August 2021 Gallery
Photo by Spc. Grace Jacobs, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
37th IBCT, Hungarian Defence Forces conduct bilateral training during JRTC rotation
A 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Soldier (right) welcomes a Hungarian Defence Forces member to the Joint Readiness Training Center June 15, 2021, at Fort Polk, La. A 130-member HDF contingent joined the 37th IBCT during its monthlong training rotation at JRTC, along with units from several other National Guard states, to train on large-scale combat operations on the battlefield.
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Photo by Spc. Jessica Silhavy, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
Guard members, partners recognized for COVID-19 response efforts
Col. Gregg Hesterman (left), commander of the joint task force that has provided oversight of Ohio National Guard COVID-19 support missions, and Maj. Shelley Brackman (right), of the 121st Medical Group, stand for a photo with Ricky Hoover (second from left) of the Ohio Department of Health and Erin Farrell of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Aug. 6, 2021, at the 147th Regiment (Regional Training Institute) on the Defense Supply Center Columbus campus in Columbus, Ohio. Hoover and Farrell were awarded Ohio Commendation Medals for their outstanding partnerships with the Ohio National Guard during missions in support of the state’s COVID-19 response efforts.
Photo by Senior Airman Mikayla Gibbs, 121st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
121st ARW sheet metal technicians work to maintain KC-135s
Staff Sgt. Ethan Waymire, Airman 1st Class Carson Walker and Airman 1st Class Alexander Lupton, sheet metal technicians with the 121st Maintenance Squadron, 121st Air Refueling Wing, replace a panel on a KC-135 Stratotanker Aug. 9, 2021, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base in Columbus, Ohio. The squadron Airmen continuously maintain readiness of the fleet so the wing is able support numerous missions around the world.
Photo by Capt. Jayme Aksterowicz, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
Living the American Dream: Military has provided family, friends, career for South Korean immigrant
Spc. John Owen, a chaplain’s assistant with the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, provides overwatch security during an exercise June 13, 2021, at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, La. Owen was born in South Korea and raised in an orphanage until he was 7, when he was adopted and eventually came to America.
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Photo by Spc. Skyler Sandoz, Nebraska National Guard
Marathon team finishes 2nd at 2021 National Guard Marathon Time Trials; 6 runners named to elite All-Guard Marathon Team
Building on success and momentum that garnered a third-place finish in 2020, the Ohio National Guard Marathon Team earned second at this year’s National Guard Time Trials, with six Ohio runners being named to the elite All-Guard Marathon Team.
Photo by Spc. Jessica Silhavy, Ohio National Guard Public Affairs
204th Engineer Detachment to deploy in support of U.S. Central Command
Soldiers assigned to the 204th Engineer Detachment (Construction Management Team) stand during their call to duty ceremony Aug. 20, 2021, at Genoa Park in downtown Columbus, Ohio. During their yearlong deployment, the Soldiers will provide construction management support to U.S. Central Command.
179th AW selected as preferred location for Air National Guard’s first cyber warfare wing
The Department of the Air Force announced Aug. 25 that it has identified Ohio’s Mansfield-Lahm Air National Guard Base as the preferred location for the first ANG cyber warfare wing in the country. The transformation will support Air Combat Command’s future requirements and result in operational mission changes, including an increase of about 175 Airmen and associated infrastructure support at the base
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ONG Biathlon Team: Do you have what it takes?
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Mark Sundbury (from left), Staff Sgt. Jacob Weemes, Capt. Stephanie Duarte and Master Sgt. Lance Armstrong of the Ohio National Guard Biathlon Team show their O-H-I-O spirit at the start of the patrol race at the Chief, National Guard Bureau Biathlon Championships Feb. 25. 2021, at Camp Ripley, Minn. The 2021 Ohio National Guard Biathlon Team has completed a successful season, highlighted by Duarte being named to the National All-Guard Female Biathlon Team — only the second athlete from the Ohio National Guard to ever qualify for the honor.
Photo by Senior Airman Mikayla Gibbs, 121st Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
121st Airman is Ohio Air National Guard Recruiter of Year
Tech. Sgt. Jordan Hopson of the 121st Air Refueling Wing is the Ohio Air National Guard’s Recruiter of the Year, facilitating 79 enlistments in federal fiscal year 2020, the most in the entire Air National Guard. After being a member of the 121st Security Forces Squadron for the first five years of his career, he decided he wanted to become a recruiter so he could give back to the wing and to the ANG and help others share in some of the experiences and opportunities the Guard has given him, he said.
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Photo by Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
174th ADA Brigade explores
D-Day terrain during staff ride
Members of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 174th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Ohio Army National Guard, display the Ohio burgee during a visit to Gold Beach Aug. 26, 2021, in Normandy, France. The Soldiers walked the beaches and battlefields of the D-Day invasion during a staff ride they conducted while mobilized in support of the U.S Department of Defense’s Atlantic Resolve, a series of bilateral, joint and multinational training events designed to display a strong and unremitting U.S. commitment to NATO and Europe.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, Ohio National Guard historian
Ohio National Guard veterans groups resume combined reunion at Camp Perry
Retired Maj. Gen. James Williams (right) salutes as Staff Sgt. Aaron Garretson, of Company A, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, presents the folded American flag during a retreat ceremony Aug. 28, 2021, on Camp Perry Joint Training Center, near Port Clinton, Ohio. The ceremony was conducted as part of the combined reunion for the 148th Infantry and 37th Division veterans associations, which had not conducted the event since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann, Ohio National Guard historian
Marker for MOH recipient dedicated at Ohio Veterans’ Memorial Park
Rebecca Miller (left) and Peggy Whitcomb, both members of the Akron Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, unveil the marker for Medal of Honor recipient Pvt. Rodger Young during a dedication ceremony Aug. 29, 2021, at the Ohio Veterans’ Memorial Park in Clinton, Ohio. Young was a member of Company B, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division when he was killed in action July 31, 1943, while destroying a Japanese machine gun nest on the island of New Georgia during World War II. Young was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor in 1944. The marker was dedicated near the Medal of Honor memorial at the park and was sponsored by the members of the Akron Chapter.