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National Guard Cavalry Soldiers stay focused
May 16, 2011
Army Lt. Col. Phil Appleton, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, conducts a pre-combat inspection of weapons of Company Foxtrot, 3rd Battalion. Pre-combat checks and pre-combat inspections are critical elements in the fight against complacency.

Guard pilot serves third Iraq deployment
May 16, 2011
Army Chief Warrant Officer Wayne Wade of the Mississippi National Guard is serving his third deployment to Iraq.

California Guard finds helicopter parts, saves money
May 12, 2011
Army Spc. John Millan, technical supply specialist, Bravo Company, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, California National Guard, helped inventory parts that were discovered at Camp Taji, Iraq, saving the Army million of dollars, seen here on May 3, 2011.

Idaho Guard members protect officials in Iraq
May 12, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Dean helps Army Sgt. Mike Main work on a lighting system for a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 26, 2011. The Idaho National Guard members are members of the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Personal Security Detachment.

Aeromedical evacuation saves lives in Afghanistan
May 6, 2011
Aeromedical evacuation team members and volunteers at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, position a critically wounded warrior for a flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 29, 2011.

'Red Bulls' have helping hand in building of all-girls school in Afghanistan
May 6, 2011
Abdul Rahman Kabiri (left), Panjshir Province deputy governor, Air Force Lt. Col. Joseph Blevins (center), commander of the Panjshir Provincial Reconstruction Team, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, and Abdul Mohammad, the Panjshir director of education, cut the ribbon across the entrance of the Baba Ali Girls School in Dara District, Afghanistan May 1, 2011. The PRT contracted the local Raz Tanha Construction Company to build the school in a remote district of Panjshir.

Air Guard Critical-Care Air Transport Team brings wounded closer to home
May 4, 2011
Air Force Col. (Dr.) Charles Chappuis, a surgeon on a three-member Air National Guard critical-care air transport team, talks with Spc. Adam Castagna, one of three critical patients under his care during a C-17 Globemaster III flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Joint Base Andrews, Md., as Castagna's brother, Mike Castagna, looks on, April 29, 2011.

Alaska Guard unit plays major role in rescue of 'fallen angel'
May 4, 2011
Maj. Jesse Peterson and Tech. Sgt. Shane Hargis, 83rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron Guardian Angel team members, practice a hoist mission, April 22, 2011, the day before they were called upon to recover the pilots of a downed Army helicopter.

Utah Guard units, local Iraqi police conduct joint humanitarian mission
May 3, 2011
On April 4 members of A Company and Headquarters Company, 141st MI Bn., coordinating with C Battery, 2-11th Field Artillery stationed at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, conducted a humanitarian mission with the local Shehabi Iraqi Police Department.

Congolese teach important skills in disease prevention to U.S. service members during MEDLITE 11
April 29, 2011
KINSHASA, Democratic Repulic of Congo -- Congolese Col. Omer Djembe Kitenge, Coordinator of the fight against malaria for the DRC military, answers questions from U.S. military members during a Congolesian lead training at the Centre Superior Militiare Academy here today as part of MEDLITE 11. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation, to improve the readiness of U.S. Air Force and DRC personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Todd Wivell)