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Germany: Wyoming Air National Guard engineers tackle construction projects at NATO School
August 16, 2012
Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Voyles, with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, prepares to put rebar in place Aug. 13, 2012 while working on a construction project at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany. The rebar provides strength to the concrete poured. Airmen from the 153rd CES are putting their skills to work as they work on various construction projects throughout the school grounds.
Afghanistan: Virginia Army National Guard mom and Marine Corps son meet at Khandahar Airfield
August 15, 2012
Army Maj. Elizabeth Nance, a dental officer with the Virginia Army National Guard currently assigned to the ROLE 3 hospital at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, stands with her son, Marine Corps Capt. Wilson Nance.
Botswana: North Carolina Air National Guard, Botswana Defense Force find common ground on C-130 Hercules
August 13, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Chris Choate, with the North Carolina Air National Guard's 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, shows members of the Botswana Defense Force how to properly secure a litter on a BDF C-130 Hercules aircraft as part of training exercise MEDLITE 12, Aug. 11, 2012. MEDLITE is an annual exercise that brings together U.S. forces personnel with counterparts from militaries throughout Africa. The goal of the exercise is to enhance capabilities and work together by introducing the U.S. Aeromedical Evacuation system of patient movement to the BDF military personnel.
Botswana: Illinois National Guard, Botswana Defense Force combine efforts on engineering projects
August 10, 2012
Botswana Defense Force engineers and engineers from the Illinois National Guard's 631st Engineer Support Company, improve an existing pond used for watering livestock and other agricultural needs, in a small village near Mkankake Range. The engineers are participating in Southern Accord 2012, an annual combined, joint exercise which brings together U.S. military and BDF to conduct various operations to enhance military capabilities and interoperability. (Army National Guard photo by
Afghanistan: National Guard members with 'Task Force Mad Dog’ leave their mark in Afghanistan
August 9, 2012
South Dakota Army National Guard Spc. Kyle Griffith of the 842nd Horizontal Construction Company fills barricades at Combat Outpost Giro. Giro was so isolated from the rest of the project sites it had to be resupplied by helicopter.
Kuwait: Michigan National Guard Transportation Company conducts drivers training for units in Kuwait
August 9, 2012
Members of the Michigan National Guard's 1462nd Transportation Company recently trained Soldiers from 3rd Infantry Division and Tennessee Army National Guard’s 230th Engineer Battalion, on the M1070 Heavy Equipment Transporter, or HET, during an eight-day, 80-hour course held at Camp Arifjan.
Afghanistan: Georgia Guard members logistically running the Kabul Base Cluster behind the scenes
August 8, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Maurice E. Stewart, the noncommissioned officer in charge of Camp Black Horse stops by one of the locally run stores on camp to make sure that everything is going ok.
MEDLITE 12: Air Guard members teach aeromedical evacuation principles to Botswana defense force
August 8, 2012
Air National Guard Lt. Col. June Oldman speaks to members of the Botswana defense force prior to classroom instruction at Thebephatswa Air Base, Botswana, for the start of MEDLITE 12, Aug. 6, 2012. MEDLITE 12 is a joint exercise between U.S. and Botswana aimed to establish and develop military interoperability, regional partnership and to synchronize capacity-building. Oldman is the MEDLITE 12 mission director.
Botswana: Collective training creates partnership between U.S., Botswana Defense Forces
August 7, 2012
New Jersey Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Dustin Widas, a squad leader with Company A 1-114th, leads a patrol during training at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana. Widas is in Botswana as part of Southern Accord 12, an annual combined, joint exercise that brings together U.S. military personnel with counterparts from the Botswana Defense Force to conduct humanitarian assistance/disaster relief operations, peace keeping operations and aeromedical evacuation to enhance military capabilities and interoperability.
Afghanistan: Alabama Guard Soldiers tackle Afghanistan convoy missions
August 7, 2012
Alabama Army National Guard Soldiers with the 781st Transportation Company strap down cargo, July 24, 2012, at Forward Operating Base Walton, Afghanistan. The 781st TC transports cargo between Kandahar Airfield and other FOB's, helping to sustain troops out in the field.