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Kosovo: Wisconsin Guard members get close-combat training
May 31, 2012
Soldiers assigned to Multinational Battle Group East participate in the basic combatives course at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo May 11, 2012. The course, which began May 7 and was part of Modern Army Combatives, is the entry level program to prepare Soldiers to defeat the enemy in hand-to-hand combat.
Afghanistan: New Mexico Army National Guard MEDEVAC crew puts service before self to rescue wounded Marine
May 30, 2012
Soldiers from C Company, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, land in a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training flight on Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the unit recently transported a critically wounded Marine who had live rocket propelled grenade round embedded in his leg. Without the quick thinking of the air crew, the Marine would not have survived.
Afghanistan: Louisiana National Guard transportation company braves one of Afghanistan's deadliest roads under cover of darkness
May 29, 2012
A convoy led by the Louisiana National Guard's 1086th Transportation Company, Task Force Muleskinner, makes its way through Kabul May 23, 2012. The unit was completing a 400-mile convoy from Bagram Air Field to Forward Operating Base Warrior and back as security for more than a dozen Afghan-owned cargo trucks, taking one of Afghanistan's most dangerous roads - Highway 1.
New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador exchange emergency management best practices
May 24, 2012
Canada: Connecticut National Guard members train with multinational forces
May 23, 2012
Connecticut Army National Guard Soldiers from D Company, 1-169th Aviation Regiment, perform routine inspection and maintenance on the tail end of a UH-60 Black hawk helicopter at a Canadian army training site in Gagetown, New Brunswick, May 12, 2012. The Soldiers were training in Canada as a part of their two-week annual training exercise.
Honduras: Missouri Army Guard Soldiers celebrate building a schoolhouse for Hondurans
May 23, 2012
Army South's Task Force Tropic, commanded by Army Lt. Col. Robert L. Jones, Missouri Army National Guard, and Leonidas Matamoros, a community leader who had been instrumental in getting this project for his community, thanked each for their mutual help in building a school, in Micheletti, Honduras, May 8, 2012.
Afghanistan: Kentucky ADT builds relationship in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province
May 21, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Crystal Dunn, a member of Kentucky's Agribusiness Development Team 4, takes a moment to pose with local children in Afghanistan's Arghandab District on March 24, 2012. Dunn works as a project manager for the area's agricultural and business development programs, which seek to help local Afghan officials train their fellow Afghans on sustainable improvements.
Burundi: Texas National Guard members exchange best practices with Burundi soldiers
May 15, 2012
Burundi National Defense soldiers practice mortar man skills here, April 3,2012, with Texas Army National Guard Sgt. Tommy Cummings, Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment. The Guard members conduct various military-to-military exchanges in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.
Afghanistan: South Dakota Guard members train Afghan National Air Force firefighters on Jaws of Life
May 15, 2012
An Afghan National Air Force airman uses the spreader tool on the crash vehicle during vehicle extraction training exercise held here May 2, 2012. The training, facilitated by the South Dakota Army National Guard's 451st Engineer Detachment firefighters, provided hands on training of the tools and techniques to safely remove a victim from a vehicle accident. International Security Assistance Force 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.
Afghanistan: Guard members assist with large-scale inoculation project
May 14, 2012
A member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police secures a sheep for inoculation by an Afghan veterinarian while other members of the ANCOP and the International Security Assistance Force attempt to keep the other sheep in a central location. The 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assisted their ANCOP partners during this operation. The 37th IBCT is deployed to northern Afghanistan in support of ISAF in order to build Afghan National Police capacity.