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Illinois National Guard Special Forces train with Puerto Rico National Guard members
April 9, 2014
A Special Forces Soldier with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Chicago demonstrates proper room clearing procedures during military operations on urban terrain training with the Puerto Rico National Guard, April 4, 2014 at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico.
South Dakota National Guard Soldiers train in Africa
April 9, 2014
Master Sgt. Kelley Moore, of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 881st Movement Control Team, offloads a container from a C-130 aircraft at Douala Airport in Cameroon, Africa, during the Central Accord 14 exercise, March 11, 2014. The 881st provided logistics support to the exercise Central Accord 14, March 7 – 21, and members were responsible for the management and preparation of cargo and personnel that need to be transported aboard aircraft throughout the country.
North Dakota Airmen deploy in support of CENTCOM
March 31, 2014
Lt. Col. Tad Shauer, the 219th Security Forces Commander, right,speaks to deploying unit members as Master Sgt. Larry Torres, the 219th Security Forces first sergeant, prepares to present a unit flag during a send-off ceremony at the Minot Armed Forces Reserve Center, Minot N.D., March 14, 2014.
Georgia Guard members 'won't forget' exchange in Guatemala
March 27, 2014
Staff Sgt. Richard Ramirez of the Georgia Army National Guard provides a safety brief to Guatemalan Interagency Task Force Soldiers and police agents prior to their driver's training class in order to build capacity and to enhance their capability in combating transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking organizations.
Harlem Hellfighters keep troops moving during Central Accord
March 19, 2014
Congolese national police Capt. Patrick Ossate and Spc. Daren E. Mills from the New York Army National Guard's 369th's Sustainment Brigade process Soldiers March 18 arriving at Exercise Central Accord 14 in Douala, Cameroon, March 18, 2014. The two are part of the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration cell, which manages personnel arriving and departing the exercise.
Dubai cargo mission shows versatility and dedication of Army National Guard
March 14, 2014
C-17 Globemaster III's assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing sit on the flight line after a rain storm passes over May 7, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston-Air Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
Georgia’s Army National Guard building security in the Americas
March 13, 2014
The Georgia National Guard’s 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (IBCT) is the first National Guard IBCT to execute missions under the regionally aligned forces (RAF) program.
Missouri Guard member serves in Afghanistan with her son
February 21, 2014
Staff Sgt. Denise Leo, an administrative noncommissioned officer with the Missouri National Guard’s 1438th Multi-Role Bridge Company, with her son, Spc. Ryan Dryer, a mechanic with the same unit. Both volunteered for the deployment and have been serving in Afghanistan for about six months, supporting their unit's mission of maintaining bridges in Afghanistan.
Washington National Guard engineers build school and relationships in Thailand
February 14, 2014
Members of the Royal Thai Army, members of the Malaysian, Indonesian Armed Forces, and U.S. Army and Air Force pose in front of the site of a new schoolhouse Feb. 7, 2014, at the Ban Sa la Kai Fub School in Sukothai province, Kingdom of Thailand. Soldiers with the 176th Engineer Company, Washington Army National Guard, supported the construction of the multipurpose building here as part of Exercise Cobra Gold 2014.
Guard Soldiers from Maryland and Virginia travel to Germany to help train next Kosovo forces
February 10, 2014
Left to right, Maj. Chuck Reinhold, Lt. Col. David Jones, Brig. Gen. Timothy E. Gowen, Col. William Coffin and Col. Brent Johnson (standing) conduct a briefing Jan. 23, 2014, at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany.