SPC Ashley Grooms is currently assigned as Crewmember 2 of NASAMs Team 12, 3rd Squad, Shooter Battery, 2nd Platoon, 1-174 Air Defense Artillery Regiment (ADAR). 

SPC Grooms does an outstanding job on her familiarization brief of the shelter and equipment on her assigned NASAMs site.  Her dedication to the mission is a direct reflection to the success of Team 12. 

SPC Grooms enlisted into the Ohio Army national Guard in November of 2019 and was assigned to HHB, 1-174 ADA as a 68W (medic), where she finished in the Top Ten of her AIT medic class.  SPC Grooms has done an outstanding job understanding the nature of this mission, despite not having any prior air defense background.  Upon completion of this 2023-24 Operation Noble Eagle assignment, she will return to HHB, 1-174 ADA and resume her medic duties.  Her military education includes the completion of Distributed Leader Course I.  SPC Grooms’ military awards include the National defense Service Medal and the Army Service Ribbon. 

Her favorite part of being in the military includes meeting new people from all over and learning new skills.  In her spare time, SPC Grooms enjoys crocheting, taking care of plants, and reading.  Upon completion of the mission, she intends to enroll into clinicals, with goals of becoming a Registered Nurse.  SPC Grooms lives in Cincinnati, Ohio, with her fiancé and dog (Teddy).