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📷 THROUGH THE LENS//OCTOBER 17, 1981: A child looks on at a Ohio National Guard truck from the 837th Engineer Company, 73d Infantry Brigade on a LTR (light tactical raft) in Hoover Lake, Lima. The unit put on a raft demonstration for area high school juniors and seniors were invited to a career day at the Lima Armory.

⛓ LINEAGE LINKUP//Battery C, 1st Battalion, 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment perpetuates the lineage of the 837th Engineer Company from this period.

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📷 THROUGH THE LENS//OCTOBER 16, 1940: 112th Engineer Regiment, 37th Division, Central Armory, Cleveland.

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🗓ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 15, 1940: The 37th Division (Buckeye) was ordered into Federal service by order of the President. The division arrived at Camp Shelby, Mississippi by October 18th for basic training. They would remain at Camp Shelby until February 1942. Seventy-one years later on October 15, 2011, the majority of the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Buckeye) was ordered into Federal service for the War on Terrorism and would also head to Camp Shelby for pre-mobilization training.

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 15, 1962: The 180th Fighter Wing is organized in Toledo, Ohio as the 180th Tactical Fighter Group. The wing has flown the F-84F Thunderstreak, F-100 Super Sabre, A-7 Corsair II and currently the F-16 Fighting Falcon. Today, the wing is part of the nation’s homeland defense mission and reports to NORAD as part of the Homeland Defense Air Sovereignty Alert mission. In this 1987 photo, a color guard from the 180th Tactical Fighter Group march into position during a change of command ceremony for the unit at Toledo Air National Guard Base.

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 15, 1962: The 178th Wing is organized in Springfield, Ohio as the 178th Tactical Fighter Group. The wing has flown the F-84F Thunderstreak, F-100 Super Sabre, A-7 Corsair II and F-16 Fighting Falcon. In 2014 it converted from a fighter wing to an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance wing flying the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle. In this August 1968 photo, Airman 1st Class Jimmy D. Davis and Sgt. Larry E. Rader, members of the 178th Tactical Fighter Group, load a gun camera on an F84F jet during annual field training at Phelps Collins Air National Guard Base in Alpena, Mich.

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 15, 1962: The 179th Cyberspace Wing is organized in Mansfield, Ohio as the 179th Tactical Fighter Group. As a fighter group, the 179th flew the F-84F Thunderstreak and F-100 Super Sabre before converting to an airlift group in 1976 flying the C-130 Hercules. From 2010-2013 the wing flew the C-27J Spartan and was the first unit to train and deploy the joint cargo plane in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2011. Recently, the wing converted to the Air National Guard’s first cyberspace wing, ending 60 years of flying missions for the unit. In this 1995 photo, aircrew and maintenance personnel from the 179th Airlift Group display a banner recognizing the unit's 100,000 hours of accident-free flying.

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 11, 1973: The emblem for the 220th Engineering Installation Squadron is approved for the 220th Electronic Installation Squadron. An updated version, that added the scroll with motto above the disc, was approved in 2019.

BLAZON. On a disc Azure, in base a radiant pattern Celeste, behind a demi-sphere Vert issuant from base, gridlined Sable, superimposed by a stylized radio tower Or, detailed and edged Brün (Gold Brown), emitting from its top three lightning bolts conjoined of the fifth, edged of the sixth, one to dexter base, one to sinister chief, and one to sinister base; all within a narrow border Yellow.

Attached above the disc, a Blue scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed “SINE NOBIS SILENTIUM” in Yellow letters.

Attached below the disc, a Blue scroll edged with a narrow Yellow border and inscribed “220TH ENGR INSTL SQ” in Yellow letters.

SIGNIFICANCE. Ultramarine blue and Air Force yellow are the Air Force colors. Blue alludes to the sky, the primary theater of Air Force operations. Yellow refers to the sun and the excellence required of Air Force personnel. The gridlined sphere represents the unit’s global reach and impact. The lightning bolts signify the communications aspects of the mission, which include telephone and radio electronics. The construction responsibility is reflected in the large steel tower. The Latin motto, “SINE NOBIS SILENTUM,” translates to “WITHOUT US, SILENCE.”

