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Africa: U.S. Army Africa, Tennessee Army National Guard personnel journey to Uganda
March 13, 2012
Army Maj. Tony Miller of the Tennessee National Guard explains shipping labels on outbound cargo during a recent training event where Africa Deployment Assistance Partnership Teams traveled to Uganda from Feb. 20 to Feb. 24, 2012 to conduct Phase I training for 27 members (17 Army and 10 Air Force) of the Uganda People's Defense Force.
Kuwait: ACAP counselors visit Minnesota Guard members Kuwait
March 13, 2012
Valecia Ross, Army Career and Alumni Program counselor and Ft. Polk, La., resident, listens to a question from the audience during her transition briefing at the Zone 1 Chapel March 6, 2012. Ross and two other ACAP counselors visited Kuwait to inform Soldiers who are soon departing active-duty status about the opportunities available to them as they transition back to civilian life. Ross informed the Third Army soldiers about different services provided by the ACAP counselors to ensure service members are given the chance to smoothly make the move from military to civilian life.
Afghanistan: Déjà vu all over again: Guard member finds history repeating itself
March 12, 2012
Kentucky Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Bucky Harris (left), talks with Army Spc. Courtney Stewart (right), before a mission in southern Afghanistan of February 11, 2012. The two are deployed together as a part of the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4, which seeks to improve the lives of Afghan farmers by teaching better farming and sales techniques.
Afghanistan: Alabama Guard member leading the fight with CEASAR
March 12, 2012
Army Maj. Ross Cline with Task Force CEASAR at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, was selected to command the Army's first Airborne Electronic Attack unit and to be awarded the Bronze Star Medal and Basic Aviation Badge for his accomplishments.
Kuwait: Guard members participate in coveted Army class
March 12, 2012
Jack Gross, Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Instructor, observes a class of student soldiers in a recent Lean Six Sigma Green Belt class as they conduct one of the many exercises here, Feb. 23, 2011.
Kuwait: Kansas Army National Guard couple deploys together
March 1, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Dale, a Black Hawk helicopter maintenance platoon sergeant, D Company, 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard and Army Staff Sgt. Danielle Burke, a human resource specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-108th Aviation, both natives of Topeka, Kansas, pose for a photo here, Feb. 11. They have been married for roughly nine months and have been here for four of those months. Third Army is dedicated to shaping the future by supporting families deployed together.
Afghanistan: New Jersey Air Guard maintainers keep F-16s flying
February 22, 2012
Airmen with the Arkansas National Guard's 188th Fire Emergency Services Flight conduct training at the 188th Fighter Wing during a Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Nieves works on an F-16 aircraft at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2012. Nieves is an aircraft electrician with the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and is deployed from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing.
Afghanistan: North Carolina Army Guard members clear the way for the safety of others
February 21, 2012
North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Thomas Parker enrolls an Afghani local national into a hand-held interagency identity detection equipment.
Kuwait: Minnesota Army Guard members partake in some unique live fire training
February 21, 2012
Minnesota Army National Guard members fire an M109A6 Paladin during the 34th Infantry Division's 1-125 Field Artillery B Battery's live fire exercise in northern Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2012.
Thailand: Guard members dedicate new school building they help build
February 17, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. William Beard, left, deputy commanding general of United States Army Pacific, Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Thawatchai Samutsakorn, middle, commanding general of 2nd Army Area, and Payakaphut Pokeaw, right, provincial governor, cut the ceremonial ribbon during the dedication ceremony for the multipurpose building at the Ban Wang Nam Khiao School in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, today. The Royal Thai Army and U.S. Army with the Washington national Guard's 176th Engineer Company constructed the multipurpose building over the course of one month during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. The exercise improves the capability to plan and conduct combined joint operations, building relationships between partnering nations and improving interoperability across the Asia-Pacific region.