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North Carolina Guard member dedicates 100-mile run to fallen comrades
April 18, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Samuel Joyce of the 113th Sustainment Brigade runs a few laps with Sgt. 1st Class Rita Rice during her 100-mile run around Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 1, 2012. Each lap around the base was approximately seven miles, and Rice dedicated every lap of her race to fallen comrades from North Carolina.
Texas National Guard members, Mozambique soldiers turn wrenches together
April 11, 2012
A Mozambique army soldier demonstrates how to balance a tire for U.S. Army Spc. Duston Sorrells, a mechanic with Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, during a vehicle mechanic seminar in Maputo, Mozambique, March 20, 2012. Task Force Raptor Soldiers took part in the seminar in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission includes building partner nation capacity.
Afghanistan: Kentucky Guard ADT has expert farmer on hand for deployment
April 9, 2012
Civilian Agricultural Specialist Jon Mixon (2nd from right) speaks with a local nongovernmental organization representative in southern Afghanistan February 20, 2012. Mixon is a member of the Kentucky National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team 4, whose mission to help Afghan locals develop more effective farming and business practices by providing education and sustainable tools. Also pictured (from left) are Army Master Sgt. Christopher Campbell and Army Sgt. 1st Class Catherine Corson, Kentucky National Guard.
Djibouti: Texas Guard members share best practices for border protection, patrol
April 5, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Jeff Schmidt (left) and Staff Sgt. Vern Baker, Task Force Raptor, U.S. Army 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, discuss best practices with Djiboutian army soldiers at a border operations seminar at the Demining Djiboutian Army base here, March 14, 2012. Task Force Raptor Soldiers participated in various engagements with African militaries in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa.
Afghanistan: Alaska Army National Guard members play pivotal role in Afghanistan
April 4, 2012
Alaska Army National Guard member Pfc. Laurence Yeaton, provides security while members of the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team's engineering department conduct a site assessment of a future midwifery facility March 6, 2012 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Oman: Oregon Guard Soldiers train with the Royal Army of Oman
April 2, 2012
Soldiers from the Oregon National Guard's 1st Squadron, 82nd Cavalry Regiment, and Omani soldiers from the Royal Army of Oman's 11th Brigade, Western Frontier Regiment, move toward their objective during a squad assault training exercise at the Rubkut Training Range in Oman, Jan. 24, 2012. The two-week exercise, sponsored by U.S. Army Central, was meant to share knowledge and build diplomatic relations between the U.S. military and Oman.
Georgia National Guard members help set Afghan school children up for success
March 29, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Robyn Blader, a staff judge advocate team member with Task Force Hyrda, Georgia National Guard, speaks with Gulnaz, an eighth grade student, at the Darulaman school in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gulnaz told Blader that she would wants to study literature in college.
Texas Army National Guard members teach combatives course in Djibouti
March 29, 2012
Spc. James Niederhauser and Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Max, both Texas Army National Guard members with Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, battle it out during clinch drills at a Modern Army Combatives Level-One Instructor Course. The Texas National Guard members hosted the course, March 12-16 at Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti.
Minnesota Army National Guard member, Ukraine native officially becomes U.S. citizen
March 28, 2012
Army 1st Lt. Christopher Bingham (right), commander of Company C, 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 194th Armor; Army 1st Sgt. Tim Flahave (2nd from right), Company C first sergeant, and other Soldiers from Charlie Company 1-194 CAB greet and congratulate Army Spc. Yaroslav Sergei Dmytrochenko (2nd from left) after becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. Company C, a Minnesota Army National Guard unit, is deployed to Kuwait with the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, in support of Operation New Dawn.
Afghanistan: Missouri Agribusiness Development Team supports local Afghan agriculture
March 27, 2012
Members of the Nagarhar Agribusiness Development Team, along with members of the United States Agency for International Development, meet with the owner of a hydroelectric facility for an inspection, March 18, 2012. The mission of the agribusiness development team is to support initiatives that will ensure the sustainability of Afghan agricultural productivity.