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South Dakota Guard MEDEVAC team stands ready despite drawdown
October 25, 2011
Sgt. Adam D. Max a flight medic with Forward Support Medical Team, Company C, 1st General Support Aviation Battalion, 189th Aviation Regiment, South Dakota Army National Guard, conducts a daily pre-flight inspection, getting ready for another day on the job at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq Oct. 22, 2011.
Army Guard members take back Sangar valley one footstep at a time
October 25, 2011
Children in the Sangar Valley reach out to soldiers from 1st Brigade 201st Corps, Afghan National Army and Soldiers form 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team as they walk back to the mouth of the valley on Oct. 2, 2011. The ANA and 45th IBCT worked together to clear the valley of insurgent activity and to show the local villagers that they are committed to fighting the insurgency wherever it may be.
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.