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Afghanistan: Kentucky Army National Guard firefighters perform vital mission in Afghanistan
May 8, 2012
Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Andrew Coomer, a firefighter with the 176th Firefighting Team, prepares a hose for stowage following a training exercise in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The 176th FFT have been working with Afghan National Army firefighters as a way to further the skills of the Afghan firefighters.
Afghanistan: Guard pilots learn take-offs, landings in dusty conditions
May 4, 2012
A UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter with C Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, New Mexico National Guard, currently attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, performs a dust landing during a training flight on Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, April 4, 2012.
Afghanistan: North Carolina Guard members train Marines, civilians
May 4, 2012
Soldiers of the 113th Sustainment Brigade are presented certificates of appreciation from Marine Col. Christopher Michelsen, commander of Marine Corps Logistics Command (Forward), Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan March 13, 2012. From left, Army Sgt. 1st Class Kendall Cheek, Staff Sgt. Dirkson Sanders, and Spc. Raymond Frederick, developed a training plan and presented a driver training course to Marines and civilians on Camp Dwyer.
Afghanistan: Afghan National Army maintenance soldiers complete training with Texas Guard members
April 30, 2012
Army 1st. Lt. Aaron Graves presents Afghan National Army Spc. Menawal his certificate of completion March 24, 2012 for maintenance training completed at Forward Operating Base Gamberi.
Kuwait: Director of Army National Guard visits Camp Arifjan
April 30, 2012
Army Lt. Gen. William Ingram Jr., the director of the Army National Guard, presents a National Guard coin of excellence to Army Sgt. Ferrell Reynolds of the North Carolina National Guard's 1452nd Transportation Company. The trip gave Ingram the opportunity to visit and talk with guardsmen and to see for himself the health and welfare of Army National Guard soldiers in Kuwait.
Afghanistan: "Yak team Wahed" - One team united in Afghanistan
April 27, 2012
Tennessee National Guard.
AFGHANISTAN: Two worlds merge on one small strip of sidewalk called the "Green Zone"
April 26, 2012
During a trip to The Green Zone, a small strip of sidewalk located between two Army bases in Kabul, Afghanistan, members of the Tennessee National Guard's 230th Signal Company, encountered friendly local nationals with every step. They were washing vehicles, cementing crumbling walls and praying.
AFGHANISTAN: National Guard, Afghan engineers work together to build bonds and bases
April 26, 2012
An Afghan National Army soldier conducts maintenance on a hydraulic excavator. The ANA engineer platoon is partnered with the 1022nd Vertical Construction Company of the Louisiana National Guard, part of Task Force Mad Dog.
AFGHANISTAN: Wisconsin Agribusiness team visits Afghan demonstration farm
April 26, 2012
Army Capt. James Schmitz of the Wisconsin National Guard's 82nd Agribusiness Development Team jots a few notes in his notebook about crop conditions at a demonstration farm in Watapur Province, Afghanistan, April 16,2012. The 82nd ADT was at the farm to perform quality assurance checks of the farm's operations, assess crop health and identify future farm issues.
Afghanistan: Ohio Guard members turn injury into training opportunity
April 24, 2012
Army Pvt. Eric Baldwin, a medic assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, applies a splint to the arm of an Afghan boy March 23, 2012, as his father holds him still. The Soldiers noticed the boy had an injured arm while conducting a patrol in the Gor Teppa area of Kunduz province, Afghanistan, with the Afghan National Police. The 37th IBCT is deployed to northern Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force in an effort to build ANP capacity.