THE OHIO NATIONAL GUARD LINEAGE LINK UP: Featuring 220th Engineering Installation Squadron, Zanesville, Ohio

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1971 ~ Command Master Sgt. William N. Bowman of the 251st Mobile Communications Group was selected as the unit’s outstanding NCO for 1971.

Black and white photo of adding streamer to guidon.

1987 ~ Maj. Gen. Francis E. Hazard (left), Ohio Air National Guard chief of staff, affixes a streamer for the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award to the guidon of the 251st Combat Communication Group, while Col. David Howard, group commander, looks on.

2017 ~ Airmen from the 251st Cyberspace Engineering and Installation Group stand for a group photo at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Ohio.

Male and female airmen stand with award.

2018 ~ U.S. Navy Vice Admiral David M. Kriete (left), deputy commander of the U.S Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), presents the Defense Meritorious Service Medal to Lt. Col. Sheree Patillo, the commander's support staff director assigned to the 251st Cyberspace Engineering and Installation Group, Aug. 6, 2018, at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Neb. The 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group was recognized for the unit’s hard work and contributions to building the new USSTRATCOM Command and Control Facility, the second-largest building in the Department of Defense, after the Pentagon.

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HOME STATION: Springfield

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MISSION ~ To command, organize, equip, train and administer assigned expeditionary cyberspace engineering installation and combat communication forces in support of state and federal emergencies and contingency operations.