Jan. 06-12
Brig. John Speaks, commander of the 2nd Brigade, Ohio National Guard, arrives with his unit in East Youngstown, Ohio in response to violent labor strikes at local steel plants in 1916; in Week in Review, the 37th Infantry Division lands at Lingayen Gulf for the liberation of Luzon, Philippine Islands, Jan. 9, 1945; and Connecting to the Collections features a wartime sketch by 148th Infantry veteran Jess Cauthorn depicting the fight at the Calmay School after the 37th ID’s landing.
Jan. 13-19
Ohio National Guard Soldiers compete in the 4th Army light machine gun competition at Camp Robison, Ark. in January 1994; in Week in Review, the 121st Fighter Wing is redesignated as the 121st Air Refueling Wing in 1993; and Connecting to the Collections features the guidon carried by the 1485th Transportation Company during the unit’s mobilization for Operation Desert Storm.
Jan. 20-26
Soldiers from the 166th Infantry rescue stranded citizens from their home in Columbus after heavy rain caused flooding across Ohio in 1959; in Week in Review, the 166th Tactical Fighter Squadron is ordered into federal service in response to the seizure of the USS Pueblo by North Korea in 1968; and Hall of Valor honors Capt. Roman S. Pawlak, who was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his courageous leadership of Company F, 145th Infantry during an attack near Dau, Luzon, Philippine Islands, Jan. 26, 1945.
Jan. 27 - Feb.2, 2025
War with Spain veterans of the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry present the regimental colors of the unit to Ohio Gov. A.V. Donahey on Jan. 29, 1926; in Week in Review, the 812th Engineer Company is organized as Headquarters Company, 73rd Infantry Brigade in 1926; and Connecting to the Collections features the colors of the 8th OVI carried by the regiment in Cuba during the War with Spain.
Feb.3-9, 2025
A surgeon from the 2nd Battalion, 148th Infantry provides medical aid to a wounded Filipino boy during the opening days of the Battle of Manila in 1945; in Week in Review, the 134th Field Artillery receives War Department approval for its coat of arms in 1930; and Hall of Valor honors Pvt. Edward Keyes, of the 148th Infantry, who earned the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism and bravery during the Battle of Manila on Feb. 5, 1945.
Feb.17-23, 2025
Elements of the 372nd Infantry march through the streets of Cleveland after returning from France following World War I; in Week in Review, elements of the 37th Infantry Division, including the 145th Infantry, assault the Walled City of Intramuros during the Battle of Manila in 1945; and In Their Own Words shares an account from the Cleveland Plain Dealer that describes the homecoming parade and dinner held in honor of the returning 372nd Infantry Soldiers in 1919.
Feb.24 - March 2, 2025
37th Infantry Division medics treat a wounded Soldier during the final stages of the attack on Intramuros in Manila in 1945; in Week in Review, the 220th Engineering Installation Squadron is organized in Zanesville as the 105th Communications Squadron in 1948; and Hall of Valor honors Tech. Sgt. Harold Deitrick, of the 145th Infantry, who earned the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during the Battle of Manila in 1945.
March 3-9, 2025
Soldiers from Battery B, 1st Gun Battalion, 174th Artillery check radios during a practice alert in 1961; in Week in Review, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 137th Aviation Regiment is organized in 1990, in Worthington; and Connecting to the Collections features the organizational colors carried by the 107th Cavalry Regiment when it was inducted into federal service in 1941.
March 10-16, 2025
Soldiers from Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 372nd Infantry load trucks as they prepare to depart Ohio for Fort Dix, N.J. in 1941; in Week in Review, the 2nd Battalion, 372nd Infantry is ordered into active service on March 10, 1941, for World War II; and Hall of Valor honors Kenton, Ohio’s Company E, 148th Infantry, which earned the Presidential Unit Citation for its actions on March 11-12, 1944, during the Battle of Hill 700 on Bougainville.
March 17-23, 2025
Ohio Gov. George White stands for a photograph with pilots from the 112th Observation Squadron prior to a flight from Cleveland to Columbus in 1931; in Week in Review, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is organized March 18, 1920, in Hamilton, Ohio; and Connecting to the Collections features a challenge coin from the units that comprised the Air Defense of the Arabian Gulf in 2011-2012, which included the Ohio Air National Guard’s 123rd Air Control Squadron.
