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National Guard specialist from Ohio racks up 3,000 rugged miles in Afghanistan
August 20, 2013
U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Metzger, a motor transport operator with the 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, applies grease to her vehicle at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2013.

Interpreters break down language barriers of Africa Endeavor
August 13, 2013
Missouri Army National Guard 1st Lt. Pesseglou Yoma, center, a native of Togo and fluent French speaker, translates a conversation between Lt. Col. Honnet Michel Sahiry of the Ivory Coast, and U.S. Navy Lt. John MacLean.

New Jersey Guard engineer unit heads to Afghanistan for restoration work
August 13, 2013
Rocco Jones, 3, left, cheers for his older brother PV2 Joseph Jones at the end of a departure ceremony for the 150th Engineers, New Jersey Army National Guard. The horizontal engineer company from Hammonton departed Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Monday, starting a deployment to Afghanistan.

Kentucky's Soldiers and Airmen plant the seeds of learning in Afghanistan
August 5, 2013
Tech. Sgt. Nathan Steele hands school supplies over to District Education Representative Bismillah Khan. The supplies were donated by Luhr Elementary School and Midway College in Kentucky.

Kentucky Agribusiness team going to the dogs - in a good way
July 15, 2013
Staff Sgt. Matthew Nicholson is pinned down by Crash, Tech Sgt. Jessie Johnson's loyal companion, during an exercise at Forward Operating Base Pasab, Afghanistan, June 20, 2013. The dog is trained to keep a detainee in place until further instructed to release his hold.

Montana father and son serving side by side in Afghanistan
July 12, 2013
First Sgt. Glenn Myers and Sgt. Alex Myers, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, are a father-and-son team and brothers in arms.

U.S. Soldiers work with Serbian Armed Forces
June 28, 2013
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Grimmett, the Joint Implementation Commission Chief and a member of the Utah National Guard, greets his Serbian Armed Forces counterpart after a coordination meeting in Vrapce on June 21. The two groups meet monthly to coordinate their efforts along the Administrative Boundary Line between Kosovo and Serbia.

Guam National Guard members continue Operation Enduring Freedom mission
June 25, 2013
Staff Sgt. Charles Chiguina, left, convoy commander for Charlie Company, 1-294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, and members of his team show their unity prior to a June 22 mission at Camp Eggers, Kabul, Afghanistan.

Oklahoma Soldiers performing dual mission in Afghanistan
June 24, 2013
Soldiers assigned to the 3rd Platoon, 1245th Transportation Company, 1034th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, escort military vehicles in preparation for a convoy escort team mission en route to two forward operating bases in the Regional Command North, at Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, Afghanistan, June 18, 2013.

Kentucky Soldier pursues dream of impacting inner-city students
June 17, 2013
Cpl. De'Marcus Hopson poses for a picture after graduating from Warrior Leader Course, which was held at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.