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Guard mobile redistribution team supports Iraq drawdown
January 10, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Cordell Frazier, a team leader with the 319th Transportation Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), and Army Spc. Josh Goodman, a Mobile Redistribution Team yard worker with the 319th Trans. Co., sort and inventory bulk wires Dec. 13, 2010 at the MRT fixed site yard on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq.
Iowa Guard ADT backs veterinary programs for Kuchis
January 10, 2011
Kuchi tribesman and Afghan veterinary workers herd sheep toward the chutes where the animals were de-wormed and vaccinated as part of a Veterinary Outreach Sustainment Program for the nomadic Kuchi tribesman camped in the Noor Gal District of Afghanistan's Kunar province Jan. 8. The VOSPs are underwritten by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team and implemented by the Kunar provincial veterinarian.
National Guard veterinarians learn Afghan capabilities
January 6, 2011
Army Maj. Loren Adams, a New Liberty, Iowa, resident and a veterinarian with the Iowa National Guard Agribusiness Development Team, examines an anthrax slide through a microscope in the Central Veterinary Research and Diagnostics Lab in Kabul City here during a tour Dec. 28. The tour gave a group of Army vets a better understanding of the lab’s capabilities which they will pass on to the Afghan veterinarians they work with, in their respective provinces.
Pennsylvania Guardmembers partner with Afghan security forces
January 6, 2011
Servicemembers defend the wall after an improvised explosive device detonates on Forward Operating Base Lightning on Dec. 5, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Colbert) (Released)
Senior Wisconsin Guard leaders visit deployed troops
January 4, 2011
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Napolitano visits Afghanistan, focuses on border security
January 3, 2011
Janet Napolitano, secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, tells the 131st National Guard Association National Conference meeting in Nashville, Tenn., on Sept. 13, 2009, that the National Guard is essential to homeland security.
National Guardmember steps into war zone a second time
January 3, 2011
Iowa National Guardsmen Army Spc. Renata Hadzic works on a Mine Resistant Ambush Protected combat vehicle during her deployment to Iraq. Hadzic lived in the war-torn country of Bosnia until she moved to Idaho.
National Guardmembers embark on first convoy
December 29, 2010
A line of Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles operated by Soldiers with Company F, 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), stand ready to begin a convoy recently at Joint Base Balad, Iraq.
Guardmembers conduct meeting with Afghan villagers
December 29, 2010
Army 1st Lt. John Dundee (left), 1st platoon leader for Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, and Afghan National Army Lt. Rastum (right), 1st Company, 1st Battalion, 201st ANA Regt., talk with a citizen of Ghaziabad Dec. 26.
North Carolina National Guardmembers reflect on historic Iraq mission
December 29, 2010
Army Lt. Col. Warren Wintrode, commander of the North Carolina National Guard's 105th Military Police Battalion, addresses the troops and explains the importance of the unit's mission during their Combat Patch Ceremony on June 1, 2010. "Don't ever stop, don’t ever let your vigilance falter. Get your game face on and be prepared to do what I know you are capable of," Wintrode said.