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Airmen from the 179th Force Support Squadron at the

Airmen from the 179th Force Support Squadron at the 179th Airlift Wing, Mansfield, Ohio, prepare cookies, cakes and cupcakes Sept. 17, 2017, at the 179th Airlift Wing. The 179th Airlift Wing is celebrating the ... More

James C. Wetmore to Colonels in Command of Regiments in Ohio National ...

Powhatan Beaty, born a slave on Oct. 8, 1837, at Richmond,

Powhatan Beaty, born a slave on Oct. 8, 1837, at Richmond, Richmond County, Virginia, later moved to Cincinnati and became free. He earned the Medal of Honor for his heroics at the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm in 1... More

Armory of the Ohio National Guard, Cleveland

Copyright 1901 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Armory at the National Guard, Cleveland. Caption for similar image (LC-D4-13116) lists title as: Armory of the Ohio National Guard, Cleveland... More

Armory of the Ohio National Guard, Cleveland, O[hio]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Ohio National Guard lining up to march in President Roosevelt's inaug...

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Troop A, Ohio National Guard on Capitol ground during Taft inauguratio...

Photograph shows soldiers on horseback on Capitol grounds during inauguration of William H. Taft; crowds of spectators also on grounds. Copyright 1909 by Harris & Ewing.

Col. Benson Hough (center, standing) and officers of

Col. Benson Hough (center, standing) and officers of the 166th Infantry aboard the USS Leviathan April 21, 1919, during their return trip to the United States following the end of World War I. Ohio National Gua... More

Sgt. Willis Burnworth (left), a member of the 145th

Sgt. Willis Burnworth (left), a member of the 145th Infantry, 37th Division, Ohio National Guard, in a photo circa 1917-18. On Oct. 31, 1918, after successfully leading his platoon in capturing a German machine... More

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted

Capt. James T. Kolb of Company A, 147th Infantry, assisted by Sgt. Keogh, uses a flamethrower against dug-in Japanese troops on Iwo Jima, April 20, 1945. Relieving Marine Corps units, the Soldiers of the Ohio N... More

Ohio National Guard Airmen on state active duty assist

Ohio National Guard Airmen on state active duty assist in the cleanup efforts in Xenia, Ohio after an April 3, 1974, tornado. The F-5 storm that destroyed or damaged thousands of homes, businesses and schools w... More

A right side view of an A-7D Corsair II aircraft from the Ohio Nationa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GALLANT EAGLE '82 Base: Naval Air Station, China Lake State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene C... More

Ohio Army National Guard engineers units assist in

Ohio Army National Guard engineers units assist in the recovery efforts during the 1990 Shadyside flooding in southern Ohio. The Ohio National Guard has a long history of providing provides a variety of service... More

Maj. Gen. Richard C. Alexander, Ohio adjutant general

Maj. Gen. Richard C. Alexander, Ohio adjutant general (1987-1998) meets with members of the Hungarian Defence Forces in his office at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio, circa mid-1990s.... More

Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company,

Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 16th Engineer Brigade march in for their call to duty ceremony June 25, 2020, at the Dublin Jerome High School football stadium in Dublin, Ohio. The brigade he... More

Soldiers of the 1191st Engineer Company, 216th Engineer

Soldiers of the 1191st Engineer Company, 216th Engineer Battalion, 16th Engineer Brigade, a National Guard unit from Portsmouth, Ohio, select meals for a flight to Afghanistan, at the Arrival/Departure Air Cont... More

A sign with “You are now entering Baguio, Courtesy

A sign with “You are now entering Baguio, Courtesy 37th Infantry Division” greets the Soldiers of the 33rd Infantry Division as they enter Baguio, Luzon, Philippine Islands, April 27, 1945. (Photo from Ohio Arm... More

The 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group,

The 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group, located in Springfield, Ohio, has been selected to receive the NGAUS Distinguished Mission Support Plaque, which is awarded annually to the top mission suppo... More

Ohio Army National Guard Lt. Col. Jeffrey Watkins (left)

Ohio Army National Guard Lt. Col. Jeffrey Watkins (left) was among a group of Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen who attended the 33rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Breakfast Jan. 15, 2018, at... More

Medal of Honor Recipient: 2nd Lt. Albert Baesel

On this day in history, Sept. 27, 1918: 2nd Lt. Albert E. Baesel of Company B, 148th Infantry, 37th Division was killed near Ivoiry, France while attempting to rescue a wounded Soldier during the Meuse-Argonne ... More

100th anniversary of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive

On this day in history, Sept. 26, 1918: The American Expeditionary Force (AEF) launches the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, which was the main portion of the final Allied offensive that ended World War I. The Ohio Nat... More

