June 2021 Gallery
Photo by Spc. Jessica Silhavy, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Memorial Tournament returns with Military Appreciation Day 2021
Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general, speaks to attendees at a military appreciation brunch June 2, 2021, at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio. During Military Appreciation Day at the Memorial Tournament, service members from all branches were honored during the brunch and had the opportunity to meet PGA legend Jack Nicklaus, founder of the Memorial Tournament, which ran June 3-6 this year.
Photo by Ben Kindel, Ohio Secretary of State’s Office
Secretary of State names Guard member ‘Defender of Democracy’
Ohio Army National Guard Capt. Michael Walter (center), of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, was presented the Defender of Democracy Award by Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose (right) during a ceremony June 8, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio, with Ohio Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Steve Stivers (left) in attendance. The award honored Walter for going above and beyond to make sure Soldiers in his unit were able to cast their ballots in elections while they were deployed overseas.
Photo courtesy of Ohio National Guard Heritage Center
37th IBCT’s historic
past at Fort Polk
The 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, currently conducting a Joint Readiness Training Center rotation at Fort Polk, La., previously trained extensively at the post in 1952, when the brigade’s ancestor, the 37th Infantry Division, was ordered into federal service and sent to then-Camp Polk, The division spent two years there in preparation for the Korean War, however did not forward deploy as a unit but nearly every Buckeye Division Soldier rotated to Korea as individual replacements. When the Ohio Guard members rotated, the division shifted its focus to being a training division and provided initial and advance training for new Soldiers and those rotating home from Korea. In this 1952 photo, the 37th ID Honor Guard greets Gen. Mark Clark, Army Field Forces chief, in front of the division headquarters at Camp Polk.
Photo by Ensign Lajos Szabó, Hungarian Defence Forces
Ohio adjutant general conducts capstone visit with partner Hungary
Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (left), Ohio adjutant general, meets with Hungarian Minister of Defence Tibor Benkő June 10, 2021, in Budapest, Hungary. The meeting was part of Harris’ annual capstone visit to Hungary, with this year marking the 28th anniversary of the State Partnership Program pairing of the Hungarian Defence Forces and the Ohio National Guard. During the visit, Harris also met with Maj. Gen. Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, the newly appointed Hungarian army commander, and was a presenter at the inaugural International Hinterland Scientific Conference at the Stefánia Palace Cultural Center.
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Graphic by U.S. Army/Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Happy Birthday, U.S. Army!
“This past year has been a profoundly challenging time for all of us — Soldiers, Airmen and civilians. Yet, just as the minute men did during the Revolutionary War, we have risen to the challenge and served from the start and with heart, whether it is serving our fellow citizens here in Ohio during this unprecedented time or contributing to our national defense at various locations around the world. I am honored to serve with you. Join me today in celebrating and wishing a happy birthday to the U.S. Army!” Maj. Gen. John C. Harris, Jr., Ohio adjutant general, presents his Army birthday message.
Photo by Sgt. Maj. John Frank, Ohio Army National Guard
Ohio National Guard honors 246th Army birthday during ceremony
Command Sgt. Maj. William Workley (left), Ohio National Guard senior enlisted leader, and Spc. Jessica Silhavy, a public affairs mass communications specialist, cut the cake during a ceremony to celebrate the 246th Army birthday, June 14, 2021, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. In a long-standing Army tradition, the youngest and oldest attendees at the event made the first cut of the cake with a ceremonial sword.
Photo by Capt. Jordyn Craft, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Maintaining mission readiness: Taking a pause to discuss extremism
Maj. Gen. James R. Camp, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, talks with a group of Airmen assigned to Headquarters, Ohio Air National Guard during an interactive extremism stand-down day April 11, 2021, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. The Department of Defense-mandated training focused on what brings members of the military together, reinforced the shared values represented by the oath of service, and identified the spectrum of behaviors and reporting procedures for extremism, whether on or off duty.
Photo by Spc. Grace Jacobs, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
37th IBCT’s historic
past at Fort Polk
Soldiers with the Ohio Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team create new cover and concealment for their M777 howitzer June 16, 2021, at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La. This monthlong rotation at JRTC trained multiple National Guard states, to include Ohio, along with a contingent from the Hungarian Defence Forces, on conducting large-scale combat operations on the battlefield.
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Brick by Brick: Father, Soldier builds family and career
For Staff Sgt. George Davis, a public affairs noncommissioned officer currently deployed overseas with the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, the biggest obstacle he faces is balancing his military commitments with spending quality time with family — wife Stacy, a sixth-grade math teacher, and son Park. In the midst of all of life’s demands, Davis unintentionally learned that he and his son both have a passion for Legos, and have amassed more than 100,000 pieces over several projects and developed an even stronger father-son bond.
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Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, Ohio National Guard Historian
122nd Army Band prepares for summer tour of Ohio
The saxophone section of the 122nd Army Band conducts a rehearsal and soundcheck June 23, 2021, at their facility on Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. The band was preparing for its “Sea to Shining Sea” summer tour, scheduled for stops in multiple Ohio communities as part of the unit’s annual training.
Photo by Capt. Jayme Aksterowicz, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
37th IBCT conducts change of command during monthlong training at JRTC
Col. Matthew Woodruff (from left), outgoing 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Moore II, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, and Col. Michael Flaherty, incoming 37th IBCT commander, arrive for the 37th IBCT change of command ceremony June 25, 2021, at Fort Polk, La. The ceremony was conducted near the end of a monthlong training rotation for the 37th IBCT at Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Center, which trains BCTs to conduct large-scale combat operations on the battlefield.
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Photo by Capt. Jason Nelson, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade
1-137th Aviation Regiment: Soldiers reflect on overseas deployment
Spc. Anthony Cogossi and Spc. Asa Naayers, with 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, sling load a simulated piece of military equipment to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during an exercise in November 2020, at an airfield in the 28th ECAB’s area of operations in the Middle East. The 1-137th, based in Columbus, Ohio, returned recently from a yearlong deployment in support of U.S. Central Command.
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Photo by Spc. Jessica Silhavy, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Ohio Air National Guard wings work together: KC-135 refuels F-16s
Airman 1st Class Tristen Miller, a boom operator with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, closes the over-wing hatch of a KC-135 Stratotanker June 29, 2021, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. Multiple aircraft, including an F-16 from the 180th Fighter Wing with Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general, aboard, were refueled mid-air during the training flight.
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Photo by 1st Lt. David C. Spisak, Ohio Military Reserve Public Affair
Ohio Military Reserve concludes mission processing ODJFS unemployment claims
Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general, speaks to members of the Ohio Military Reserve during a demobilization ceremony June 30, 2021, in Columbus, Ohio. Gov. Mike DeWine placed about 50 members of the OHMR on state active duty for three months to assist the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services with more than 300,000 pandemic unemployment claims.