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Iraq: National Guard units make room for exodus as drawdown nears
November 21, 2011
Transient tents at Camp Virginia in Kuwait house units coming out of Iraq in time for the Dec. 31, 2011 drawdown deadline. Camp Virginia's Camp Command Cell, 134th Brigade Support Battalion, Minnesota National Guard, is responsible for forecasting billeting numbers to ensure proper housing is available for the units as they make their way back home.
Iraq: Guard member has not so typical deployment in Iraq
November 21, 2011
Army 1st Lt. Geremy Harper, Headquarters, Headquarters Company, 149th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, is the liaison between civilian contractors and military personnel at Victory Base Complex in Iraq, ensuring that operations of the base are smoothly coordinated.
National Guard troops get realistic training ahead of Kosovo mission
November 20, 2011
A group of Georgia National Guard Soldiers stack behind a wall during the cordon and search lane at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany Nov. 7, 2011. National Guard Soldiers from several states - including the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade - are part of the KFOR 15 rotation preparing to deploy to Kosovo in the upcoming months.
Iraq: Short haul, long night for Minnesota Guard's "Drifters"
November 18, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers from the 194th Armor's Delta Company arrive at Camp Adder, Iraq, after a convoy security mission.
Africa: Rwandan soldiers, Kansas Guard conduct leadership course
November 18, 2011
Army Capt. Kevin Cadena, 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, discusses task organization with a Rwanda Defense Force company commander during a break after class at the Gako Military Academy in Gako, Rwanda, October 19, 2011. Cadena along with other Soldiers from Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa traveled to Gako to share leadership skills with the RDF.
Afghanistan: Guard members lay down the law
November 15, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers from the 156th Military Police Detachment, attached to the 1st Air Cavalry Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, exit their mine-resistant, ambush-protected, all-terrain vehicle outside the Balkh provincial prison in Afghanistan, Oct. 23, 2011. Soldiers of the 156th MP were at the prison in order to fulfill one of their many mission sets by enrolling the local Afghan national prisoners into a biometric system, enabling Coalition and Afghan forces to create a viable database in order to forensically identify criminals.
Iraq: Guard members saving money in drawdown
November 15, 2011
Citizen-Soldiers from the 1729th Field Support Maintenance Company from Havre de Grace, Md., secure pipes to a forklift on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, Nov. 2, 2011.
Air Force, National Guard C-17 crews transport injured Libyan fighters to U.S.
November 2, 2011
Air Force aeromedical evacuation crews, along with local emergency medical personnel, assist Libyan fighters off a C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft Oct. 29, 2011, at Boston Logan Airport, Mass. At the request of the Department of State and directed by the Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Air Force and Air National Guard crews transported 22 wounded Libyans to Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Salem, Mass.
National Guard Chinook crews' contributions vital during drawdown
November 2, 2011
Army Sgt. Joe Loscheider, a flight engineer with B Company, 2-211th General Support Aviation Battalion, Minnesota National Guard, prepares to move his M240B machine gun into position prior to heading out on a mission from Camp Taji, Iraq, on Oct. 7, 2011.
Kentucky National Guard twins together in Iraq
November 1, 2011
Army National Guard Sgt. Jonas Saunders stands beside his twin brother, Army National Guard Cpl. Jason Saunders, at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2011. The brothers, 25-year-old natives of Barbourville, Ky., are serving on their second deployment to Iraq together.