March 24-30, 2025
Soldiers from the 112th Field Signal Battalion, 37th Division are seen aboard the USS George Washington in March 1919 after returning to the United States from France; in Week in Review, the 216th Engineer Battalion is constituted on March 24, 1942, as Headquarters, 14th Ordnance Battalion; and Connecting to the Collections features the Ohio Civil War Veteran Medal presented to Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. James Jardine of the 54th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
March 31 - April 6, 2025
Cleveland Mayor Harold H. Burton reviews Soldiers from the 112th Engineer Regiment during an Army Day program at Cleveland’s Central Armory in 1936; in Week in Review, Company A, 237th Support Battalion is organized April 1, 1925, in Cleveland as Troop G, 107th Cavalry, marking a century of service this year; and Hall of Valor honors Cpl. Freeman C. Thompson, of the 116th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Petersburg, Va. in 1865.
April 6-13, 2025
The 37th Admin Company participates in Exercise Beartrap III at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa. in 1966; in Week in Review, Apollo 13 launches from Kennedy Space Center in 1970, with Fred W. Haise Jr., a former 179th Tactical Fighter Wing pilot, serving as lunar module pilot for the mission to space; and in 1862, 22 Soldiers from Ohio regiments volunteer for the Great Locomotive Chase in northern Georgia that would eventually lead to the first awarding of the Medal of Honor.
April 14-20, 2025
Officers from the judge advocate general’s section of the 16th Engineer Brigade operate a phone hotline for inmate families during a state active duty mission in response to the Lucasville Prison standoff in April 1993; in Week in Review, Battery C, 2nd Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment is organized in Marietta in 1900, and marks its 125th anniversary this year; and Hall of Valor honors Capt. Eugene M. Socha, who earned the Silver Star Medal for his actions on April 20, 1945, while serving with the 145th Infantry near Mount Pacawagan in the Philippines.
April 21-27, 2025
Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler monitors the radio during an attack by the 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division near Baguio, Philippine Islands, in 1945; in Week in Review, the 285th Medical Company is organized in Columbus in 1927; and Connecting to the Collections features a cartoon from the Columbus Sunday Dispatch honoring the return of the 166th Infantry from France in 1919.
April 21-27, 2025
Motorcycles, jeeps and scout cars from the 107th Cavalry move in a mechanized column during training at Fort Ord, Calif. in 1942; in Week in Review, the 145th Armored Regiment and 107th Cavalry Regiment are organized in 1861 as the 7th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry; and Connecting to the Collections features a 145th Infantry Regiment license plate topper from the 1950s.
May 5-11, 2025
Soldiers from the 112th Engineer Regiment are pictured aboard the RMS Aquitania while en route to Scotland from the United States in May 1941; in Week in Review, Battery B, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment is organized in Gettysburg, Ohio as the Gettysburg Guard in 1875, and marks its 150th anniversary this year; and Hall of Valor honors Pvt. Delano Morey, who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Battle of McDowell, Va., in May 1862.
May 12-18, 2025
Soldiers from Company C, 216th Engineer Battalion conduct civil disturbance training in May 1994 at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base; in Week in Review, the 179th Security Forces Squadron is federally recognized in Mansfield in May 1973 as the 179th Weapons System Security Flight; and Connecting to the Collections features the distinctive unit insignia of the 138th Maintenance Battalion, which was allotted to the Ohio Army National Guard from 1970 to 1977.
May 19-25 2025
Bulldozers from the 612th Engineer Battalion demolish an abandoned home in Toledo, Ohio in 1994, under the drug demand reduction and domestic action programs; in Week in Review, Gov. Mordecai Bartley orders the infantry regiments of the Ohio Militia into service for the Mexican War in 1864, and Company B, 837th Engineer Battalion is organized in Spencerville, Ohio in 1900, with the unit marking its 125th anniversary this year.
May 26 - June 1 2025
Members of the 178th Security Police Flight train on Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT) techniques in Alpena, Mich. in May 1998; the 122nd Army Band is organized June 1, 1944, as the 37th Infantry Division Band while stationed on Bougainville during World War II; and Connection to the Collections features the uniform insignia of Chief Warrant Officer Henry N. Monaco, who served as the bandmaster for the 37th Infantry Division Band from 1958 to 1964.
June 2-8, 2025
Soldiers from the 147th Field Hospital march through downtown Delaware, Ohio during a Welcome Home Day parade for Delaware County service members who recently returned to the U.S. after World War I; in Week in Review, the 1191st Engineer Company is organized in Portsmouth, Ohio in 1921 as Battery C, 135th Field Artillery; and Connection to the Collections features the souvenir program from the Delaware County Welcome Home Day in 1919.
June 9-15, 2025
An M7 Priest 105 mm Howitzer Motor Carriage from the 637th Tank Destroyer Battalion, 37th Infantry Division crosses the Magot River in June 1945, during the division’s drive north through the Cagayan Valley on Luzon; in Week in Review, the U.S. Army celebrates 250 years of service on June 14, marking the adoption of the New England Militia as the Continental Army in 1775; and Hall of Valor honors Pvt. John Gray, who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Port Republic, Va., on June 9, 1862, during the Civil War.
