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Ingenuity and strength: Foundation of partnership between South Carolina and Colombia
November 21, 2013
South Carolina National Guard members visit the Colombia emergency services (UNGRD) office to see their programs in action, Sept. 13, 2013, in Bogota.

Government: Donating money is best to help people affected by Typhoon Haiyan
November 20, 2013
Philippines Navy Capt. Vincent Trinidad, right, and U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Travis T. Gaines speak Nov. 18, 2013, at Tacloban, Republic of the Philippines. At the request of the Government of the Philippines, U.S. military members have been providing support to the Armed Forces of the Philippines as part of Operation Damayan following Typhoon Haiyan.

Operation Santa Claus 2013 takes flight in Alaska
November 20, 2013
Operation Santa Claus visited Kake Nov. 14, 2013, in the 57th year of the event. Monte Doyle as Santa and Leslie Richards as Mrs. Claus meet with Kake High School students as Salvation Army volunteer Michael Evans stands by.

National Guard, ROTC cadets partner for security cooperation missions
November 20, 2013
The U.S Embassy's Youth Action Network teamed up with U.S. Army ROTC cadets for a community service event in Linden, Guyana.

Training pays off as New York Guard sergeant aids building collapse victims
November 19, 2013
New York Army National Guard Sgt. Martin Gonzalez received the New York State Medal of Valor in a ceremony at Camp Smith, N.Y., on Nov. 17. The Medal of Valor is presented for acts of valor, heroism, courage or gallantry in either a civilian or a military capacity, and is the highest state award a member of the National Guard can receive.

Six Illinois babies wait for dads’ return from Afghanistan
November 19, 2013
Gynger Hert with son Maverick, Tabatha Medina with daughters Delilah and Emmie, Sarah Willey with daughter Ariea and Stephanie Joy with daughter Ainsley during a National Guard family reunion event in Peoria, Ill., Nov. 16, 2013. These are four of six babies born while their dads were deployed to Afghanistan.

Kentucky MPs provide warm winter clothing to Afghan children
November 18, 2013
Soldiers of the 1103rd Military Police Detachment hand out coats, gloves, hats and candy to Afghan children at an orphanage in the Balkh Province, Afghanistan, Oct. 22, 2013.

Army Chief of Staff Odierno visits Massachusetts to discuss defense initiatives
November 18, 2013
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno speaks to reporters during a press conference at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier System Center, here Nov. 15, 2013.

Illinois National Guard firefighters assist authorities after deadly tornado strikes
November 18, 2013
Logo of the 182nd Airlift Wing, Peoria, Ill.

Afghan deployment is a family affair for Guam National Guard members
November 18, 2013
Sgt. 1st Class Patrick J. Flores Sr., left, the platoon sergeant for Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 249th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Guam, discusses maintenance issues with his soldiers at Camp Phoenix in Kabul.

Alaska Air National Guard members rescue four at lake
November 14, 2013
A U.S. Air Force HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 101st Rescue Squadron conducts a nighttime live fire exercise at Warren Grove Gunnery Range in Ocean County, N.J., Aug. 29, 2013. Alaska Airmen used night vision gear and a similar helicopter to rescue four hypothermic people from a lake.

Transportation Security Administration expands expedited screening program
November 14, 2013
Airman 1st Class Wade Helms calls the names of travelers to board a bus that will take them to an awaiting C-5 Galaxy bound for Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, on April 17. The TSA is expanding expedited screening for military members.

Georgia teacher commands convoy in Afghanistan
November 13, 2013
Army 1st Lt. Monicia Porter gives the signal to stop as she guides one of her platoon's vehicles out of their motor pool in preparation to conduct a sustainment and retrograde support mission to a remote location in Northern Afghanistan on Nov 4, 2013. Porter is a platoon leader and convoy commander for the Georgia Army National Guard and is a high school teacher at Central Gwinnett High School in Lawrenceville, Ga.

NGB Chief Frank Grass talks of 'tough issues' on troop visit in Afghanistan
November 13, 2013
Gen. Frank Grass answers a question asked by a Guard member during a town hall at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Nov. 7, 2013. Grass visited KAF to meet with deployed Guard members and Regional Command (South) leadership.

States focus on deployment health to improve readiness and resilience
November 12, 2013
Soldiers assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Detachment 20, Operation Support Airlift Agency stand in formation Oct. 25, 2013, during their deployment ceremony.

Mail early to ensure packages reach loved ones over holidays
November 12, 2013
Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, process holiday mail last December.

Pennsylvania Soldiers and Airmen engineer joint training
November 8, 2013
Master Sgt. Russ Krause, noncommissioned officer in charge of REOTS, observes an Army National Guard student backing up a front-end loader during the heavy equipment operator's course.

Veterans Day discounts abound across USA for those who served
November 8, 2013
For Veterans Day, as a way to say thanks, many restaurants will be giving discounts and running promotions for veterans.

Hazardous materials, mass casualties and winter storm all in a day’s work for Vigilant Guard participants
November 8, 2013
Soldiers of the Massachusetts Army National Guard and members of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Urban Search and Rescue Task Force 1 receive a briefing before heading to the site of a simulated collapsed building during Maine's Vigilant Guard Exercise on Nov. 6, 2013.

Caregiving: What I wish I would have known before starting
November 8, 2013
Caleb and Brannan Vines pose at Fort Benning, Ga., in 2002, after Caleb graduated from basic training. He left the Army as a sergeant after a series of blasts he experienced during two deployments to Iraq left him with a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress disorder. Frustrated by their three-year search for a diagnosis and the isolation that came with Caleb's injuries, Brannan founded an online support organization for other caregivers, Family of a Vet.