The scene depicts the Silver Star action of Pvt. Billy

The scene depicts the Silver Star action of Pvt. Billy E. Vinson of Company E, 148th Infantry, who fought off a bayonet attack by six Japanese rifleman in the Paco District during the Battle of Manila in Februa... More

On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 allied troops landed

On June 6, 1944, more than 160,000 allied troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of beaches at Normandy, France. Two Ohio National Guard units, the 112th Combat Engineer Battalion and 987th Field Artillery Batta... More

Garrett Matuszewski (left) a 10-year-old guest of the Make-A-Wish Foun...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Garrett Matuszewski (left) a 10-year-old guest of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and US Air Force (USAF) Major (MAJ) Michael Digby,... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Green, an F-16C Fightin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mike Green, an F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft Crew CHIEF, assigned to the 108th Fighte... More

Garrett Matuszewski (center) a 10-year-old guest of the Make-A-Wish nd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Garrett Matuszewski (center) a 10-year-old guest of the Make-A-Wish Foundation talks to pilots on his very own headset, while se... More

[Hurricane Katrina] Ocean Springs, Miss., September 6, 2005 -- Sgt. Sm...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] Ocean Springs, Miss., September 6, 2005 -- FEMA re...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

[Hurricane Katrina] Gulfport, Miss., September 6, 2005 -- Members of t...

Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Ohio Army National Guard (ANG) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) William Potter ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Alexandria State: Louisiana (LA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: NATIONAL GUARD BUREAU Scene Camera Operator:... More

Ohio National Guard - Training for Afghanistan

Capt. Michael A Basnauskas, brigade chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear officer assigned to the Headquarters and Headquarters Company 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, conducts basic detainee operat... More

Covered in dried mud from previous training, Pfc. Kaleb

Covered in dried mud from previous training, Pfc. Kaleb Peck, Charlie Company, Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio National Guard, looks for threats as he provides rear security to... More

Ohio National Guard - Mudpit, US Army Photo

Crawling through mud, Pvt. Charles Shidler, Alpha Company, Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio National Guard, searches for the next covered fighting position during individual mov... More

Army Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels, of Cincinnati, Ohio,

Army Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, United States Division - Center, meets Secretary of Defense ... More

Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels,

Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kelly Ann Pels, of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment and a Cincinnati, Ohio, resident, meets U.S. Defense Secretary L... More

Ohio National Guard - Ohio soldiers hit Mississippi

After a 16-hour bus ride from their armory in Walbridge, Ohio, Spc. Shawn Heuerman and Spc. Cody Schoonover of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1-148th, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, unload the la... More

The 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Command Sgt.

The 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger Jones fires his M4 Carbine during M4 weapons qualification at the Camp Shelby Joint Military Training Center, Miss., Sept. 18, 2011. Jones and his ... More

Ohio National Guard - Soldiers train for deployment

Soldiers of A Company, Special Troops Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team push back fellow soldiers simulating an angry mob during crowd control training at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center... More

Staff Sgt. Kurt J. Davis from Loveland, Ohio, escorts

Staff Sgt. Kurt J. Davis from Loveland, Ohio, escorts Sgt. Diego D. T. De La Vega, from Columbus, Ohio, and Spc. Chad R. Reynolds from Curtis, Ohio, as they carry Degraff, Ohio, native Pvt. Gunner M. Whitaker t... More

Sgt. Scott A. Estep, of Findlay, Ohio, feeds ammunition

Sgt. Scott A. Estep, of Findlay, Ohio, feeds ammunition to his gunner, Spc. Wauneekia A. Arnholter, of Akron, Ohio, both assigned to Echo Company, 237th Brigade Support Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat T... More

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion,

Soldiers assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, seek out opposing forces in the rain during Urban Operations training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces... More

A Humvee carrying soldiers from the 37th Infantry Brigade

A Humvee carrying soldiers from the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio National Guard, hits a simulated improvised explosive device during training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center Oct. 1, 2011.... More

Spc. Richard J. Wright of Alpha Company, 1-125 Infantry

Spc. Richard J. Wright of Alpha Company, 1-125 Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Michigan National Guard, waits to fire at fellow soldiers at the Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, M... More

Ohio National Guard - Tower of power, US Army Photo

Spc. Robert L. Bye of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, assigned to Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, posts security from his tower during training at Camp Shelby J... More

Sgt. George Prior of Tipp City, Ohio, cannon crew member

Sgt. George Prior of Tipp City, Ohio, cannon crew member assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, sits on patrol in the gunner's hatch with hi... More

