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National Guard Movement Team keeps 196th Soldiers safe traveling in Kabul
March 7, 2011
Members of the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota Army National Guard's Movement Team convoy several passengers to a different camp during a mission in Kabul. The team provides transportation for servicemembers, coalition forces and civilians wanting to conduct business at other camps throughout the Kabul Base Cluster.
Serving together in the Iowa National Guard: A family affair
March 7, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Garry Waldon Jr., acting first sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 334th Brigade Support Battlaion, Task Force Archer, helps promote his brother, Army Sgt. Brandon Corbett, a truck commander with Troop A, 1st Squadron, 113th Calvary Regiment, Task Force Redhorse, at Combat Outpost Pul-E-Sayad, Panjshir Province, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2011. Waldon and Corbett followed in their father's footsteps -- retired Army Staff Sgt. Garry Waldon Sr. -- by serving in the Iowa Army National Guard. TF Archer and TF Redhorse belong to the 34th Infantry Division’s 2nd Brigade Combat Team.
British Parliament member visits National Guard in Afghanistan
February 23, 2011
British Parliament member Mr. Julian Brazier, right, visits with Army Lt. Col. Andy Gerlach, left, 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota National Guard, and Army Lt. Col. Anthony Couture, 1-181st Infantry Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, Feb. 22, 2011, at Camp Phoenix, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Brazier met Soldiers from several National Guard states in an effort to help assess the future of Britain's Reserve component by looking at the National Guard model and how it supports operations overseas and domestic operations, professionally develops its servicemembers and provides educational benefits.
National Guard chaplain inspires hope, courage in Soldiers
February 23, 2011
Army 1st Lt. Jock Johnson (middle), chaplain for the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) prays with soldiers from A. Company, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) before a night convoy escort mission.
State Department, Indiana Guard collaborate for Foreign Service Institute training
February 23, 2011
Civilians training with the Foreign Service Institute alongside Soldiers from the 384th Military Police Company, from Bloomington, Ind., approach a simulated Afghan marketplace at Muscatatuck Urban Training Complex during training held Feb. 13 to 18, 2011. Facilities such as the marketplace, which is populated with Afghan role players to make the training as realistic as possible, make Muscatatuck an ideal training site for the Foreign Service Institute.
Petraeus visits Red Bull Division, Laghman Province leaders
February 15, 2011
Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, left, International Security Assistance Force commander, and Col. Ben Correll, right, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division commander, talk together in a pavilion outside the governor's compound in Mehtar Lam Feb. 7, 2011. The general met with Red Bulls and local Afghan leaders during his visit to the Laghman Province.
Guardmembers visited by congressional delegates at Camp Victory
February 14, 2011
Congressman Stephen F. Lynch introduces himself to Massachusetts Army National Guardmembers from his home state during a meet and greet as part of a congressional delegation visit to Camp Victory, Iraq, Feb. 2, 2011.
Illinois Guardmembers improve sand tables at remote operating sites
February 14, 2011
New and reliable sand tables--or terrain models--are built by Army Staff Sgt. Rene De Anda, an Illinois Guardsman with Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 123rd Field Artillery Regiment, Feb. 7, 2011
Iowa Guard, Afghan National Army partnership produces results in Paktya
February 14, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Clint Koerperich, an Iowa Guardmember and squad leader for 2nd Platoon, Company C., 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, patrols with Afghan National Army soldiers to investigate possible insurgent cache locations in the Zormat District on Feb. 5, 2011. The ANA and 2nd Platoon responded to a tip provided to the ANA by the Guardians of Peace program, which is designed to allow villagers to give information anonymously to Afghan National Security Forces and coalition forces.
Iowa National Guardmembers help Afghans improve winter storm response
February 11, 2011
Iowa Army National Guard Lt. Col. Tim Glynn, Panjshir Embedded Training Team commander, instructs members of the Operations Coordination Center-Provincial staff on emergency response planning and operations Feb. 7 at the Panjshir OCC-P headquarters in Afghanistan. The ETT is part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls. Glynn used the state of Iowa's Emergency Decision Matrix to help the OCC-P build a written plan for Panjshir Province's winter emergency response.