Carmony presented with Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

WOOSTER -- Tod Carmony of Wooster was presented with the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award by the Buckeye Council during the annual meeting.

The award recognizes Eagle Scouts who have demonstrated outstanding achievement at the local, state or regional level.

Major General (Ret) Tod J. Carmony was a distinguished military graduate of Ohio State University, commissioned in the Regular Army as a second lieutenant of infantry and entered active duty in June 1972. He was one of several cadets who completed the Airborne School at Fort Benning, Ga., immediately following ROTC Advance Camp. He also completed the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Ranger School and the Junior Motor Officer Course before reporting to his first duty station with the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas.

Carmony was an executive officer with the 1st Cavalry and the 2nd Infantry Division in Korea as commander, A Company, 1/31st Infantry. His unit was known as the Wild Bunch and served tours on the DMZ.

Leaving active duty in 1978, he returned to his hometown of Wooster and joined Wayne Mutual Insurance Co. In 1996, he was appointed president of the company, a position he holds today.

Carmony also joined the Ohio Army National Guard's 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1979. He was the regimental executive officer when the 73rd Infantry Brigade and the 107th Armored Cavalry Regiment were reorganized as the 37th Armored Brigade with six battalions, and he was subsequently named to command the brigade.

Carmony graduated from the Army War College in 2001, and was selected to serve as deputy commander, 38th Infantry Division, in 2002 and was promoted to brigadier general in 2003. His duties were to assist the division commander in exercising command and control of 15,000 National Guard soldiers as they rendered assistance to the communities and citizens of the State of Mississippi.

In the fall of 2008, Carmony was promoted to major general and assigned as commanding general, 38th Infantry Division. In October 2011, Carmony turned over command of the 38th Infantry Division and retired from active duty with 39 years of service.

Carmony's military awards include the Army Distinguished Service Medal, two Legions of Merit, four Meritorious Service Medals, Expert Infantry Badge, Ranger Tab and Parachutist Badge. He has been awarded the Primicerius Order of Saint Maurice, the Silver Order of Saint George and the Order of Saint Barbara.

In the civilian sector, Carmony has served as chairman of the Ohio Insurance Institute, president of the Ohio Association of Mutual Insurance Companies, president of the Akron Canton Chapter of CPCUs, director of the Excess Reinsurance Company, director of the Pike Mutual Insurance Association and director of the Norton Mutual Insurance Association.

He is the chairman of the board and president of Wayne Mutual Insurance Company, Washington Mutual Insurance Association and Marion Mutual Insurance Association. He serves as a director for the NAMIC Insurance Co.

Carmony resides in Wooster with his wife, Pat, a retired schoolteacher. He has two sons and four grandchildren. Son Andrew retired from the Ohio National Guard with 20 years service.

Other award recipients were Bill Downey of North Canton and Father James Kolp of Alliance.