Delaware, Ohio, native Cpl. William Howard of Bravo

Delaware, Ohio, native Cpl. William Howard of Bravo Company 1-148 Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio National Guard, uses escalating force to ward off protesters outside of his battalion... More

Ohio National Guard Soldiers remember 1st Lt. Ashley White

Former Kent State University students and current Ohio Army National Guard members 1st Lt. Joseph Pistilli (standing, from left), Spc. Kristen Brown, Spc. Richard Gilliam and Sgt. Daniel Westover — along with L... More

Ohio National Guard - Reminiscing, US Army Photo

Former members of Kent State University’s ROTC, 1st Lt. Joseph Pistilli, Spc. Kristen Brown, Spc. Richard Gilliam and Sgt. Daniel Westover and the ROTC’s former commander Lt. Col. Joseph Paydock, all members of... More

Brett Favre stands with soldiers of Delta Company,

Brett Favre stands with soldiers of Delta Company, 1-148, Task Force Roc, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Ohio Army National Guard after giving a motivational talk to them at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Trainin... More

You're out of here!, US Army Photo

Spc. Aaron S. Carmine of Carrollton, Ohio, infantryman assigned to Alpha Company, 1-148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, is retracted from harm by a Talon Generation IV during training at Camp She... More

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Cassidy of Lansing, Mich.,

Staff Sgt. Jeffrey A. Cassidy of Lansing, Mich., communications specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-125th Infantry, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, mans his M2 .50-caliber machine... More

Ohio, represent!, US Army Photo

Pfc. Dustin J. Lee of Galion, Ohio, cannon crew member assigned to Alpha Company, 1-134 Field Artillery, Task Force Roc, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, proudly strapped his Ohio State blanket to his gear as... More

Ohio National Guard - Brigade deploys newest asset

Staff Sgt. Michael Rosier, unmanned aerial vehicle maintainer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, gives instruction to Spc. Jeffrey Smith, UAV maintainer also a... More

Col. James Perry, brigade commander for the 37th Infantry

Col. James Perry, brigade commander for the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, observes Sgt. Sean Clark, unmanned aerial vehicle maintainer assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th IBCT, as Chief... More

Ohio National Guard - Weight check, US Army Photo

Cpt. Michael Bellin, veterinarian assigned to Gulf Coast District Veterinary Command, asks Spc. Zach Laker of Cincinnati, Tactical Explosive Detection Dog handler and infantryman assigned to Alpha Company, 1-14... More

Ohio National Guard - Running With the Big Dogs

Capt. Michael Bellin, veterinarian assigned to Gulf Coast District Veterinary Command, asks Spc. Zach Laker of Cincinnati, Ohio, Tactical Explosive Detection Dog handler and infantryman assigned to Alpha Compan... More

Ohio National Guard - Showing spirit, US Army Photo

Soldiers of Charlie Company, 237th Brigade Support Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, show their pride during a University of Southern Mississippi Eagle's game in Hattiesburg, Miss., Nov. 12. Some so... More

Team members of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's

Team members of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team's Personal Security Detail fire blank rounds to clear a room before firing live rounds during "Shoot House" training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Ce... More

Ohio National Guard - MK19 fire, US Army Photo

Spc. Patrick L. Noel of Cincinnati, Ohio, continues to fire as his assistant gunner, Spc. Philip J. Gavin of Newark, Ohio, personal security detail soldiers assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37... More

9mm Qualification, US Army Photo

Sgt. John J. Dewey of Springfield, Ohio, Personal Security Detail soldier for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, qualifies with his 9mm pistol during training at Camp Shel... More

Sgt. Corey J. Giere of Celina, Ohio, shift non-commissioned

Sgt. Corey J. Giere of Celina, Ohio, shift non-commissioned officer of base defense operation center, assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, performs a preventativ... More

Feeding the masses, US Army Photo

Pfc. Kelly A. Perez of Galloway, Ohio, utilities equipment repair specialist assigned to Echo Company, 237th Brigade Support Battalion, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, serves dinner to her fellow Soldiers at... More

Jaxmanni Salas, 14 (center), stepson of Sgt. 1st Class

Jaxmanni Salas, 14 (center), stepson of Sgt. 1st Class John Berling (right) of Fayetteville, Ohio, helps to promote his stepfather, March 3, at the Camp Sherman Readiness Center in Chillicothe, Ohio. Salas, und... More

Sgt. Adam Long follows Sgt. 1st Class Alphonso Meriweather,

Sgt. Adam Long follows Sgt. 1st Class Alphonso Meriweather, both chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialists with the 52nd Civil Support Team out of Columbus, Ohio, into the hospital at Muscatatu... More

Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen spend time

Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen spend time with members of the Serbian Armed Forces during a reconstruction project at the Svetozar Markovic Primary School in Kraljevo, Serbia in 2012. The school was da... More

Lt. Col. Lenny Bornino, North Royalton, Ohio, native, takes command o...

