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Tennessee Guardsmen reflect on growing experience
June 17, 2010
Spc. Brandon Watkins, a .50 caliber Browning machine-gunner for 2nd Platoon, Troop K, 3rd Squadron, 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment of the Tennessee National Guard, prepares to put on his head-set prior to providing security for a convoy transporting equipment and assets from Contingency Operating Base Q-West, Iraq, June 10, 2010.

Alexander’s Castle still has military uses in Afghanistan
June 14, 2010
A U.S. Soldier from the security forces team assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul, walks up a staircase to the teahouse, which sits on the highest part of "The Castle" in Qalat City, Afghanistan May 31, 2010. “I’m not the first Soldier to walk up the hill to use ‘The Castle’ for military purposes, and I probably won’t be the last,” said Army Staff Sgt. Clarence Washington, PRT Zabul third squad security forces lead deployed from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 110th Infantry Battalion in Connellsville, Pa.

Flag Day honors American ideals, sacrifices
June 14, 2010
Members of the International Security Assistance Force and senior officials from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, pay their respects to nine U.S. soldiers killed in Nuristan province during a ramp ceremony at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

U.S., Bangladesh kick off Pacific Angel mission
June 10, 2010

Guard division commanders meet to discuss home, overseas missions
June 10, 2010
Col. William O'Neill, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. Dennis Green, both of the Virginia National Guard's 29th Infantry Division, discuss the role of the Army National Guard division headquarters in homeland security missions. The two leaders were in New York City for the Army National Guard Division Commander's Conference, hosted by the 42nd Infantry Division.

Task Force 38 transfers authority to CAB, 1st ID
June 10, 2010
Indiana Army National Guard Col. David C. Wood, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. John A. Watson, the commander and top enlisted Soldier for the 38th Combat Aviation Brigade, encase the unit's colors during a transfer of authority ceremonyat Joint Base Balad Iraq, June 7, 2010. During the brigade's 10-month deployment, the unit conducted full-spectrum aviation operations including rotary- and fixed-wing direct and general support aviation missions in support of United States Forces-Iraq.

Casualties show tough week in Afghanistan
June 10, 2010

Macedonia Rangers partner with Vermont Guard in Paktya
June 10, 2010
U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Dan Silver, platoon leader from Dover, N.H., of 4th Platoon, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment smiles as his Macedonian counterpart Capt. Burche Turturov, the commander of the Macedonian Ranger Platoon from Skopje, Macedonia, shakes hands with an Afghan National Army soldier during a patrol, June 5. The Macedonians are embedded with the D Company Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard as part of their state Partnership for Peace Program. They are the first state partnership involved in the program to embed and run combat operations.

Louisiana signal company enhances tower communication in Iraq
June 4, 2010

OSAA takes over Sinai air missions
June 4, 2010