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Afghanistan: Wisconsin Army Guard transportation unit provides security for convoys
August 30, 2012
Sgt. Anthony R. Stenson, with the 1157th Transportation Company, goes over paperwork with an Afghan truck driver at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 24. One of the main tasks for Soldiers of the unit is providing convoy security and that starts with making checks and inspections prior to heading out on a mission.
Canada: Pennsylvania Army Guard transportation unit on the road as part of training exercise Steadfast Warrior
August 30, 2012
With the guidance and direction of Spc. Jeremy Oburn, a motor transport operator with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 131st Transportation Company, Canadian Army Capt. Jacquie Field, logistics officer with the 32nd Canadian Brigade Group, drives a Light Support Vehicle Wheeled truck off a trailer of the 121st Trans. Co. Aug. 13, 2012. Soldiers from the company transported the vehicles from Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario, to Toronto as part of exercise Steadfast Warrior, a training exercise between the 32nd CBG and the Pennsylvania Army Guard.
Germany: Wyoming Air Guard engineers stay flexible, build experience at NATO School
August 28, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Jesse Johnson, with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, cuts pavers for a new walkway at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany, Aug. 20, 2012.
Afghanistan: Texas Army National Guard security teams ensure mission accomplishment for reconstruction team
August 27, 2012
Spc. Andrew Simmons, and Army Sgt. Adam Priebe, both assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), provide security outside the Shigal Girl's School in Kunar Province, Afghanistan while members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar visit the school to check on the status of construction. The members of Company A serve as the PRT's security element and have earned high praise from the PRT commander.
Kuwait: Rhode Island Army Guard chaplain, former Marine provides chaplain services to Marine aviation unit
August 27, 2012
Army Capt. David Harvey, a former Marine and now chaplain with the Rhode Island Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment currently deployed to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, volunteered to provide chaplain services to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, while they conducted sustainment training in Kuwait.
Canada: Washington Army Guard combat engineers take part in international training exercise
August 23, 2012
Combat engineers from the Canadian Army and the Washington Army National Guard transport two Canadian military police vehicles up the Columbia River here using bridge boat pontoons Aug. 20 as part of training exercise Kootenay Castor 2012. The vehicles are being relocated to support the main training event of the exercise.
Germany: New York Army Guard engineers lay groundwork for improved training areas in Hohenfels
August 22, 2012
A Soldier with the 827th Engineer Company uses a front end loader to transport gravel to deposit at the site of a helicopter landing zone currently undergoing construction at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 15, 2012. Soldiers with the 827th and 152nd Engineer Companies traveled to Hohenfels to aid in troop construction projects on the base's pre-deployment training area.
Kyrgyzstan: Hawaii Air National Guard refuelers bring spirit of 'Aloha', fuel to the fight
August 20, 2012
U.S. Air Force 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron members 1st Lt. Josh Ishiki, copilot, Capt. Michael Curtis, aircraft commander and Master Sgt. Eric Faurott, boom operator, give the shaka or hang loose sign after a mission on the flightline, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 2, 2012. The shaka sign is native to Hawaii and is a sign of salutation that means friendship. The three team members are all members of the Hawaiian Air National Guard who work together to fuel the fight for Operation Enduring Freedom. The group is one of the many 22nd EARS crew who flies the KC-135 Stratotanker over Afghanistan to provide aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft.
Afghanistan: Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier continues life of service, chooses deployment over retirement
August 20, 2012
Spc. Terry Mills, with Company F, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, pulls Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Stumpff into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Khowst Province, Afghanistan. Stumpff was stranded on a narrow cliff after being wounded in an ambush. Mills, who served as an aviation crew chief in the Army in the 1980s, retired as a civilian firefighter four years ago and enlisted in the Mississippi Army National Guard.
Afghanistan: Air National Guard maintainers work around the clock to keep A-10s flying
August 17, 2012
Senior Airman William Fine, an aircraft phase maintenance specialist with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, works on the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during phase maintenance at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.