June 16-22, 2025
Soldiers from Company C, 112th Engineer Battalion place explosive charges on the outside of a chimney set for demolition at Camp Atterbury, Ind. in 1991; in Week in Review, the 1192nd Engineer Company is organized 150 years ago in Youngstown as the Iron City Guards; and Hall of Valor honors Pvt. Joseph O. Gregg, who earned the Medal of Honor for his actions on June 16, 1864, during the Battle of Petersburg, Va. in the American Civil War.
June 23-29, 2025
A member of the 121st Security Police Squadron competes in the combat endurance course portion of Rodeo ’94 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. in June 1994; in Week in Review, the U.S. Army Chemical Corps is established as the Chemical Warfare Section in June 1918; and Connecting to the Collections features a dosimeter device training box that was used by the 37th Infantry Division Chemical Section in the 1960s for training Soldiers.
June 30 - July 6, 2025
1st Lt. Delbert Cooey, commander of Heavy Mortar Company, 145th Infantry, pays an officer of his unit while stationed at Camp Polk, La. in June 1952; and in Week in Review, the Battle of Gettysburg takes place July 1-3, 1863, and the 134th Field Artillery Regiment is organized in Cleveland in 1839 as the Gun Section, Cleveland Grays.
July 7-13, 2025
Pilots from the 112th Fighter Interceptor Squadron prepare for a flight in their F-84E Thunderjets in 1958; in Week in Review, a makeshift Union force, which included six Ohio infantry regiments, delay Confederate forces along the Monocacy River near Frederick, Md. in 1864; and Hall of Valor honors Capt. Clifford W. Morrow, of the 37th Division, who was awarded the Silver Star Medal for his gallantry on July 8, 1943, when he rescued a wounded Marine Corps officer on New Georgia.
July 14-20, 2025
The 112th Medical Battalion marches during the 37th Infantry Division pass in review at Camp Grayling, Mich. in 1965; in Week in Review, the 178th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group is constituted in the Ohio Air National Guard in 2014 and Company B, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment is organized in Napoleon, Ohio as the Napoleon Light Guard in 1877.
AUGUST 2025
An Ohio National Guard bicentennial color guard helps celebrates America’s 200th birthday during an event in 1976; in Through the Lens, Soldiers from the 37th Cavalry Recon Troop receive new shoes on New Georgia in 1943; in Week in Review, the emblem for the 166th Air Refueling Squadron is approved in 1943; and Hall of Valor features the Presidential Unit Citation awarded during World War II to the 987th Field Artillery Battalion, which was cited for its support of the 30th Infantry Division fighting near Mortain, France.
SEPTEMBER 2025
Members of Troop B, 107th Cavalry operate a portable pack radio during Second Army Maneuvers in Arkansas in 1941; in Through the Lens, Soldiers from the 838th Military Police Company reunite with their families after returning from a seven-month deployment during Operation Desert Storm in 1991; in Week in Review, the 200th RED HORSE is constituted in 1971 in Port Clinton as the 200th Civil Engineering Squadron; and In Their Own Words features an account from the commanding officer of the 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry during the mission to establish security at the New Orleans Superdome in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
OCTOBER 2025
Airmen with the 121st Tactical Fighter Wing participate in Gunsmoke ’91 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.; in Through the Lens, Soldiers from Battery F, 134th Field Artillery are fingerprinted during the induction process at the Coshocton Armory in October 1940; in Week in Review, the 251st Cyberspace Engineer Installation Group is organized in Springfield in 1952; and Connecting to the Collections features paintings that were part of the 148th Infantry Catholic Chapel on Bougainville in 1944, painted by Staff Sgt. Caesar Bova of the 37th Infantry Division.
NOVEMBER 2025
A group of Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen look on as Gov. James Rhodes signs legislation that establishes the Ohio National Guard Scholarship Program in 1977; in Through the Lens, the 162nd Fighter Squadron conducts a federal recognition ceremony at the Dayton Municipal Airport in 1947; in Week in Review, Company C, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment is organized in Fremont in 1925; and In Their Own Words, Brig. Gen. James Abraham, former assistant adjutant general for Army, describes the events that led to the establishment of the state scholarship program.
DECEMBER 2025
A Soldier with Company A, 147th Infantry opens a care package that his mother sent to him at Camp Shelby for Christmas; in Through the Lens, federal troops from the Army of the Cumberland man the outer lines of the Union Army during the Battle of Nashville in 1864; in Week in Review, Company B, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment is organized in Akron on Dec. 4, 1875, marking the 150th anniversary of the unit this year; and In Their Own Words features a newspaper report on the Dec. 21, 1934, fire that destroyed the Lucas County Armory in Toledo.