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Missouri Guard Airmen tell of increased airlift over Afghanistan
June 13, 2011
Missouri Air National Guard members deployed as part of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Air Base, transport medical patients during aeromedical evacuation operations in Afghanistan.
Wyoming Guard members, ANSF train together
June 13, 2011
Army Sgt. Andy Monnin, a flight medic with Company C, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming Army National Guard, hooks two soldiers to a UH-60 Black Hawk hoist at Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2011. The exercise was training to reinforce the skills of the medics assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and to train Afghan National Security Forces in evacuation procedures.
Alaska National Guard “Guardian Angels” save 107 in Afghanistan
June 10, 2011
Air Force Maj. Jesse Peterson and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Uriarte conduct tactical training in the mountains of Afghanistan, April 22, 2011.
Texas Guard member taking care of Soldiers in Iraq
June 10, 2011
Trust is a key ingredient when dealing with Soldiers -- or with a parrot named Loco, who “runs” the headquarters office of al-Bahar and Bardawil Service, the company in charge of maintaining and fixing all non-tactical vehicles for the U.S., British and Iraqi personnel living and working on Contingency Operating Base Basra. Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Leon, the readiness noncommissioned officer for B Company, 36th Division Special Troops Battalion, has become a familiar and friendly face at B & B Service, a place he visits frequently when he puts on his additional hat as the contracting officer representative.
Female combat troops to link Afghan women, New York Guard's 27th Brigade
June 7, 2011
Members of the 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry Regiment’s Female Engagement Team learn how to dine politely during an Afghan meal during pre-mobilization training May 31 in Fort Drum. The 10-person FET will act as cultural mediators when deployed to Iraq, which means they will go on combat missions with the 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, march and fight as they do, and then talk to Afghan women in an effort to understand their concerns.
Nebraska brothers-in-the-Guard serve together
June 6, 2011
Army Sgt. Bob Brewer meets with an Afghan soldier at a checkpoint in the Musahi area of Afghanistan.
Ambassador praises National Guard
June 3, 2011
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Neil Stockfleth of Sergeant Bluff, Iowa, officer-in-charge of the agriculture section for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, briefs U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl Eikenberry on agriculture issues during a visit to Kunar Province June 1. (Photo by U.S. Air Force Capt. Peter Shinn)
Minister Hits Bottom to Rise as an Army Guard Chaplain
June 3, 2011
Capt. Harold B. Bender, deputy division chaplain for the 36th Infantry Division, is a former Baptist youth and recreational activities minister who lost everything, including his ministry, after a divorce. He enlisted in the Army in 2004 because he said he had nowhere else to turn. An encounter with a helpful chaplain at his advanced individual training led him to the Chaplain Corps and a new ministry -- and an even stronger relationship with God.
Vermont Guard medevac crew braves storm, saves Soldier
May 31, 2011
An HH-60M medevac helicopter crew of Company C, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, evacuates an injured Soldier from Contingency Operating Site Cobra, Iraq, April 4, 2011. The medevac crew flew in low visibility and blowing dust conditions in order to reach the injured Soldier and safely transport him to a medical facility.
National Guard helps British Withdraw from Iraq
May 27, 2011
Army Capt. Shawn D. Nokes, commander of the 1244th Transportation Company, prepares a trailer after a convoy on May 15, 2011, at Umm Qasr Iraq. Nokes is lowering the landing legs for the trailer as a safety precaution.