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Air National Guard chaplain feels the chill of Antarctic deployment
December 3, 2012
Chaplain Capt. William Vit of Sioux City, Iowa, stands at the geographic South Pole. His Antarctic deployment is coming to end.
Transportation missions in Africa boost Soldier morale
December 3, 2012
Soldiers from the 2/138th Field Artillery Regiment met at the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia to exchange supplies for the troops deployed to Camp Gilbert, Ethiopia.
Mississippi Soldiers foster productive farming patch in Afghanistan
December 3, 2012
Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell shows Afghan farmers how to maintain a rotor-tiller at a demonstration farm in Shahr-e Safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012.
Africa mission brings Kentucky National Guard member home
November 27, 2012
Pfc. Ismaila Pam, of Louisville, discusses his ties to Africa while on a mission there.
N.C. National Guard Soldiers get comfortable with new role as Sinai Peninsula observers
November 23, 2012
Pfc. James Bambule, a gunner with the 7-32nd Forward Support Company, 5-113th Field Artillery Regiment, watch 'Bedouin protesters' chant and wave protest signs outside the outpost's gates while his squad leader, Staff Sgt. Gregory Forbes, calls for support during an exercise.
Hawaii Guard Soldiers ready to assist, advise Afghan forces
November 19, 2012
Sgt. Lamont Scott, of Waipahu, Hawaii, foreground, confirms his M-4 rifle's accuracy along with several dozen additional Soldiers from the Hawaii Army Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Kandahar Airfield's small arms rifle range Nov. 14, 2012.
For 40 years, pilot has been a fixture with Ohio National Guard
November 9, 2012
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Blaine Wyckoff, B Company, 3-238th, sits in the pilot's seat of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2012.
Ninjas leave Soldiers seeing stars in Japan
November 7, 2012
Pfc. Eric Greene of Bobtown, Pa., an infantryman with Company C, 1st Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment out of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, throws a ninja star with precision following a ninja demonstration on Nov. 5.
Units from Michigan and Kuwait make tracks together in the desert
November 5, 2012
During their visit to Camp Tahreer, Kuwait, Sept. 25, 2012, U.S. soldiers were given an explanation on some of the mechanical differences between the vehicles used in the Kuwait National Guard.
35th Combat Aviation Brigade fuels strong partnership with Kuwait
October 29, 2012
The group gathers around a refueling point to discuss safety and proper fueling techniques.