Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - August 2012

Photo Gallery

KRALJEVO, SERBIA

Four Ohio Army National Guard Sappers — Pvt. Zachery Meyer (center with plaques, from left), Pvt. Michael Willis, Pvt. John Bystrek and Pfc. Christopher Kline — from Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th Engineer Battalion, endured 24 hours to win the Bull Dog Battalion Best Sapper Competition, July 31-Aug. 1 at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center, Ind. (Ohio National Guard photo)

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Ohio Operation: Military Kids Camp 2012 at Kelleys Island

Ohio Operation: Military Kids Camp 2012 at Kelleys Island — A weeklong camp geared to help kids of Ohio's military families make friends, memories and experience a truly unique summer camp.

(Staff Sgt. Nicholas Pavlik, ONG)

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KRALJEVO, SERBIA
Mary Bruce Warlick, U.S. ambassador to Serbia (left) talks to 1st Lt. Roger Nienberg, of the 200th Red Horse Squadron, Ohio Air National Guard, August 8, 2012, at the Svetozar Markovic Primary School in Kraljevo, Serbia. Warlick toured the school and met with members of the Ohio National Guard, who are helping with the ongoing construction mission after an earthquake damaged the school in 2010.

(Spc. Brian Johnson, 1194th Eng. Co., ONG)

Ohio Army National Guard Sgt. Theo Calloway

Ohio Army National Guard Sgt. Theo Calloway (center) from Mansfield, along with Ohio Air National Guard Master Sgt. Monty Stiltner (right) from Camp Perry, work together running electrical wiring at the Svetozar Markovic Primary School on Aug. 9, in Kraljevo, Serbia. Both are part of a 30-member team from the Ohio National Guard currently in Serbia working alongside their counterparts from the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade. Their mission is to repair and update a portion of the Svetozar Markovic Primary School damaged by an earthquake in late 2010. Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will be conducting joint construction operations until late August.

(Spc. Brian Johnson, 1194th Eng. Co., ONG)

Soldiers and Airmen from the Ohio National Guard and the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade

Soldiers and Airmen from the Ohio National Guard and the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade paint the exterior fence of the Svetozar Markovic Primary School Aug. 13, 2012, in Kraljevo, Serbia. As part of the State Partnership Program, the Ohio National Guard's 1194th Engineer Company and 200th RED HORSE Squadron, and the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade are working side by side to repair the school, which was damaged by an earthquake in late 2010.

(Spc. Brian Johnson, ONG)

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Maj. Joseph Adams (right) speaks to health care providers Aug. 16, 2012, about the capabilities of one the Ohio National Guard's newest pieces of equipment, the UH-72A Lakota light utility helicopter. The health care professionals had come from across Ohio to Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, in southern Columbus, to learn about ways to support military Families, including the TRICARE health insurance program.

(Senior Airman Jordyn Sadowski, ONG

The scoreboard video screen at Great American Ball Park honors Soldiers of the 216th Engineer Battalion as Hometown Heroes during a recent game. Soldiers from the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 216th, including Master Sgt. Christina Sunderhaus (from left), Spc. Morgan Sunderhaus and 1st Lt. Kevin Buehler, attended including the game and were recognized for their community service during the middle of the third inning of the Cincinnati Reds vs. New York Mets game on Aug. 17, 2012.

(Photo courtesy of Cecelia Russell).

Pvt. Marvin Rouhier,

Brig. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (left), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, presents the Silver Star Medal to Lloyd Rouhier (center) and Charles Rouhier, relatives of Pvt. Marvin Rouhier, Aug. 18, 2012, in Wooster, Ohio. Pvt. Rouhier was killed on August 18, 1944 at an observation post in France where he delayed 20 German vehicles to allow another Soldier to escape and inform their unit of the attack.

(Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge, ONG)

Pvt. Marvin Rouhier

 

Ohio State University football

Service members meet Ohio State University football players after a practice on Aug. 23, 2012. The periodic military appreciation events, which include a tour of the Woody Hayes Athletic Center and attendance at the afternoon practice, is part of an ongoing military outreach effort by OSU.

(Ohio National Guard photo)

A tank crew with Company D, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment

A tank crew with Company D, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment fires a sabot round at a target during annual training at Camp Ripley, Minn.

(Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Burke Engelhardt)

WPKO in Bellefontaine, Ohio

Staff Sgt. William Wells (right), an Ohio Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention noncommissioned officer, presents an award earlier this year to Lou Vito (third from left), owner of radio station WPKO in Bellefontaine, Ohio, and his staff. WPKO is one of many members of the Ohio Association of Broadcasters that has helped promote the National Guard by airing radio messages, which educate the general public about the opportunities and benefits of membership in the Guard.

(Ohio National Guard photo)

Sgt. Anthony Pruitt

Sgt. Anthony Pruitt, a CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew chief with Company B (-Det. 1), 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment, plays his bagpipes while on a break during his workday in Afghanistan. Back home, Pruitt is a member of the Hamilton County Sheriff's Pipe & Drum Corps and a Hamilton County Sheriff's deputy.

(Ohio National Guard photo)

Spc. Kip Watson

Spc. Kip Watson, a member of the Chillicothe, Ohio-based 1194th Engineer Company and a Sabina, Ohio, native, uses a protractor to find a specific point on a military map during an inactive duty training weekend at the Camp Sherman Readiness Center. This refresher training emphasized map-reading skills without the use of modern GPS devices.

(Spc. Brian Johnson, ONG)

Master Sgt. Sherri McKibben

Master Sgt. Sherri McKibben, a member of the 180th Fighter Wing in Toledo, Ohio, donates blood to the American Red Cross on Aug. 22, 2012. The Red Cross visits the 180th FW three times a year, to help supply blood banks, as well as help 180th Airmen continue their mission of supporting local communities.

(Senior Airman Amber Williams, ONG)

Airmen from the 180th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron

Airmen from the 180th Fighter Wing Security Forces Squadron respond to a simulated active shooter in the 180th FW headquarters building on Aug. 23, 2012, in Toledo, Ohio. Due to recent criminal and terrorism trends worldwide, the 180th Fighter Wing conducts periodic “active shooter” exercises at the base to maintain awareness and proficiency in responding to potential violent attacks.

(Senior Airman Amber Williams. ONG)