Ohio National Guard Photo Gallery - September 2011

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Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (right), Ohio adjutant general, talks with newly appointed female Serbian officers who graduated from the country's Military Academy Sep. 10, 2011, in Belgrade. Ashenhurst and a delegation from Ohio are visiting Serbia as part of the ongoing National Guard State Partnership Program, promoting and coordinating activities between Serbia and Ohio. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge)

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Browns Stadium on 911

In recognition of the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, about 50 Ohio National Guard members helped unfurl the American Flag during the national anthem at the 2011 NFL season opener between the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals game at Browns Stadium Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, Cleveland, Ohio. The Ohio Army National Guard Central Honor Guard also presented the colors during the pregame activities.

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Members of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment

Members of Battery A, 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment listen to words of guidance and support from distinguished speakers during the unit's call to duty ceremony Sept. 11, 2011, at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Marion, Ohio. Currently training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., the unit will deploy to Afghanistan in early 2012.

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Gen. Miloje Miletic (left), Serbian chief of general staff, and Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, conduct a pass in review of the Serbian Ceremonial Honor Guard

Gen. Miloje Miletic (left), Serbian chief of general staff, and Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Ohio adjutant general, conduct a pass in review of the Serbian Ceremonial Honor Guard Sep. 12, 2011. Ashenhurst and a delegation from Ohio are visiting Serbia as part of an ongoing National Guard State Partnership Program pairing, to promote and coordinate activities between Serbia and Ohio. (Ohio National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Peter Kresge)

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The Ohio National Guard is working to fix this 65-foot-deep highway washout that followed Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont, seen here Sept. 12, 2011.

The Ohio National Guard is working to fix this 65-foot-deep highway washout that followed Tropical Storm Irene in Vermont, seen here Sept. 12, 2011. Ohio has been supporting the Vermont National Guard's Joint Task Force Green Mountain Spirit under a state Emergency Management Assistance Compact. (National Guard Bureau photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill)

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welcome ceremony for 220th Engineering Installation Squadron Sept. 18, 2011, at Secrest Auditorium in Zanseville, Ohio.

Brig. Gen. Mark E. Bartman (at podium), Ohio assistant adjutant general for Air, speaks during the welcome ceremony for 220th Engineering Installation Squadron Sept. 18, 2011, at Secrest Auditorium in Zanseville, Ohio. The 220th EIS Airmen returned home earlier this year from a six-month tour to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

(Ohio National Guard photo)

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Hitting the road: Deploying Soldiers learn to operate MRAP vehicles for optimal safety while overseas

Soldiers of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team are ready to roll out Sept. 23, 2011, in a convoy of Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles during training at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss. The 37th IBCT is deploying to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

(Ohio National Guard photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb)

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