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Kuwait: Washington Guard member has unusual twist in career
January 31, 2012
Army Maj. Jonathan Steinbach briefs passengers who will be joining him on a trip over the Kuwaiti desert, Nov. 8, 2011.
Afghanistan: South Dakota Army National Guard member fights fires
January 18, 2012
Army Sgt. Max Stoltenburg, lead firefighter from the South Dakota Army National Guard's 451st Engineering Detachment Firefighting Team, holds his helmet at Camp Marmal, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2012. The 451st EDFT works as a part of the International Security Assistance Force in northern Afghanistan. ISAF Regional Command North supports Afghan National Security Forces in close coordination and collaboration in providing security and disrupting insurgent activities in order to protect the Afghan population.
Kuwait: Minnesota Guard Soldier earns second Purple Heart
January 18, 2012
Army Spc. Skeeter Tomczak salutes Army Lt. Col. Eddie Frizell, commander of 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, after receiving a Purple Heart on Dec. 31, 2011. Tomczak, an Eveleth, Minn., native is a member of Able Troop, 1st Squadron, 94th Cavalry, based out of Hibbing, Minn.
Georgia Guard troops train for historic Afghan mission
January 17, 2012
Army Col. Andy Hall, commander of the Georgia Army National Guard's 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, prepares to cut the ribbon to officially open a simulated U.S.-built Afghan school while a role-playing Afghan community member looks on during a Division West-led training event at Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 6, 2012. Division West's 120th Infantry Brigade trains Army National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers for deployment by replicating events units may experience overseas.
Kuwait: Deployment reunites Oklahoma Guard cousins after a decade apart
January 11, 2012
Army Sgt. Christina Christensen waits with another Soldier as their convoy escort team prepares to leave Camp Buehring, Kuwait, on Nov. 24, 2011, for Iraq.
Minnesota Guard members train while they wait
January 11, 2012
A Soldier in the Mankato, Minn., -based 2nd Battalion, 135th Infantry Regiment, reviews his kneeling firing position with two members of the Headquarters Company's sniper section on Jan. 5, 2012. Units in the battalion qualified with their individual weapons.
Kuwait: Maryland Guard members get new mission
January 10, 2012
29th Combat Aviation Brigade patch.
Siblings reunite in Afghanistan
January 9, 2012
Army Sgt. Nicholaus A. Hale, left, Army Capt. Rikki Salyers and Army Sgt. Adam M. Hale talk to a public affairs official on Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Jan. 6, 2012. The three siblings reunited after four years with help from Army Maj. Gen. Daniel Allyn, Regional Command East commander, after the general received an email from their father.
Texas Guard unit signs forward operating base over to Afghan control
January 5, 2012
Panjshir Provincial Governor Keramuddin Karim triumphantly raises a key of the city given to him by U.S. Army Lt. Col. Daniel Gajewski, Chicago native and 321st Civil Affairs Brigade, Provincial Development Support Team commander, during a transfer of authority ceremony at Forward Operating Base Lion Dec. 28. The ceremony marked the official handover from U.S. forces to Afghan control.
Afghanistan: Oklahoma Guard combat medic demonstrates resiliency
January 4, 2012
Oklahoma Army National Guard Spc. Ashley Jones receives the Purple Heart from Army Brig. Gen. Gary Volesky, deputy commanding general for maneuver with Combined Joint Task Force-1, at Craig Joint Theatre Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Dec. 19, 2011, for injuries sustained as a result of an improvised explosive device the previous day.