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Iowa National Guard gives rabies education to Afghan health professionals
March 31, 2011
Dr. Mohammed Ghalib, Kunar provincial veterinarian, sits with health professionals at Asadabad Hospital during a rabies prevention and control education session here March 9. Members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team and Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team provided the training for the health care professionals.
Oklahoma Guard ADT shares forestry, animal care techniques in Paktya
March 31, 2011
Army Spc. Jack McComas, a project manager for the 2-45th Agribusiness Development Team, talks to farmers from the Dand Patan district, March 13, 2011. McComas, one of the ADT’s specialists in animal husbandry, talked to the farmers about how to properly care for a variety of animals.
Wisconsin National Guard members selected for all-female Special Forces team
March 31, 2011
Army Capt. Nicole Zupka, a battlewatch captain with Combined Joint Task Force-Paladin, helps an Afghan child with her writing skills during Female Engagement Team training on Bagram Air Field, Feb. 3. Four Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers have recently been selected for this program. Female Engagement Team training teaches Dari and Pashto language, Afghan culture, Afghan religion and many other lessons to prepare for future engagements.
Afghan, coalition forces join in New Year celebration
March 29, 2011
Engineer Lali Zadran, Paktya director of agriculture and irrigation, plants a tree at Forward Operating Base Gardez during an Afghan New Year celebration, March 27, 2011. The trees were donated by the Oklahoma National Guard's 2-45th Agribusiness Development Team as a symbol of growth in the province.
Young Afghan pros help Iowa ADT enhance agricultural efforts
March 24, 2011
Abdul Wali and Said Obaidullah, Afghan agricultural professionals who are part of the internship program initiated by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talk about an upcoming field day March 19, 2011, with Army 1st Lt. Scott Shirk, ADT project manager for the Chowkay District, and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl, ADT project manager for the Sarkani District
Iowa National Guard leadership visits Red Bulls downrange
March 24, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Tim E. Orr, right, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, talks with Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Pries, left, an engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, and Army Staff Sgt. Scott Murray Jr., center, a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, March 22, 2011, during his visit to Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan.
Something worth fighting for
March 22, 2011
Ahmed plays soccer with Air Force nurse 1st Lt. Stephanie Allen outside the Joint Base Balad U.S. Air Force Hospital.
Kentucky Guard ADT witnesses formation of first Afghan soybean farmers association
March 22, 2011
Army Col. Hunter Mathews, Kentucky National Guard Agribusiness Development Team commander, speaks to Afghan soybean farmers about their farms during the inauguration ceremony for the Afghan Soybean Farmers Association at the Kapisa Governor’s compound March 17, 2011. The Kentucky ADT purchased seed and fertilizer for the farmers earlier this year. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. James Wilton) (Released)
Kentucky Guard unit works to make Afghan agriculture cream of the crop
March 18, 2011
A Kentucky National Guard ADT 2 member fits a .50-caliber machine gun to a vehicle. The Kentucky Agriculture Development Team met with director of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, Abdul Farzam, on March 5 at the Korean Provincial Reconstruction Team's Camp to discuss how to develop the Parwan province's farming and agriculture over the next 12 months.
Iowa National Guardmembers help protect Afghanistan border
March 17, 2011
Army Spc. John Meyer and Spc. Chris Linssen, infantrymen with Company B, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, watch the pedestrian walkway with an Afghan Border Police dog handler at Torkham Gate on the Afghanistan border March 7.