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Aeromedical evacuation saves lives in Afghanistan
May 6, 2011
Aeromedical evacuation team members and volunteers at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, position a critically wounded warrior for a flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 29, 2011.
'Red Bulls' have helping hand in building of all-girls school in Afghanistan
May 6, 2011
Abdul Rahman Kabiri (left), Panjshir Province deputy governor, Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Blevins (center), commander of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, and Abdul Mohammad, the Panjshir director of education, cut the ribbon across the entrance of the Baba Ali Girls School in Dara District, Afghanistan May 1, 2011. The PRT contracted the local Raz Tanha Construction Company to build the school in a remote district of Panjshir.
Air Guard Critical-Care Air Transport Team brings wounded closer to home
May 4, 2011
Air Force Col. (Dr.) Charles Chappuis, a surgeon on a three-member Air National Guard critical-care air transport team, talks with Spc. Adam Castagna, one of three critical patients under his care during a C-17 Globemaster III flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., as Castagna's brother, Mike Castagna, looks on, April 29, 2011.
Alaska Guard unit plays major role in rescue of 'fallen angel'
May 4, 2011
Maj. Jesse Peterson and Tech. Sgt. Shane Hargis, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Guardian Angel team members, practice a hoist mission, April 22, 2011, the day before they were called upon to recover the pilots of a downed Army helicopter.
Utah Guard units, local Iraqi police conduct joint humanitarian mission
May 3, 2011
On April 4 members of A Company and Headquarters Company, 141st MI Bn., coordinating with C Battery, 2-11th Field Artillery stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, conducted a humanitarian mission with the local Shehabi Iraqi Police Department.
Congolese teach important skills in disease prevention to U.S. service members during MEDLITE 11
April 29, 2011
KINSHASA, Democratic Repulic of Congo -- Congolese Col. Omer Djembe Kitenge, Coordinator of the fight against malaria for the DRC military, answers questions from U.S. military members during a Congolesian lead training at the Centre Superior Militiare Academy here today as part of MEDLITE 11. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation, to improve the readiness of U.S. Air Force and DRC personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Todd Wivell)
Iowa Guard Agribusiness Development Team saves Afghan man's eyesight
April 28, 2011
Spc. Daniel Kersbergen, security forces team member with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, administers an intravenous fluids bag to Roz Amin, an injured Afghan road worker, as Army Staff Sgt. Michael Martinez, the ADT's senior combat medic, supervises at the Sarkani District Center April 25, 2011.
Iowa Agribusiness Development Team helps youths get orchard training
April 27, 2011
Haji Hazrat Ali Gul says farewell to Army Master Sgt. Bill Dunbar, processing specialist for the 734th Agribusiness Development Team, Iowa National Guard, as Dunbar and other members of the ADT prepare to depart after checking on orchard training for high school students from the Shegal District at the Bar Chage Demonstration Farm north of Asadabad, Afghanistan, April 23, 2011. Gul owns the land the demo farm is on and worked with Dunbar to make it a fruit-production training site for high school students.
Total force brings aeromedical evacuation training to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
April 26, 2011
Air Force Lt. Col. June Oldman, the mission director for MEDLITE 11 exercise here, speaks with local members of the media after the opening ceremony, April 25, 2011. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation training, to improve the readiness of the U.S. Air Force and DRC personnel.
National Guard Soldiers, Ugandans participate in Atlas Drop 11
April 19, 2011
Ugandan Defense Forces Soldiers, assisted by Army Staff Sgt. Ian Eggbert, a rigger with 197th Special Troops Company, Utah Army National Guard, attach a wing to a copter box aerial delivery system at Soroti Airfield, Uganda, during Atlas Drop 11, April 14, 2011. Atlas Drop, an annual joint aerial-delivery exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Africa that brings together U.S. Army personnel with counterparts from the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces, is designed to enhance the readiness of both countries’ resupply and logistical capabilities, and will consist of classroom instruction and a field training exercise.