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National Guard units provides needed supplies, saves lives
June 24, 2011
A C-130 Hercules from the New York Air National Guard airdrops much-needed supplies to a forward operating base in Oruzgan Province, Afghanistan, June 22, 2011. The New York ANG C-130 flew the airdrop mission in conjunction with another C-130 from the Alaska ANG. Airdrops help mitigate the danger of transporting supplies via convoy.
Deployed Guard members use medieval war games for entertainment
June 21, 2011
Army Spc. Paul Hanson (left), a convoy escort team gunner with Alpha Company, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, brings his sword to bear against Army Sgt. John Oglesby, a convoy escort team gunner with Co. A, 1-163 CAB, in “The Pit” on Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq. Oglesby has been sparring for about 25 years and shares his hobby with fellow Solders while deployed.
Montana National Guard members provide security on roads, under different sky
June 15, 2011
Army Sgt. Brandon Paye, a truck commander for Company B, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 163rd Infantry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, talks to his driver during a convoy escort and security mission bringing his set back from Victory Base Complex to Contingency Operating Base Adder, Iraq, June 5, 2011.
Army National Guard’s top enlisted leader acknowledges Soldiers’ sacrifices
June 15, 2011
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Richard Burch, the command sergeant major of the Army National Guard, shakes the hand of Army Spc. Vernon Moore, a military policeman and gunner from with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Redhorse, a part of the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, at the entry control point on Joint Combat Outpost Pul-E-Sayad, Afghanistan May 27, 2011. Burch visited the JCOP during a battlefield rotation he conducted with Army Command Sgt. Maj. Raymond Chandler, the command sergeant major of the Army.
Iowa Guard truck drivers deliver under fire
June 14, 2011
Army Sgt. Jared Henkle and Army Spc. Tyler Parker-Bellinger, both truck drivers with Company E, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Task Force Ironman, a part of the Iowa National Guard's 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls, listen to a mission brief June 6, 2011, on Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan, shortly before going on a convoy. The pair recently found themselves resupplying soldiers from the 133rd who were under heavy fire in Nuristan province.
Iowa Guard cooks sustain troops' morale
June 13, 2011
Iowa Army National Guard Sgt. Antonia Santiago IV, one of two American food service noncommissioned officers with Company F, 334th Brigade Support Battalion, supports Company B, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Task Force Red Bulls at Combat Outpost Dand Patan, Afghanistan, with three on meals a day working out of a small, crowded kitchen the size of a shipping container on May 28, 2011.
Missouri Guard Airmen tell of increased airlift over Afghanistan
June 13, 2011
Missouri Air National Guard members deployed as part of the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, Bagram Air Base, transport medical patients during aeromedical evacuation operations in Afghanistan.
Wyoming Guard members, ANSF train together
June 13, 2011
Army Sgt. Andy Monnin, a flight medic with Company C, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, Wyoming Army National Guard, hooks two soldiers to a UH-60 Black Hawk hoist at Combat Outpost Wilderness, Afghanistan, on June 3, 2011. The exercise was training to reinforce the skills of the medics assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Task Force Duke, and to train Afghan National Security Forces in evacuation procedures.
Alaska National Guard “Guardian Angels” save 107 in Afghanistan
June 10, 2011
Air Force Maj. Jesse Peterson and Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Uriarte conduct tactical training in the mountains of Afghanistan, April 22, 2011.
Texas Guard member taking care of Soldiers in Iraq
June 10, 2011
Trust is a key ingredient when dealing with Soldiers -- or with a parrot named Loco, who “runs” the headquarters office of al-Bahar and Bardawil Service, the company in charge of maintaining and fixing all non-tactical vehicles for the U.S., British and Iraqi personnel living and working on Contingency Operating Base Basra. Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Daniel Leon, the readiness noncommissioned officer for B Company, 36th Division Special Troops Battalion, has become a familiar and friendly face at B & B Service, a place he visits frequently when he puts on his additional hat as the contracting officer representative.