Lt. Col. Lenny Bornino (left), incoming commander of the Ohio Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion and a North Royalton, Ohio, native, takes the guidon from Brig. Gen. Maria Kelly, commander o... More

In this photo from November 2012, Ohio Army National

In this photo from November 2012, Ohio Army National Guard Capt. Chris Brandt with his daughters, Katy (left, now 15) and Riley (now 12). Katy is heavily involved in her dance school and Riley plays basketball.... More

Celebrating Women’s History Month: A healing hand in the Ohio National...

Tracy Ringo became a colonel in 2014, making her the highest-ranking African-American woman in the Ohio Army National Guard. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Snyder instructs Spcs. Christopher

U.S. Army Sgt. Nathan Snyder instructs Spcs. Christopher Irwin, left, and John Markley, with the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, on the operation of a M249 machine gun at Camp Perry, Ohio, June 3, 2013. Thes... More

U.S. Army Spc. Justin Hornick wrestles with a fellow

U.S. Army Spc. Justin Hornick wrestles with a fellow member of the Ohio National Guard’s 811th Engineer Company, 216th Engineer Battalion, 16th Engineer brigade, during a combatives training exercise at the Cam... More

Serbian Army 1st Sgt. Sаšа Mudrinić, the chief

Serbian Army 1st Sgt. Sаšа Mudrinić, the chief noncommissioned officer of the Artillery Battalion, Serbian armed forces, throws the first pitch of the Akron Aeros versus the Portland Sea Dogs baseball game in C... More

Assistant Adjutant General of the Ohio Army National

Assistant Adjutant General of the Ohio Army National Guard Bg. Gen. John Harris congratulates 1st Lt. Matthew Viers of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantr... More

U.S. Army Spc. Rocco Serio assigned to the 1194th Engineer

U.S. Army Spc. Rocco Serio assigned to the 1194th Engineer Company, Ohio National Guard works to cut a board at Camp Ravenna Joint Maneuver Training Center in northeast Ohio, July 22, 2013. After spending a wee... More

Ohio National Guard - Vibrant Response 13-2

U.S. Army Capt. John Price, right, and Capt. Mathew Furhop, left, both with the 52nd Civil Support Team, Ohio Army National Guard, treat simulated injuries on Colleen Reid, a role player, July 30, 2013, during ... More

Sgt. 1st Class Tim Stichler, with the 52nd Civil Support

Sgt. 1st Class Tim Stichler, with the 52nd Civil Support Team, Ohio National Guard, sets up a decontamination tent section July 30 during Vibrant Response 13 at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlervill... More

Ohio National Guard - Getting Dirty, US Army Photo

U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Mary Kauffman with the 112th Motor Transport Battalion crawls through mud during the warrior dash in North Lawrence, Ohio, Aug. 11, 2013. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Sean Ma... More

Sgt. Arthur Sims, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native and a watercraft

Sgt. Arthur Sims, a Brooklyn, N.Y. native and a watercraft engineer with the Army Watercraft Company (Provisional), 371st Sustainment Brigade inspects equipment in the engine room of the United States Army wate... More

Master Sgt. Yuen S. Lee, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and

Master Sgt. Yuen S. Lee, a Brooklyn, N.Y., native and the internal control noncommissioned officer in charge with the 27th Finance Management Company, 371st Sustainment Brigade, reviews paperwork with Spc. Gust... More

U.S. Army Spc. Brian Miller, assigned to the 1487th

U.S. Army Spc. Brian Miller, assigned to the 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, sits while Mad Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond does a caricature of him at Kandahar Airfield, in Kandahar P... More

Then-Master Sgt. Jeffrey Zentz talks with Command Sgt.

Then-Master Sgt. Jeffrey Zentz talks with Command Sgt. Maj. Rodger Jones, Ohio Army National Guard state command sergeant major, during a senior leadership visit to Kuwait when the 371st Sustainment Brigade was... More

Service members and civilians run through the start

Service members and civilians run through the start line at the beginning of the Akron Marathon shadow race at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Sept. 28, 2013. Soldiers with the 371st Sustainment Brigade, an Ohio National... More

Tech. Sgt. Michael Swick (left), 179th Airlift Wing

Tech. Sgt. Michael Swick (left), 179th Airlift Wing Honor Guard manager, and Chief Master Sgt. Thomas Jones, 179th AW command chief, perform a flag-folding ceremony in 2013 in front of the Richland County Court... More

Spec. Jensen Tittelfitz, C troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd

Spec. Jensen Tittelfitz, C troop, 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, Guard unit from Bend, Oregon, right, obtains pizza and chicken wings at the USO party in the desert, McGregor Range, N.M., Jul. 18. The 1/8... More

After the Army Ten Miler: Guard Bureau chief with the Ohio National Gu...

