sergeant major at the end of September, it was one of the first opportunities for Chambliss to present his leadership philosophy and key Soldier issues to command teams across the OHARNG force.
Ohio National Guard photo
National Red Ribbon Month:
Airmen provide critical support through work on CDTF
Several members of the 179th Airlift Wing work full-time for the Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force, which provides support to law enforcement agencies and community-based organizations in order to enhance their efforts to counter the drug threat and anticipate, deter and defeat the threat of illegal substances, trafficking and violence in Ohio.