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Ohio Guard members build bridges with language at food bank
June 29, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Members of the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, are helping the Mid-Ohio Foodbank provide food to families during the COVID-19 pandemic.For two... MORE

Spcs. Gabriel Kirk, left, and Javier Roman, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 134th Field Artillery Regiment, at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank in Grove City, Ohio. Kirk, a chaplain assistant, and Roman, a fire control specialist, have been serving as interpreters for the many Spanish-speaking families relying on the food bank during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guard member helps family friend, pregnant COVID-19 patient
June 22, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Pfc. Dal Sum, an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, answered the call when The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center needed a Burmese translator... MORE

Pfc. Dal Sum, an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment, is recognized by Col. Matthew Woodruff, commander of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Joint Task Force 37, May 8, 2020, at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus. Sum answered the call when nurses needed a Burmese translator who speaks Zomi to communicate with a pregnant COVID-19 patient.

Nurse joins Ohio National Guard amid COVID-19 pandemic
June 15, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Joining the military is a big decision. Many people would say the same thing about the health care profession. However, when registered nurse Brandi Purdy received the Air National... MORE

Capt. Brandi Purdy swore into the Air National Guard April 21, 2020, amid the global COVID-19 pandemic and the state of Ohio’s stay-at-home order. She is now a captain with the 121st Air Refueling Wing Medical Group.

Ohio National Guard tests veterans' home residents, staff
June 12, 2020 — GEORGETOWN, Ohio – Ohio National Guard medical personnel recently conducted COVID-19 testing of veterans and staff at the Ohio Veterans Home in the southern part of the state.In support of the Ohio... MORE

Maj. Jessica Taylor, right, commander of Company C, 237th Support Battalion, provides personal protective equipment to staff at the Ohio Veterans Home in Georgetown, Ohio. Taylor led a team of Ohio National Guard medical personnel that tested 140 residents and 200 staff members at the facility. All the tests were negative.

Ohio Army Guard assists during unrest in Cleveland, Columbus
June 3, 2020 — ARLINGTON, Va. – Members of the Ohio National Guard were activated by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine to assist local authorities after three days of civil unrest in major Ohio cities, including Columbus and... MORE

A Soldier with the Ohio National Guard looks on as protesters peacefully demonstrate in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio National Guard members have been activated to support state and local agencies in Columbus and Cleveland in response to incidents of civil unrest in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd. Approximately 30,000 National Guard members in 31 states and Washington, D.C., are on duty protecting lives and property while safeguarding individual rights to demonstrate peacefully.

178th Wing Airmen serve their community at local food bank
May 29, 2020 — SPRINGFIELD, Ohio – More than two months after Gov. Mike DeWine activated members of the Ohio National Guard to help distribute food at food banks statewide, the need in the community is still... MORE

Staff Sgt. Lucas Williams, a radar technician assigned to the 123rd Air Control Squadron, Ohio National Guard, unwraps a pallet of boxes of food during the drive-thru food distribution May 22, 2020, at the Second Harvest Food Bank in Springfield, Ohio.

Ohio National Guard medical team helps staff at state prison
May 8, 2020 — ORIENT, Ohio – Nearly 30 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, part of Joint Task Force Red Med, are supporting the medical staff at Pickaway Correctional Institution during the COVID-19 pandemic.A... MORE

Members of Joint Task Force Red Med at Pickaway Correctional Institution in Orient, Ohio, May 4, 2020. A team of nearly 30 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airmen has been on duty since April 13 at PCI, supporting the onsite medical staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ohio National Guard assists with mass food distribution
May 8, 2020 — FAIRBORN, Ohio – Hundreds of cars snaked through the parking lot outside Wright State University’s Nutter Center, spilling onto the main road for as far as the eye could see. People shouted, “Thank... MORE

U.S. Army Spc. Rose Minton, a vehicle operator assigned to the Ohio National Guard's 237th Brigade Support Battalion, unpacks pallets of food April 21, 2020, at Wright State University's Nutter Center in Fairborn, Ohio. More than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard were activated March 18, 2020 to support food distribution efforts at 12 locations across Ohio serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties.

Nurses Week Spotlight: Capt. Eve Tanas, 30th ABCT, NC Guard
May 7, 2020 — UNDISCLOSED LOCATION – National Nurses Week began May 6 and ends May 12 – Florence Nightingale’s birthday. To recognize the work of nurses, the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team spotlights U.S. Army... MORE

U.S. Army Capt. Eve Tanas, an Army nurse supporting Operation Spartan Shield in the Central Command area of responsibility, April 28, 2020. Tanas, assigned to the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, is recognized as a Soldier spotlight during National Nurses Week May 6-12, 2020.

