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Iraq: Virginia National Guard Calvary unit makes final preparations to leave Iraq
December 5, 2011
A National Soldier assigned to Able Troop, 2nd Squadron, 183rd Cavalry Regiment of the Virginia Army National Guard, reviews a check list on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, in preparation for their final convoy out of Iraq, Dec. 2, 2011.
Afghanistan: Oklahoma Guard Soldiers receive GPS guided airdrop
December 2, 2011
U.S. Army Sgt. Barry Dilley, a supply noncommissioned officer with the Oklahoma Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry, walks down a path at Combat Out Post Herrera Nov. 28, 2011. The COP, which sits 8,700 feet above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and local villagers, received a Joint Precision Airdrop System resupply Nov. 27, 2011, consisting of 18,000 lbs of fuel. COP Herrera's local terrain, coupled with the high Taliban presence, makes it difficult for ground resupply missions.
Kuwait: Minnesota Guard Soldiers start drawing down one convoy at a time
December 2, 2011
34th Infantry Division "Red Bulls"
Afghanistan: 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team mission changes
December 1, 2011
Department of Defense Seal
Indiana Guard members join Iraq exodus
December 1, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Rachel Jensen, 76th Brigade Special Troops Battalion, Indiana National Guard, reunites with her boyfriend, Army Sgt. James Davis, senior medic for Troop A, 2-152 Infantry Battalion, both of Westfield, Ind., after returning home from deployment to Iraq with Indiana's 219th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, Nov. 29, 2011.
Germany: National Guard engineers take on challenge to build up instead of tear down
November 30, 2011
Kentucky Guard members of the 1123rd Sapper Company assemble a B-Hut, or temporary barracks, during an overseas deployment training mission at Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Nov 2, 2011.
Kuwait: Army Guard Soldier uses military training, civilian skills to save woman
November 30, 2011
Army National Guard Spc. Arden Morales, a combat medic assigned to the Minnesota National Guard's 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division,receives congratulations from Army National Guardd Lt. Col. Eddie Frizell, commander of the 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry for saving an Iraqi woman's life during a convoy mission from Khabari Crossing, Iraq to Camp Adder, Iraq, Oct. 15, 2011. The woman Moralez saved had been involved in a vehicle accident on her unit's convoy route.
Missouri National Guard creates chronicled, interactive history project
November 30, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Gustin of the Missouri Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 138th Infantry Regiment, explains a route reconnaissance map to two soldiers with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, 26th Infantry Regiment Nov. 3, 2010. Gustin was one of about 200 soldiers with the Missouri Army National Guard that trained with the Japanese military as part of Orient Shield 11 in northern Japan.
Afghanistan: Air Guard airdrops forklift at remote base
November 29, 2011
Members of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron prepare a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules for an airdrop mission at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on Nov., 23, 2011. The crew is deployed to Afghanistan from the North Carolina Air National Guard's 145th Airlift Wing.
Kuwait: Minnesota Guard member recalls two decades, two trips
November 29, 2011
Chief Warrant Officer Daniel Mellon, a Mobility Warrant Officer from Chaska, Minn., is responsible for moving troops and equipment throughout Kuwait in support of Operation New Dawn.