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Ohio Army National Guard engineers ready for all challenges

Photos by Staff Sgt. George B. Davis, Ohio National Guard

As 2017 is in full swing and units begin planning and preparing for annual training periods beginning this spring, we take a look back at some of the accomplishments of Ohio Army National Guard engineers during Annual Training 2016 at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center. Our engineers conduct vertical and horizontal training missions to maintain a ready corps of Soldiers to support operations throughout the world as well as back home in Ohio. Last summer, engineers conducted several missions to improve the infrastructure at Camp Ravenna, the primary in-state training site for Ohio units to maintain their proficiency. Utilizing the talents within the force provides real-world opportunities to train while helping to steward the organization’s financial resources.

Paving roads at Camp Ravenna

Last summer, members of the 292nd Engineer Detachment conducted paving operations during their annual training period at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center near Newton Falls, Ohio. Soldiers receive valuable training in their military occupational specialty while helping improve the infrastructure at Camp Ravenna.

1191st Engineer Company develops equipment parking lot at Camp Ravenna

Soldiers of the 1191st Engineer Company construct an equipment parking lot last summer at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center, near Newton Falls, Ohio. The parking lot will be used for large construction vehicles that stay permanently at Camp Ravenna for units to use during training, and is only one of several infrastructure improvement projects that Ohio Army National Guard engineers worked on during Annual Training 2016.

Ohio Army National Guard engineers work to improve Camp Ravenna

Engineer units within the 16th Engineer Brigade conducted several infrastructure improvement projects as part of their 2016 annual training at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center near Newton Falls, Ohio this summer. Missions included the 1191st Engineer Company utilizing its heavy construction equipment in the creation of a parking lot for the Unit Training Equipment Site (UTES) facility at Camp Ravenna and Soldiers of the 291st and 292nd Engineer Detachments conducting paving operations at Fuse and Booster Spur roads on Camp Ravenna. READ MORE

1194th Engineer Company constructs shelter at Camp Ravenna

Members of the 1194th Engineer Company (Horizontal) build a shelter at Range 9, the Known Distance and Zero Range, July 20, 2016, at Camp Ravenna Joint Military Training Center near Newton Falls, Ohio. The shelter was being constructed to provide space for meal preparation and a dining/break area for Soldiers using the range for Individual Weapons Qualification training.