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01.19.2023
Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann / Ohio National Guard historian
Ceremony signifies transition of assistant adjutants general for Army
A January change of command ceremony signified the transition from the outgoing assistant adjutant general for Army, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Moore II, to the incoming one, Brig. Gen. Matthew S. Woodruff. Moore, a Cumberland, Ohio native, retires after a 33-year military career that includes service both on active duty and in the Ohio Army National Guard.
01.06.2023
Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Mann / Ohio National Guard historian
Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army promoted to brigadier general
Brig. Gen. Matthew S. Woodruff, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, receives his general officer flag at a promotion ceremony at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 6, 2023. Woodruff, a native of West Liberty, Ohio, has served as the assistant adjutant general for Army since October.
06.25.2021 ~ 37TH
Capt. Jayme Aksterowicz / 196th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment
37th IBCT conducts change of command during monthlong training at JRTC
Col. Matthew Woodruff (from left), outgoing 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander, Brig. Gen. Thomas E. Moore II, Ohio assistant adjutant general for Army, and Col. Michael Flaherty, incoming 37th IBCT commander, arrive for the 37th IBCT change of command ceremony June 25, 2021, at Fort Polk, La. The ceremony was conducted near the end of a monthlong training rotation for the 37th IBCT at Fort Polk’s Joint Readiness Training Center, which trains BCTs to conduct large-scale combat operations on the battlefield.
10.21.2019 ~ 37TH
Sgt. 1st Class Chad Menegay / Ohio National Guard
IBCT commander, promoted to colonel
Col. Matthew S. Woodruff, commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, buttons his Army Service Uniform coat to display his new rank with the help of his fiancée as part of a promotion ceremony Oct. 21, 2019, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Woodruff encouraged everyone in the audience who came to show their support to get after it. “If you’re getting after it, then we’re all better,” Woodruff said. “If you have to get after getting after it, if you’ve got to do anything like that, that will make us all a better organization.”
04.07.2019 ~ 37TH
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“Buckeye” Brigade holds change of command
Soldiers of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team stand in formation following the “Buckeye” Brigade's change of command ceremony April 7, 2019, at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center near Edinburgh, Ind. Brigade Command Sgt. Maj. Jeffrey Shuster (holding the brigade colors) is flanked by incoming commander Lt. Col. Matthew Woodruff (left) and outgoing commander Col. Corwin Lusk, who had led the brigade since 2016.