Ohio National Guard provides medical aid at federal prison
May 6, 2020 — ELKTON, Ohio – From blizzards to hurricanes, from East Coast to West Coast and anything in between, members of the National Guard answer the call each time our nation is in need.Today, as COVID-19... MORE

Approximately 40 Ohio National Guard Soldiers and Airman deployed for 20 days to Federal Correctional Institution, Elkton, in Columbiana County, Ohio, to supplement the facility’s in-house medical team during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guard members find Southeast Ohioans #InThisTogether
April 21, 2020 — LOGAN, Ohio – For nearly a month, some 500 members of the Ohio National Guard have been deployed to food banks across the state, seeing the impact of food insecurity up close. For Pfc. Jayden Rutter,... MORE

Devin Berry, left, and Ohio National Guard Pfc. Jayden Rutter, both lifelong Southeast Ohio residents, outside the Southeast Ohio Foodbank in Logan April 10, 2020. Berry, a laborer at the food bank for five years, has been working with Rutter and other Soldiers of the 237th Support Battalion to package and distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Community giving comes full circle for Ohio National Guard
April 12, 2020 — CINCINNATI – Harbingers of spring began their bloom in early March around the same time the first COVID-19 cases were reported in Ohio. The focus since has not been on renewal or growth but rather on... MORE

Soldiers from the Ohio National Guard’s 2nd Squadron, 107th Cavalry Regiment — on state active duty supporting the Freestore Foodbank in Cincinnati during the COVID-19 pandemic — help deliver meals and Easter baskets to the Friars Club, a nonprofit social service organization, for families. Just last year, community businesses and organizations helped sponsor the unit’s holiday brunch, an egg hunt and Easter baskets for children of unit members.

Time at home means time to help make masks
April 8, 2020 — HASKINS, Ohio – Stay-at-home order? No problem.When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, issued the order to stay at home March 22 in a statewide effort to slow the spread of COVID-19, one Ohio resident set out to... MORE

When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued the order to stay at home March 22, 2020, to slow the spread of COVID-19, Kelly Hale of Haskins decided to sew cloth masks for health care workers, first responders, the Ohio National Guard and other frontline workers.

Ohio Guard helps state evaluate alternate care sites
April 7, 2020 — UPPER SANDUSKY, Ohio – Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine turned to the Ohio National Guard to help develop a plan to expand medical capacity as Ohio’s health care systems brace for the looming COVID-19 peak. The... MORE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Lucas Budd, an engineer adviser assigned to the Northwest Joint Engineer Assessment Team, takes notes during a site survey April 4, 2020, at Upper Sandusky High School. Ohio National Guard members were assessing whether the school is suitable for use as an alternate medical facility, if COVID-19 cases increase beyond what existing hospitals in the state can manage.

Doctor helps keep Guard members safe to serve
March 31, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – All across the nation, National Guard Airmen and Soldiers are supporting their communities and responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, potentially exposing themselves while serving their... MORE

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Gary Katz, a flight surgeon assigned to the 178th Wing serving on Joint Task Force-37, briefs commanders March 23, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center in Columbus, Ohio. Katz is one of more than 400 members of the Ohio National Guard supporting food distribution at 12 locations across Ohio serving more than 11 million Ohioans in all 88 counties.

178th Wing analysts serve Ohioans in response to COVID19
March 31, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a time of uncertainty, nearly 400 members of the Ohio National Guard have been called to state active duty to serve in their communities and aid people throughout Ohio during the... MORE

Senior Airman Elise, an analyst assigned to the 178th Wing, analyzes a map of counties throughout Ohio March 30, 2020, at the Defense Supply Center Columbus. Elise is serving on the Joint Task Force 37 collecting data on coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and available hospital resources across the state, as well as providing weather and route information for the JTF-37 task forces supporting local food banks.

Ohio National Guard helping food banks across state
March 26, 2020 — COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hundreds of members of the Ohio National Guard are helping 12 food banks across the state distribute food during the COVID-19 pandemic.Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine authorized the activation... MORE

Spc. Patrick Valentine, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s HHC 1-148th Infantry Regiment – 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, stocks shelves at the Toledo Northwestern Ohio Food Bank, March 25, 2020. Nearly 400 Ohio National Guard members were activated to provide humanitarian missions in support of COVID-19 relief efforts.

Ohio National Guard Soldiers rescue car crash victim
March 25, 2020 — ROSSFORD, Ohio – For five Ohio National Guard Soldiers on a mission in Lucas County, the National Guard motto of "Always Ready, Always There," was more real than ever as they jumped into action,... MORE

U.S. Army National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s HHC 1-148th Infantry Regiment – 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, assist after witnessing a single vehicle crash near Toledo, Ohio, March 23, 2020.

Ohio, Serbia strengthen partnership during CAPSTONE 2019
October 11, 2019 — BELGRADE, Serbia – Thirty Ohio National Guard members joined their Serbian military partners Sept. 8-15 for the annual State Partnership Program CAPSTONE event.Every year, Ohio National Guard members... MORE

Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (right), Ohio adjutant general, meets with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić Sept. 11, 2019, in Belgrade, Serbia. Harris and Brnabić discussed the growing Ohio-Serbia partnership through military-to-military and civil-to-civil exchanges as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program.

Ohio Airman helps combat opioid epidemic
October 8, 2019 — MANSFIELD, Ohio – Staff Sgt. Carolyn Kinzel, a C-130H Hercules loadmaster assigned to the 179th Airlift Wing, is helping combat the opioid epidemic in Ohio. Kinzel joined the 179th Airlift Wing in... MORE

Staff Sgt. Carolyn Kinzel, C-130 Loadmaster assigned to the 164th Airlift Squadron and Ohio Air National Guard Counterdrug Task Force criminal analyst, in front of an overdose map she created Aug. 1, 2019, at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Cleveland. The Ohio National Guard Counterdrug Task Force supports law enforcement and community organizations to help counter the drug threat.

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Massachusetts Guard Civil Support Team Put to the Test