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Georgia Guardsman pulls double duty as math professor
September 28, 2010
Spc. Doug Lane, an intelligence analyst with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 224th Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), explains an algebraic equation to his math class at the COB Adder Education Centeron Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, Sept. 19, 2010.

Iowa ADT discovers complexity of Kunar agriculture at demo farm
September 28, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. Tanner Ruble, a military policeman with the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team of the Iowa National Guard, provides security as U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Bennett Groth, production agriculture specialist for the ADT, speaks through an interpreter to Mohammed Ismael, manager of the Salar Bagh Demonstration Farm, Sept. 21, 2010. The farm is owned and operated by the government of Kunar Province near Asadabad, Afghanistan. The soldier and airman were part of a mission to assess the farm, which produces corn, soybeans, tea and locust trees for timber. The ADT found the demonstration farm to be superbly run and the farm manager to have a high degree of agricultural expertise, leading the ADT to focus on methods of transferring the farm manager's skill-set to farmers throughout the province.

South Dakota DOIM connects Kabul base cluster
September 28, 2010
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Clinton Store, network operations and satellite terminal technician for the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of the South Dakota Army National Guard does a routine check on a satellite network terminal at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sept. 22, 2010. The satellite allows for secure network access in almost any remote field location to provide internet and telephone services to field units where normal ground communication lines are not available.

Vermont's Delta company finally sees a few familiar faces
September 27, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Nadeau, an infantryman from Brattleboro, Vt., with Delta Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment of the Vermont National Guard gives snacks to a child during a patrol in Rahman Kheyl village Sept. 15, 2010.

Today’s Army stronger, more seamless, Carpenter says
September 22, 2010
Army Brig. Gen. Lester Simpson, commander of the Texas Army National Guard's 176th Engineer Brigade, places a combat patch on the right sleeve of Army Capt. Thomas Loftis, commander of the brigade's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, at a ceremony on Forward Operating Base Sharana Sept. 11, 2010.

Iowa ADT meets Kunar counterparts
September 22, 2010
Army Col. Craig Bargfrede, commander of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agri-Business Development Team, meets with Haji Mohasal Kahn, Kunar province director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, at the governor's compoundin Asadabad, Afghanistan, Sept. 14, 2010. Members of the ADT met with their counterparts from the Kunar provincial government to introduce the provincial agriculture leaders to their counterparts from Iowa and get a better sense for how best to quickly assist the provincial government in providing more robust agricultural services to its citizens.

Minnesota, Croatian troops assist in Afghan election
September 22, 2010
A Minnesota Guard member from Camp Mike Spann talks with local Afghans on election day in Afghanistan Sept. 18, 2010. The Minnesota Guard and the Croatian Operational Mentor and Liaison Team 47 performed vehicle and weapon systems inspections in preparation for a mission related to the elections.

Guard, Afghan Soldiers deliver supplies to orphanage
September 22, 2010
Maj. Edward Michels, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery of the South Carolina Army National Guard, gives two boys a handful of toys during a humanitarian aid drop at Maihan Orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan Aug. 31, 2010. Michels and several other servicemembers stationed at Camp Phoenix participated in the drop delivering toys, blankets, shoes and clothing.

U.S. law plays important role in Afghanistan COIN strategy
September 21, 2010
Lt. Col. Donald McCarty, left, deputy staff judge advocate for the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of the South Dakota Army National Guard listens as Rahim, center, a linguist for the 196th, explains a claim made by Naqeb, right, a local Afghan citizen. McCarty helps local Afghans file claims against the U.S. military when any incident, such as a car accident happens.

Twins reunite in Afghanistan
September 21, 2010
Army 1st Lt. Michael Paluczak and his twin brother, Army Capt. John Paluczak, enjoy a reunion on Bagram Airfield in eastern Afghanistan's Kabul province, Sept. 7, 2010.