121st Medical Group provides services on Indian reservation PAGES 14-15 SMSgt Kim Frey / 121st Air Refueling Wing Multimedia Center PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Columbus, OH Permit #3754 The Ohio National Guard 2825 W. Dublin Granville Rd. Columbus, Ohio 43235-2789 OFFICIAL BUSINESS ON POINT AROUND THE GLOBE Contents Spring/Summer 2005 Volume 28, No. 2 The Buckeye Guard is an authorized publication for members of the Department of Defense. Contents of the Buckeye Guard are not necessarily the official views of, or endorsed by, the U.S. Government, the Departments of the Army and Air Force, or the F E A T U R E S Adjutant General of Ohio. The Buckeye Guard is published quarterly under the supervision of the Public Affairs Office, Ohio Adjutant General’s Department, 2825 W. Dublin Granville Road, 12 New Meaning to Extended Family Columbus, Ohio 43235-2789. 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If a violation or rejection of Mass Destruction-Civil Support this equal opportunity policy by an advertiser is confirmed, the publisher will refuse to print advertising from that source until the Team participates in a recent violation is corrected. training exercise. For more on the Ohio National Guard’s training and ADJUTANT GENERAL’S DEPARTMENT involvement in the homeland State Commander-in-Chief security mission, see pages 18-19. Gov. Bob Taft SSG Ronald A. Mitchell Jr. / JFHQ-Ohio Adjutant General Maj. Gen. (Ohio) Gregory L. Wayt D E P A R T M E N T S Assistant Adjutant General, Army Brig. Gen. Matthew L. Kambic Assistant Adjutant General, Air 2 Command focus Maj. Gen. Harry “A.J.” Feucht MG Wayt outlines his vision, five Command Sergeant Major, Army Command Sgt. Maj. William L. Gilliam priorities for organizational success. LEADER HEALER Command Chief Master Sergeant, Air Be both and 3 Feedback from the field Command Chief Master Sgt. Christopher Muncy 4 National news in the Ohio Army National Guard BUCKEYE GUARD STAFF Director, Public Relations 6 Citizen spotlight Courtesy photo Dr. Mark Wayda Through the Interservice Physician Assistance Program (IPAP), a two-year active-duty training course, Soldiers can earn a master’s Multi-tasking military mother Nearly 1,000 Ohio Army National Guardmembers returned home degree from the University of Nebraska and test for national certification through the National Commission on Certification of Editor counts football helmet among Mr. Steve Toth earlier this year after supporting Physician Assistants. You will receive a commission as a second lieutenant in the Medical Specialist Corps, and be recognized as both her headwear inventory. Associate Editor peacekeeping operations in Kosovo. a military officer and medical professional. Like 1st Lt. Chris Vannucci (pictured above, bottom left, treating Iraqi children) of the Ohio Maj. Nicole Gabriel During the deployment, MG Gregory Army National Guard’s 216th Engineer Battalion, you will care for fellow Soldiers and citizens in both field and clinical environments. 24 Buckeye briefs Wayt (center), state adjutant Visual Information/Photographic Support general, led a delegation of Ohio Staff Sgt. Ronald A. “Mitch” Mitchell Jr. 26 All about people National Guard and civic leaders, as CRITERIA Contributors well as several Soldiers’ employers, Army/Air National Guard Photojournalists 28 Guardmember benefits Minimum of 60 transferable credit hours from an accredited college or university (specific courses required) ANG Multimedia Specialists to visit the troops during the Unit Public Affairs Representatives Meet all eligibility criteria for appointment as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army holidays. See pages 8-10. Not be older than age 48 at time of commission; approved age waiver needed for applicants older than 33 A B O U T T H E C O V E R S ○○○○○○ Possess General Technical (GT) score of at least 110 FRONT: The Ohio National Guard is BACK: SrA Michelle Powell and Capt Must have at least one year of prior service with the Army National Guard a relevant force in operations both Rich Pulice of the 121st Medical Group stateside and throughout the world. cast a girl’s arm during a two-week Cover design by SSG Ronald A. deployment to a South Dakotan Indian CONTACT Mitchell Jr. / JFHQ-Ohio and Steve reservation. Photo by SMSgt Kim Toth / AGOH-Public Affairs Frey / 121st ARW Multimedia Center CPT MAUREEN DOYLE at (614) 336-7276/(614) 336-7187/(877) 540-7276 (toll-free) State of Ohio on the web @ http://www.ohionationalguard.com or [email protected] Bob Taft, Governor 1 Total copies printed: 19,000 Unit Cost: $.43 Publication Date: 9/05 Feedback from the field Command focus Ohio Soldiers make good EDITOR’S NOTE: Ohio units sup- O H I O N A T I O N A L G U A R D porting KFOR would not have been Five priorities must guide each leader, Soldier, Airman impression overseas listed on that page as it was dedicated I am an American citizen living in Historical Highlights to units mobilized for Operations Iraqi s adjutant general, it is an leader among the 54 states and territories. We do not face a Ireland. Since Operation Iraqi Freedom Freedom and Enduring Freedom. hio’s 145th Infantry Regi- A honor to serve the Ohio recruiting challenge today, we have only opportunities. The Ohio began I have met U.S. military person- KFOR is a NATO-led international ment was the first military National Guard’s Soldiers and Army National Guard has exceeded its recruiting goals in recent nel passing through Shannon (Ire- O force responsible for establishing and unit to use the medium of radio Airmen—our ambassadors— months, and many more young men and women want to serve. The land) International Airport on their maintaining security in Kosovo since in a practice mobilization of more than half of whom have Ohio Air National Guard exceeds 100 percent assigned strength. way to Iraq on a number of occasions. June 1999, under U.N. Security Coun- troops. Col. Ludwig S. Conelly, been mobilized since Sept. 11, We have the best incentives of any service and provide the On Feb. 3, I was there again and, cil Resolution 1244. regimental commander, issued the 2001. I have seen them leave greatest opportunities, including the opportunity to serve your upon meeting some troops in the These rotations are separate from orders utilizing Cleveland station friends and family for places like state and nation. Yet I am still amazed as I speak with young men “duty free” area, presumed they were Enduring Freedom deployments (see WJAX on March, 15, 1923. Despite Iraq and Qatar, return from and women that they do not know about our great organization, on their way out too, until one of them related articles on pages 8-10 of this having companies in 12 locations, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan and the scholarship program and benefits. told me with a broad grin, “no ma’am, issue about the Ohio Guard’s support the entire unit was assembled and Kuwait, and I have walked with There are still many vacancies in the Air and Army National we’re on our way home.” to Kosovo Force 6A). ready for duty in about two hours. them in Iraq, Kuwait, Kosovo, Guard. To maintain unit readiness, our formations must exceed 100 I believe they were with a medical But regardless of the name of the op- throughout Europe and here at percent strength; every vacancy must be filled. To accomplish that, unit of the Ohio National Guard. I RETIRED JUDGE (COL.) ROBERT D. WALKER / 37TH INFANTRY DIVISION eration or duty status, whether de- home. We have truly answered every Soldier and Airman must be a recruiter. I challenge you to spoke briefly with a few of them and ployed stateside or overseas, the con- BY MG GREGORY L. WAYT our mantra of “when called, we reach out to young men and women in your communities and was highly impressed with their cour- tributions of every Soldier and Airman THE ADJUTANT GENERAL respond with ready units.” encourage them to join our ranks.