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Experience in Liberia and Afghanistan makes New York Army National Guard doctor a better hometown physician
February 9, 2016
Lt. Col. William LeCates, a New York Army National Guard doctor, stands with Capt. Joseph Kowo, deputy commander of the Armed Forces of Liberia Medical Command, during his 2015 deployment to Liberia as part of Operation Onward Liberty, a mission conducted by the Michigan Army National Guard. LeCates, who works as a civilian doctor in Cooperstown, New York, was deployed in Liberia for six months as part of the training and mentoring mission.

New York National Guard works with state officials to monitor wild turkey populations at training site
February 8, 2016
Carl Lindsley, left, Marc Sizer and Becca Linkiewicz, employees of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), work together to put an electronic monitoring tag on a female turkey at the New York National Guard's Camp Smith Training Site on Jan. 28, 2016.

Senior aviator in Utah takes final AH-64 Apache helicopter flight
February 2, 2016
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Ken Jones, world record holder with 10,000 flight hours, has final flight in an AH-64 Apache with his son, Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jared Jones.

Leaders from National Guard and AFRICOM discuss State Partnership Program
February 1, 2016
Dr. Barbara Sotirin, deputy director of programs at AFRICOM, speaks to senior leaders of 10 National Guard states from across the U.S., United States Africa Command and United States Army Africa about strategic and long-term planning at the State Partnership Program conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Jan. 26, 2016. T

Jordanian military hosted by Colorado Guard counterparts
February 1, 2016
U.S. Army National Guard members, State Partnership Program participants from Colorado National Guard and Jordan Armed Forces tour the Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab in Denver, Jan. 8, 2016. Colorado National Guard’s State Partnership Program, a unique component of the U.S. Department of Defense, links a state's National Guard unit with the armed forces equivalent of another country in a cooperative, mutually beneficial relationship.

South Dakota Guard, Suriname military conduct strategic planning
February 1, 2016
Soldiers from the South Dakota National Guard met in January with their colleagues in Suriname as part of the State Partnership Program.

Puerto Rico National Guard hosts visit from Honduran officials
January 29, 2016
Honduran delegation observed some of the training capabilities and equipment at Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center
during its visit in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Jan. 27, 2016.

New York Air National Guardsman donates kidney to fellow 105th Airlift Wing member
January 20, 2016
New York Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Daniel Cola, left, and Master Sgt. Henry Windels pose for a photo at Stewart Air National Guard Base, near Newburgh, New York, Dec. 23, 2015. Windels donated a kidney to Cola Oct. 6, 2015. Both men are members of the New York Air National Guard's 105th Airlift Wing.

Washington Guard Soldier dances through deployment, step by step
January 15, 2016
Washington National Guard Spc. Megan O’Malley, an automated logistics specialist, helps out in the office at Company E, 1st Battalion, 168th Aviation Regiment, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 29, 2015. O’Malley taught a ballroom dance class to her fellow Soldiers in the brigade.

Rehearsal key to dignified transfer in Delaware after weather diversion
January 15, 2016
Tech. Sgt. Jared Whitecar, Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations broadcaster, unloads a chair Dec. 23, 2015, at New Castle Air National Guard Base, Delaware. The furniture was relocated from Dover Air Force Base to create an area for families of the fallen when a dignified transfer was diverted due to weather.