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California Guard members train Iraqis on fuel trucks
October 5, 2011
Massachusetts National Guard train first responders in Tajikistan
October 4, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bruce, training noncommissioned officer, Medical Command, Massachusetts National Guard, and the non-commissioned officer of the medical exercise in Tajikistan, talks with the first responders as they work through a training lane, Sept. 22, 2011.
California Guard members prepare Iraqis for heavy-duty mission
October 3, 2011
Army Sgt. Gilbert Britto of the California National Guard's Alpha Company, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, shows a class of Iraqi army personnel how to connect a fueling nozzle to the fueling module on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck at Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2011. The 640th conducted a weeklong course for the Iraqi Security Forces to prepare them to take over fueling operations once the California Guard unit departs theater.
Missouri Guard provides support to Guyana Defense Force
September 16, 2011
Mr. Mbakhana, a Guyana Defense Force sailor, along with Missouri National Guard Soldier’s Capt. Aaron Larimore, and Staff Sgt. Michael Blomberg review river routes and communication short falls with the Guyana Defense Force’s current equipment.
National Guard contributes to joint terrorism response exercise
August 25, 2011
Soldiers from the 546th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, begin their mission to bring food and water to "distressed civilians" at Jefferson Proving Ground, Ind., Aug. 21, 2011, after being dropped off from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Fort Stewart, Ga.-based military policemen provided medical care and relief supplies to civilians as part of Vibrant Response 12, a U.S. Northern Command field training exercise conducted by U.S. Army North.
Guard members part of a joint team helping Surinamese partners
August 23, 2011
Cadet Justin Kolbeck cuts through a piece of wood to be used in a sun shelter at the Pater van der Pluym School in Brownsweg, Suriname, Aug. 8, 2011. Kolbeck, a cadet with the 155th Engineering Company in Rapid City, S.D., is helping remodel the school during the New Horizons 2011 exercise.
Air National Guard band gains international fame while deployed
August 17, 2011
Air National Guard band members assigned to the 571st Air Force band, Missouri National Guard, perform an acoustic version of a popular song while deployed to Southwest Asia in early August 2011. The band, Sidewinder, is a 10-member band that quickly gained fame after the a video of the performance was uploaded to YouTube.
Illinois National Guard Agribusiness Development Team views demo farm in Asadabad
August 15, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Lueker, an agriculture processing specialist for the 1-14th Illinois Agribusiness Development Team (left), and Army Sgt. 1st Class Randy Wright, a pest management specialist for the 1-14th Illinois ADT, inspect a field for aphids and hail damage at a demonstration farm in Asadabad District Aug. 2, 2011. The 1-14th ADT conducted a mission to the farm, which is managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to assess management and production techniques which can be used in other demonstration farms throughout Kunar Province.
Kentucky agriculture team teaches at Afghan institute
August 15, 2011
Students at the Kapisa Agriculture Institute receive instruction from the Kentucky National Guard's third Agribusiness Development Team Aug. 12, 2011.
Therapy dogs lift spirits of returning Soldiers at Camp Atterbury
August 11, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Anthony Houston, and Staff Sgt. Travis Gilbert, both from the Michigan Army National Guard's 1225th Corps Support Battalion, watch 3-year-old therapy dog, Lugnut, do a trick Aug. 4, 2011, at Camp Atterbury, Ind. The two Soldiers recently returned with their unit from a 10-month deployment in Kandahar, Afghanistan.