Ohio National Guard News

National Guard AMA team gives
Ohio Guard members ride of lifetime

Photos by Staff Sgt. Randall P. Carey
196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment, Ohio Army National Guard
AMA

ABOVE and RIGHT: Jason Pridmore (left), a former American Motorcyclist Association champion and member of the Michael Jordan Motorsports team, takes Col. John C. Harris, Ohio's assistant adjutant general for Army, on a "2-Up" ride July 10 at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio.

 

Col. John C. Harris (from left), Ohio’s assistant adjutant general for Army; Spc. Michael Schmidt, a broadcast journalist with the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment; Sgt. Julian Verdugo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment; Pvt. Jeffery Whatmough, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Bn., 148th Inf. Regt.; and Command Sgt. Maj. Albert M. Whatmough, command sergeant major of the Ohio Army National Guard

Col. John C. Harris (from left), Ohio's assistant adjutant general for Army; Spc. Michael Schmidt, a broadcast journalist with the 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment; Sgt. Julian Verdugo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment; Pvt. Jeffery Whatmough, an infantryman with Company A, 1st Bn., 148th Inf. Regt.; and Command Sgt. Maj. Albert M. Whatmough, command sergeant major of the Ohio Army National Guard, don riding gear before their "2-Up" rides with Jason Pridmore.

  

Jason Pridmore (left), a former American Motorcyclist Association champion and member of the Michael Jordan Motorsports team, takes Sgt. Julian Verdugo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, on a “2-Up” ride

2up ride
 

Roger Lee Hayden, 2007 American Motorcyclist Association Supersport champion and rider of the Michael Jordan Motorsports’ National Guard motorcycle

Roger Lee Hayden, 2007 American Motorcyclist Association Supersport champion and rider of the Michael Jordan Motorsports' National Guard motorcycle, waits to compete.

  

Sgt. Julian Verdugo

Sgt. Julian Verdugo, a medic with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, and his son, Gavin, look at the Michael Jordan Motorsports' National Guard motorcycles.