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 10, 1877: Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 145th Armored Regiment (Black Horse Troop) and Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 237th Support Battalion (First Cleveland Troop) are organized in Cleveland as the First Cleveland Troop, an independent volunteer militia company. The troop joined the Ohio National Guard in 1887 and has served in the War with Spain, World Wars I and II and the War on Terrorism. In this post-World War II photo, members of Troop A, 107th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron discuss the situation near their M24 Chaffee Tank. The unit was organized under this designation from 1947 to 1949.

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📷 THROUGH THE LENS//OCTOBER 9, 1971: Lt. James McConkey, left, commander of the 584th MIlitary Police Company, headquartered in Bowling Green, received a citation honoring the members of the company. Presenting the certificate of achievement was Col. John P. Siemer, right, Columbus, commanding officer of the 50th Military Police Group. Assisting Lt. McConkey in receipt of the award was Staff Sgt. Arlyn Brinker, Rossford. The citation was presented to the company from the headquarters of the 194th Armored Brigade, Ft. Knox, Ky., for distinguished service by the company during the summer camp training Aug. 2-13.

⛓ LINEAGE LINKUP//Company B, 1st Battalion, 148th Infantry Regiment perpetuates the lineage of the 584th Military Police Company.

#ohionationalguard #OTD #ThroughtheLens #OhioHistory #armyhistory #lineagelinkup by @ongheritagecenter

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 8, 1862: Union Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio and Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg’s Army of Mississippi clash at the Battle of Perryville, Kentucky. After back and forth fighting, the day ends with a Confederate tactical victory, but Bragg, short of men and supplies, is forced to retreat during the night. The battle ends Bragg’s offensive campaign into Kentucky. Buell’s three corps include 30 infantry regiments, five batteries of artillery and parts of two cavalry regiments from the Buckeye state. Today, the 148th Infantry Regiment (3rd Ohio); 174th Air Defense Artillery Regiment (5th Ohio), 112th Engineer Battalion (1st Ohio) and 134th Field Artillery Regiment (1st Ohio Light Artillery) are authorized to display a campaign streamer with Kentucky 1862 embroidered on it, signifying this campaign. This photo shows Pvt. John E. Anway of Company H, 101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry who participated in the Battle of Perryville. Anway enlisted on Aug. 9, 1862, just two months prior to the battle. The 101st Ohio was organized at Monroeville, Ohio and was assigned to the 31st Brigade (Carlin), 9th Division (Mitchell, III Corps, Army of the Ohio during the battle. (Anway image courtesy of the U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center)

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🎖 HALL OF VALOR//OCTOBER 8, 1862: The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private William H. Surles, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 8 October 1862, while serving with Company G, 2d Ohio Infantry, in action at Perryville, Kentucky, In the hottest part of the fire Private Surles stepped in front of his colonel to shield him from the enemy’s fire.

#ohionationalguard #OTD #OhioHistory #armyhistory #hallofvalor by @ongheritagecenter

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🗓 ON THIS DAY//OCTOBER 5, 1952: The 251st Cyberspace Engineering Installation Group is organized in Springfield, Ohio as the 251st Communications Group. The 251st is the oldest communications/cyber group in the U.S. Air Force. The group was redesignated as a cyberspace unit on May 1, 2014, and has the mission to command, organize, equip, train and administer assigned expeditionary cyberspace engineering installation and combat communication forces. In this January 1976 photo, Maj. Gen. John J. Pesch, left, director of the Air National Guard, attaches the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award streamer to the flag of the 251st Mobile Communications Group during a ceremony at Springfield Municipal Airport.

#airforcehistory #ohionationalguard #OTD #OhioHistory by @ongheritagecenter

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