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Texas National Guard, Japan military forces partner for Orient Shield 2011
October 21, 2011
Texas National Guard Soldiers with 3rd Battalion, 141st Infantry Regiment, board a UH-1J helicopter, a variant of the UH-1J Iroquois, provided by the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force Eastern Army, 1st Division, 1st Aviation, at the heliborne tactical training exercise during Orient Shield 2011 at Kita-Fuji Training Area, Japan Oct. 13, 2011.
Oklahoma adjutant general visits his Soldiers in Afghanistan
October 17, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Myles Deering, adjutant general of Oklahoma, awards the Combat Infantry Badge to Army Spc. Jason Barrow, a member of Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 279th Infantry, 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team during his visit Oct. 14, 2011.
Kentucky Guard MPs help secure Victory Base Complex
October 11, 2011
Army National Guard Spc. Chris Reardon, 617th Military Police Co. of the 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade.
Massachusetts and Vermont Army Guard medevac crew awarded Air Medals
October 11, 2011
Members of a medical evacuation flight crew from the 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment (Air Ambulance), an Army National Guard unit based in Westfield, Mass., and Burlington, Vt., stand at parade rest in front of their HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter on Camp Taji, Iraq on Aug. 11, 2011. Army Lt. Gen. Frank Helmick, deputy commanding general for U.S. Forces-Iraq, addresses a crowd of onlookers before presenting the crew with Air Medals for conducting two aerial medical evacuations during a dust storm on June 30. The crew, from left, is Chief Warrant Officer 4 John Labbe, Chief Warrant Officer 2 Alex Engelson, Staff Sgt. Richard Flach, Sgt. Cassandra Kennedy and Pfc. Corey Davis.
California Guard members train Iraqis on fuel trucks
October 5, 2011
Massachusetts National Guard train first responders in Tajikistan
October 4, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Bruce, training noncommissioned officer, Medical Command, Massachusetts National Guard, and the non-commissioned officer of the medical exercise in Tajikistan, talks with the first responders as they work through a training lane, Sept. 22, 2011.
California Guard members prepare Iraqis for heavy-duty mission
October 3, 2011
Army Sgt. Gilbert Britto of the California National Guard's Alpha Company, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, shows a class of Iraqi army personnel how to connect a fueling nozzle to the fueling module on a Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck at Camp Taji, Iraq, Sept. 13, 2011. The 640th conducted a weeklong course for the Iraqi Security Forces to prepare them to take over fueling operations once the California Guard unit departs theater.
Missouri Guard provides support to Guyana Defense Force
September 16, 2011
Mr. Mbakhana, a Guyana Defense Force sailor, along with Missouri National Guard Soldier’s Capt. Aaron Larimore, and Staff Sgt. Michael Blomberg review river routes and communication short falls with the Guyana Defense Force’s current equipment.
National Guard contributes to joint terrorism response exercise
August 25, 2011
Soldiers from the 546th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, begin their mission to bring food and water to "distressed civilians" at Jefferson Proving Ground, Ind., Aug. 21, 2011, after being dropped off from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Fort Stewart, Ga.-based military policemen provided medical care and relief supplies to civilians as part of Vibrant Response 12, a U.S. Northern Command field training exercise conducted by U.S. Army North.
Guard members part of a joint team helping Surinamese partners
August 23, 2011
Cadet Justin Kolbeck cuts through a piece of wood to be used in a sun shelter at the Pater van der Pluym School in Brownsweg, Suriname, Aug. 8, 2011. Kolbeck, a cadet with the 155th Engineering Company in Rapid City, S.D., is helping remodel the school during the New Horizons 2011 exercise.