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Afghanistan: Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier continues life of service, chooses deployment over retirement
August 20, 2012
Spc. Terry Mills, with Company F, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, pulls Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Stumpff into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Khowst Province, Afghanistan. Stumpff was stranded on a narrow cliff after being wounded in an ambush. Mills, who served as an aviation crew chief in the Army in the 1980s, retired as a civilian firefighter four years ago and enlisted in the Mississippi Army National Guard.
Afghanistan: Air National Guard maintainers work around the clock to keep A-10s flying
August 17, 2012
Senior Airman William Fine, an aircraft phase maintenance specialist with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, works on the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during phase maintenance at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Mongolia: Alaska Army National Guard medic gives back to local community during Khaan Quest
August 17, 2012
Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh talks with Army Pfc. Chantal Miller, a medic with the Alaska Army National Guard's Medical Detachment, during his visit of the various Khaan Quest 12 exercise locations in and around Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 14. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise sponsored by the U.S. Army, Pacific and hosted annually by the Mongolian Armed Forces.
Botswana: Illinois Army National Guard Soldier learns culinary skills from Botswana Defense Force chefs
August 16, 2012
Spc. Lenette Tidwell, an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 405th Brigade Support Battalion and Botswana Defense Force Lance Cpl. Baone Thipe, a chef with the BDF, chop potatoes together Aug. 12 at Thebephatshwa Air Base, Botswana. The BDF chefs taught Tidwell how to cook BDF-style as they prepared a a meal during Southern Accord 2012, a combined, joint exercise promoting collaboration and partnership between the two nations' militaries.
Germany: Wyoming Air National Guard engineers tackle construction projects at NATO School
August 16, 2012
Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Voyles, with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, prepares to put rebar in place Aug. 13, 2012 while working on a construction project at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany. The rebar provides strength to the concrete poured. Airmen from the 153rd CES are putting their skills to work as they work on various construction projects throughout the school grounds.
Afghanistan: Virginia Army National Guard mom and Marine Corps son meet at Khandahar Airfield
August 15, 2012
Army Maj. Elizabeth Nance, a dental officer with the Virginia Army National Guard currently assigned to the ROLE 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, stands with her son, Marine Corps Capt. Wilson Nance.
Botswana: North Carolina Air National Guard, Botswana Defense Force find common ground on C-130 Hercules
August 13, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Choate, with the North Carolina Air National Guard's 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, shows members of the Botswana Defense Force how to properly secure a litter on a BDF C-130 Hercules aircraft as part of training exercise MEDLITE 12, Aug. 11, 2012. MEDLITE is an annual exercise that brings together U.S. forces personnel with counterparts from militaries throughout Africa. The goal of the exercise is to enhance capabilities and work together by introducing the U.S. Aeromedical Evacuation system of patient movement to the BDF military personnel.
Botswana: Illinois National Guard, Botswana Defense Force combine efforts on engineering projects
August 10, 2012
Botswana Defense Force engineers and engineers from the Illinois National Guard's 631st Engineer Support Company, improve an existing pond used for watering livestock and other agricultural needs, in a small village near Mkankake Range. The engineers are participating in Southern Accord 2012, an annual combined, joint exercise which brings together U.S. military and BDF to conduct various operations to enhance military capabilities and interoperability. (Army National Guard photo by
Afghanistan: National Guard members with 'Task Force Mad Dog’ leave their mark in Afghanistan
August 9, 2012
South Dakota Army National Guard Spc. Kyle Griffith of the 842nd Horizontal Construction Company fills barricades at Combat Outpost Giro. Giro was so isolated from the rest of the project sites it had to be resupplied by helicopter.
Kuwait: Michigan National Guard Transportation Company conducts drivers training for units in Kuwait
August 9, 2012
Members of the Michigan National Guard's 1462nd Transportation Company recently trained Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division and Tennessee Army National Guard’s 230th Engineer Battalion, on the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter, or HET, during an eight-day, 80-hour course held at Camp Arifjan.