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Afghanistan: Kansas National Guard ADT gives Arbor Day gifts to locals
February 8, 2012
Army 1st. Lt. Andrew Webster, the project manager for the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team, and Ismail Dawlatzai, director of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, distribute fruit bearing trees at the Alingar Agriculture Extension Center, Feb. 1, 2012. Around 2,400 saplings were given to the approximately 200 elders from villages around Alingar district.
Kuwait: Tennessee Guard mother, daughter duo serving up smiles
February 3, 2012
Army Spc. Crystal Stoner speaks with a contractor at the dining facility, as her mother, Spc. Theresa Stoner, looks on Jan. 30. The Stoners are assigned to the 230th Engineer Battalion as food service specialists at the dining facility. Crystal uses the knowledge she gained from advanced individual training to better serve Third Army service members here at the dining facility. Their support in food service helps ensure everyone receives the support they need to continue their missions.
Kosovo: Georgia Guard's newest citizen Soldier
February 2, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Rodrigo Mondaca, a supply sergeant with the Georgia Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, officially became a U.S. citizen in a naturalization ceremony conducted at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Jan. 20, 2012. Mondaca is one of approximately 10,000 deployed military members who have taken the oath since 2001.
Afghanistan: Soldiers humbled by Missouri adjutant general's visit
January 31, 2012
Missouri adjutant general, Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, presents Army Capt. Gary Chura and Spc. Matthew Wright coins recognizing their outstanding performance as members of the Nangarhar Agribusiness Development Team. The Nangarhar ADT's mission is to conduct agribusiness operations in Nangarhar province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the Government of Afghanistan.
Kuwait: Washington Guard member has unusual twist in career
January 31, 2012
Army Maj. Jonathan Steinbach briefs passengers who will be joining him on a trip over the Kuwaiti desert, Nov. 8, 2011.
Afghanistan: South Dakota Army National Guard member fights fires
January 18, 2012
Army Sgt. Max Stoltenburg, lead firefighter from the South Dakota Army National Guard's 451st Engineering Detachment Firefighting Team, holds his helmet at Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2012. The 451st EDFT works as a part of the International Security Assistance Force in northern Afghanistan. ISAF Regional Command North supports Afghan National Security Forces in close coordination and collaboration in providing security and disrupting insurgent activities in order to protect the Afghan population.
Kuwait: Minnesota Guard Soldier earns second Purple Heart
January 18, 2012
Army Spc. Skeeter Tomczak salutes Army Lt. Col. Eddie Frizell, commander of 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, after receiving a Purple Heart on Dec. 31, 2011. Tomczak, an Eveleth, Minn., native is a member of Able Troop, 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry, based out of Hibbing, Minn.
Georgia Guard troops train for historic Afghan mission
January 17, 2012
Army Col. Andy Hall, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard's 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, prepares to cut the ribbon to officially open a simulated U.S.-built Afghan school while a role-playing Afghan community member looks on during a Division West-led training event at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 6, 2012. Division West's 120th Infantry Brigade trains Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers for deployment by replicating events units may experience overseas.
Kuwait: Deployment reunites Oklahoma Guard cousins after a decade apart
January 11, 2012
Army Sgt. Christina Christensen waits with another Soldier as their convoy escort team prepares to leave Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on Nov. 24, 2011, for Iraq.
Minnesota Guard members train while they wait
January 11, 2012
A Soldier in the Mankato, Minn., -based 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, reviews his kneeling firing position with two members of the Headquarters Company's sniper section on Jan. 5, 2012. Units in the battalion qualified with their individual weapons.