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Service with a smile

U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Schulz, 121st Air Refueling Wing vice commander, smiles while he is working the snow cone table at the unit Christmas party at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Dec. 15, 2013. Members and their families were invited to attend the celebration which also included a climbing wall, bounce houses, caricature artists, a free raffle, tour of a KC-135 Stratotanker and pictures with Santa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wendy Kuhn/Released)

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145th ARS Group Photo

Past and present Ohio Air National Guard members get together for a group photograph while attending the Inactivation ceremony for the 145th Air Refueling Squadron, at the U.S. Air Force Museum, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on Dec. 7, 2013. The 145th ARS was honored for nearly 60 years of distinguished service in the Ohio Air National Guard. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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121st Airman Spotlight

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jacob Sturges, services journeyman at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Columbus, Ohio, prepares baked chicken for 121st service members during Unit Training Assembly, Nov. 17, 2013, at the Red Tail dining facility. Sturges has been in Services since 2012, and says what he likes the most is contributing to the moral of the unit by providing nutritional meals every month to the members. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Bill Pierce/Released)

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POW/MIA - Never Forget

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Paul Tillet, a member of the 121st Honor Guard, prepares the POW/MIA table before the start of the 145th Air Refueling Squadron Inactivation ceremony on Dec. 7, 2013, at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio. The significance of the POW/MIA table is that it is set for one. The table is our way of symbolizing that members of our profession of arms are missing from our midst. They are commonly called POW's or MIA's...we call them brothers. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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Clergy Working Group

The Rev. Frank A. Edmands II (right), priest-in-charge at Trinity Episcopal Church, located in London, Ohio, listens while Maj. Gen. Deborah A. Ashenhurst (center), Ohio adjutant general, talks to clergy members who attended the inaugural Ohio National Guard Community Outreach Office clergy working group on Nov. 7, 2013, at the Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beightler Armory in Columbus, Ohio. Because some statistics show that military service members are five times more likely to seek help from their clergy than a health care provider, the group's purpose is to mobilize Ohio's faith-based communities in support of the tangible needs of service members and their Families. (Ohio National Guard photo by Bill Pierce)

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Preparing for newcomers

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christy Clark (left), Airman and Family program assistant at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Columbus, Ohio, assists Mrs. Carolyn Ebert (right), Airman and Family program manager, in preparing informational folders for the newcomer families of the most recent recruits joining the 121 ARW on Nov. 17, 2013. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wendy Kuhn/Released)

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Thanksgiving meal

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. George Turner, Services member at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Columbus, Ohio, serves Thanksgiving dinner while First Sgt. Jeff Jones makes room for the entrée on a patron’s tray, Nov. 17, 2013, at the Red Tail Dining Facility during Unit Training Assembly. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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This won't hurt a bit

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Antwine Chandler, Security Forces member at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, Columbus, Ohio, receives the Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (IIV) from U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Rachael Wheeler, officer in charge of immunizations for the 121st Medical Group, Nov. 16, 2013, in hangar 888 during Unit Training Assembly. The medical group temporarily moved their location to accommodate the number of Airmen receiving the flu vaccination, since the government shutdown forced them to wait until this month to complete the vaccinations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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Keeping the Faith

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mark Groves (left), an Aircrew Flight Equipment technician with the 121st Air Refueling Wing, shows equipment used by Ohio Air National Guard pilots to Dr. James Futrell, pastor of pastoral care at the Fairhaven church in Centerville, Ohio, during Clergy Familiarization day, Sept. 12, 2013, at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base. Clergy from all over Ohio were invited by Airmen and Soldiers from their congregation to attend a day at the base to learn about the military and how ministry can make an impact on service members returning from deployment. More than 35 clergy toured a KC-135 Stratotanker, MIne-Resistant Ambush Protected (M-RAP) vehicle and UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter, while also gaining insight on what Airmen and Soldiers might experience during a deployment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Bill Pierce/Released)

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End of an Era

The crew of the ‘Fini-Flight’, along with past members of the 145th Air Refueling Squadron, stand in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, commemorating the squadron’s final flight on Sept. 24, 2013. The 145 ARS initially became an Air Refueling Squadron in Canton, Ohio in 1961 and has been flying tankers for 52 years. The American flag the crew is holding was flown during the flight. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Kim Frey/Released)

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The Right Equipment for the job

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William Bleakley of the 121st Air National Guard Fire Department uses a P-19 aircraft rescue fire truck to extinguish a simulated running fuel fire at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Sept. 22, 2013. Members of the fire department completed the exercise as part of Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Live Burn training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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121st fire department simulates a running fuel fire

Members of the 121st Air National Guard Fire Department use a P-19 aircraft rescue fire truck to extinguish a simulated running fuel fire at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Sept. 22, 2013. The members completed the exercise as part of Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Live Burn training. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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121st fire department trains with equipment

Members of the 121st Air National Guard Fire Department use a P-19 aircraft rescue fire truck to extinguish a simulated running fuel fire at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Sept. 22, 2013. The members completed the exercise as part of Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Live Burn training. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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121st Live Burn Training

Members of the 121st Air National Guard Fire Department extinguish a simulated running fuel fire at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Sept. 22, 2013. The members completed the exercise as part of Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Live Burn training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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Fighting Fires

Members of the 121st Air National Guard Fire Department fight a simulated engine fire at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Sept. 22, 2013. The members completed the exercise as part of Federal Aviation Administration Part 139 Live Burn training. (U.S. Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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121st Airman Spotlight

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kristin Bandy, Aerospace Medical Technician at the 121st Air Refueling Wing, takes the blood pressure of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Megan Betts, a Health Services Technician for the 121st Medical Group, Sept. 22, during the Unit Training Assembly. Tech. Sgt. Bandy was featured in the 121st Airman Spotlight of the September edition of the Wing Watch. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wendy Kuhn/Released)

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Welcome Veterans and Family Members

Hamilton Township School superintendent Mr. Chris Lester (left), and Col. Jim Jones, commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing (right), welcome Lt. Col. Fitzsimmons and daughter Colleen (center), to Military Night before the start of the Hamilton Twp. football game, Sept. 6, 2013. All Veterans in attendance were recognized by Mr. Lester and Col. Jones before the game. Col. Jones, who played high school football for the Hamilton Twp. Rangers 38 years ago, also gave the official coin toss and a motivational speech to the team before the game. (Courtesy photo)

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Hamilton Twp. Military Night

Ohio Air National Guard Col. James Jones, Commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, shakes hands with a captain on the Hamilton Township football team during Military Night, Sept. 6, 2013. Col. Jones, who played high school football for the Hamilton Twp. Rangers 38 years ago, also gave the official coin toss and a motivational speech to the team before the game. (Courtesy photo)

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Heartfelt Appreciation

U.S. Air Force Col. James Jones, commander of the 121st Air Refueling Wing, presents Mrs. Kori Cioca, a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard and sexual assault survivor, with an ABU bag and 121 ARW patches during a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training class at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, August 24, 2013. Cioca spoke to the members during August UTA to help increase sexual assault awareness and prevention. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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Cioca speaks at SAPR classes

Members of the 121st Air Refueling Wing pose with Mrs. Kori Cioca, a former member of the U.S. Coast Guard and sexual assault survivor, during a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training class at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio, August 24, 2013. Cioca spoke to the members during August UTA to help increase sexual assault awareness and prevention. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Zachary Wintgens/Released)

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