April 2020 Gallery
Photo by by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker, 180th Fighter Wing
From relying on food to delivering it: Ohio National Guard Soldier shares story of becoming U.S. citizen
Spc. Jacque Elama, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s HHC 1-148th Infantry Regiment – 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides assistance to the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, April 1, 2020. Nearly 400 Ohio National Guard members were activated to provide humanitarian missions in support of COVID-19 relief efforts, continuing The Ohio National Guard’s long history of supporting humanitarian efforts throughout Ohio and the nation.
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Shane Hughes, 178th Wing
Serving Compassion: Ohio National Guard Support Critical to Local Food Banks, Communities
Sgt. John LaCount, an intelligence analyst assigned to the 107th Cavalry, pre-stages bags of food to distribute to the community at the Freestore Food Bank in Cincinnati, Ohio April 2, 2020. LaCount is one of more than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard supporting humanitarian relief efforts across Ohio.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Amber Mullen, 178th Wing
Ohio National Guard’s Joint Engineer Assessment Teams evaluating potential alternate medical care facilities
Staff Sgt. David Show, an HVAC craftsman with the Ohio National Guard's 200th RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers) Squadron and currently assigned to the Northwest Joint Engineer Assessment Team, surveys the boiler room at Upper Sandusky High School April 4, 2020, in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. Guard members conducted a site survey at the high school to determine whether it is suitable for potential use as an alternate medical facility, if COVID-19 cases increase beyond what existing hospitals in the state can manage.
Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker, 180th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
Time at home means time to help: Haskins resident makes masks to help frontline workers during COVID-19 pandemic
Lifelong Northwest Ohio resident Kelly Hale found a way to give back to her community and began making cloth masks in her small hometown of Haskins, Ohio, when Gov. Mike DeWine issued the order to stay at home March 22, 2020, in a statewide effort to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The efforts of Hale and her small army of friends and neighbors have produced hundreds of masks, allowing them to outfit area doctors and nurses, the Haskins police and fire departments, and members of the Ohio National Guard who are on state active duty supporting packaging and distribution operations at the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank.
Courtesy photo
Community giving comes full circle with Easter baskets for those in need
A group of Soldiers from the Ohio National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment — currently on state active duty supporting operations at the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati during the COVID-19 pandemic — helps deliver meals and Easter baskets to the Friars Club, a nonprofit social service organization, to be provided to children and families of the Greater Cincinnati community. Just last year, community businesses and organizations helped sponsor the unit’s holiday brunch buffet, as well as an egg hunt and Easter baskets for children of unit members.
Photo by Senior Airman Christi Richter, 121st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
Ohio National Guard COVID-19 lab operators: On the front lines from behind the scenes
Ohio Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Ross Miller, a member of the 52nd Civil Support Team, stands for a photo April 13, 2020, outside the Ohio Department of Health Public Health Laboratory (ODHL) in Reynoldsburg, Ohio. Personnel with the Ohio National Guard’s 52nd CST specializing in medical laboratory analysis are assisting the ODHL with processing more than 250 samples a day, helping expedite turnaround times to deliver results back to medical facilities.
Pfc. Skyler Chrisman, Company F, 237th Support Battalion
Guard members find Southeast Ohioans have always been #InThisTogether
Ohio National Guard Pfc. Jayden Rutter (left) and Devin Berry, a laborer at the Southeast Ohio Foodbank, work on food orders April 10, 2020, in Logan, Ohio. Berry, who has been a laborer at the food bank for the past five years, has been working since late March with Rutter and other Soldiers of the 237th Support Battalion, who have been helping with the food bank’s packaging and distribution operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photos courtesy of FCI Elkton
Ohio National Guard on front lines during COVID-19 pandemic: Soldiers, Airmen provide medical assistance at federal prison
Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Robert Shaffer (from left), noncommissioned officer in charge; Ohio Army National Guard Maj. Jessica Taylor, officer in charge; Shaun Faulkner, associate warden, Federal Correctional Institution Elkton; and Mark Williams, warden, FCI Elkton, stand outside the federal prison in Columbiana County holding an "#In This Together Ohio" banner, April 13, 2020. Taylor and Shaffer were among the approximately 40 Ohio National Guard members who helped support the prison with medical services and equipment for 20 days during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo by by Senior Master Sgt. Beth Holliker, 180th Fighter Wing
Connecting a Community from the Front Steps: Ohio Airman uses photography to raise spirits and donations for COVID-19 relief
Staff Sgt. Nathan Rumbaugh, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing, takes a photo of the Baker family, from Waterville, Ohio, as part of the Toledo Front Steps Project. The Toledo Front Steps Project was founded by Rumbaugh, in partnership with the Unted Way of Greater Toledo, in an effort to connect and engage families and small businesses throughout the Northwest Ohio community, while also supporting Northwest Ohioans in need as the COVID-19 pandemic strains access to food and other necessary supplies.
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood, 179th Airlift Wing
Ohio National Guard provides temporary housing for state corrections facilities
Ohio National Guard members support the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in response to confirmed COVID-19 cases at the Pickaway Correctional Institution, Orient, Ohio. 20 Airmen of the 200th RED HORSE Squadron, Camp Perry, Ohio, work with 10 soldiers from the 16th Engineer Brigade, to stand up the Disaster Relief Bed-down Sets, Apr. 18, 2020. The DRBS will help to provide additional sanitized living quarters, showers and latrines for inmates to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19
Photo by Tech. Sgt. Joe Harwood, 179th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
National Guard's ‘Military Child of the Year’ comes from 179th Airlift Wing Family
Kristina Lee, daughter of Col. Andrew Lee, commander of the 179th Airlift Wing Medical Group in Mansfield, Ohio, was recently announced as the 2020 Military Child of the Year® Award recipient representing the National Guard. It is the third time in four years that the child of an Ohio National Guard member has won the national honor.
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Photo by 1st Lt. Caroline Pirchner , Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Self-taught seamstress uses talents to sew masks for Ohio National Guard members, other front-line heroes
Julie Hernandez creates masks for distribution to Ohio National Guard members and health care personnel working during the COVID-19 pandemic, April 21, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. Hernandez, who has experience in creating and refurbishing clothing for the entertainment industry, has volunteered her time and money to make more than 300 masks in three weeks to support those who are serving on the front lines.