Gen. Frank J. Grass (in jacket, center), chief, National Guard Bureau, stands for a photo with Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (to the right of Grass), Ohio adjutant general, and the Ohio National Guard conting... More

Ohio National Guard senior enlisted leader brings traditional Guard pe...

Official portrait of Command Sgt. Maj. William Workley, the first senior enlisted leader of the Ohio National Guard. (Ohio National Guard photo)

Sherry Phillips points to the front door of her Columbus,

Sherry Phillips points to the front door of her Columbus, Ohio home that burglars attempted to gain entry through Dec. 15, 2014. Ohio Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jeff Davis, Phillips’ neighbor, ... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Motley of the 121st

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Motley of the 121st Civil Engineering Squadron clears snow from the streets and parking lots Feb. 18, 2015, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio. Motley began plowing af... More

National Guard Computer Network Defense Teams work

National Guard Computer Network Defense Teams work in makeshift cubicles March 20, 2015, at Camp Atterbury, Ind., during Cyber Shield 2015, an exercise designed to develop the defensive skills of the Soldiers a... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Macciomei, a 121st

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Matthew Macciomei, a 121st Air Refueling Wing crew chief, prepares a KC-135 Stratotanker for flight April 2, 2015, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. The 121st ARW continuously d... More

Alli Geisen (right) draws a blood sample from Patricia

Alli Geisen (right) draws a blood sample from Patricia Heller, of Montpelier, Ohio, Aug. 8, 2015, during a medical screening as part of GuardCare 2015. GuardCare is an annual event where the Ohio National Guard... More

Capt. Kimberly Snow, commander of the 324th Military

Capt. Kimberly Snow, commander of the 324th Military Police Company, speaks to her troops Sept. 6, 2015, during the unit’s call to duty ceremony at Franklin High School in Franklin, Ohio. The 324th is deploying... More

Soldiers in the Ohio National Guard train at Camp Perry

Soldiers in the Ohio National Guard train at Camp Perry Joint Training Center near Port Clinton, Ohio, Dec. 17, 2015. The Ohio National Guard is always on mission to respond with highly qualified citizen-soldie... More

A snow-covered Minuteman statue stands guard outside

A snow-covered Minuteman statue stands guard outside Ohio National Guard Joint Force Headquarters Jan. 12, 2016, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Most of Ohio had experienced unsea... More

Connecticut Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Mark Russo,

Connecticut Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Mark Russo, Assistant Adjutant General, discusses the intergration of the Ohio and Connecticut aviation units to form a single task force with Ohio Army National Guar... More

Ohio Army National Guard Pfc. Cameron Raser, a medic

Ohio Army National Guard Pfc. Cameron Raser, a medic attached to the 812th Engineer Co., adjusts the supplies in his M9 medical bag after treating a Soldier’s wounds at the Army’s Joint Rotational Training Cent... More

Ohio National Guard Camp Kelleys Island

Chief Master Sgt. Philip D. Smith, Ohio Air National Guard state command chief, speaks with a volunteer at Ohio Military Kids Camp Kelleys Island Aug. 10, 2016, at Kelleys Island, Ohio. Volunteers from across t... More

Participants at Ohio Military Kids Camp Kelleys Island,

Participants at Ohio Military Kids Camp Kelleys Island, a camp for children of military service members, form the shape of the American flag to welcome VIP visitors Aug. 10, 2016, at Kelleys Island, Ohio. The a... More

The Ohio Army National Guard has been recognized by

The Ohio Army National Guard has been recognized by the Secretary of the Army for its environmental restoration efforts at Camp Ravenna Joint Training Center in Northwest Ohio. In this file photo, an up-armored... More

Capt. Jason Askins, (right), a civil engineer and

Capt. Jason Askins, (right), a civil engineer and environmental officer for the Ohio Air National Guard’s 200th RED HORSE (Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers) Squadron, based ... More

Ohio National Guard Fitness Photo Shoot

Master Sgt. Todd Everett, noncommissioned officer in charge of Echo Company, Ohio Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, demonstrates Warrior Fit exercises during a photo shoot with Staff Sgt. ... More