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South Dakota National Guard unit cleans up remnants of Afghanistan war
October 16, 2013
South Dakota Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Adam Holen, 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, of Volga, S.D., operates a rough terrain container handler with guidance from two Soldiers from the Maryland Army National Guard's 1129th Transportation Company, at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2013.
Deployed Wisconsin Air Guard members fuel the fight
October 9, 2013
A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet refuels from a KC-135 Stratotanker in Southwest Asia, Oct. 1, 2013. The stratotanker is from the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 128th Air Refueling Wing, Milwaukee.
Communication engineers install fiber to prepare for new weather system in Afghanistan
October 3, 2013
Airman 1st Class Kostikey Mustakas, 455th Expeditionary Communications Squadron engineering and installation journeyman, installs fiber into a termination panel in the weather office on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Sept. 12, 2013. He is deployed from Stewart Air National Guard Base, N.Y.
Matching tradition: 'Dustoff' lifts patient care to higher level
September 27, 2013
Sgt. Brandon Coburn is hoisted back into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a training exercise near Forward Operating Base Fenty, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan, Sept. 16, 2013.
California Air Guard members help re-do Latvian high school
September 6, 2013
Senior Airman Jarrett Smith, center, works alongside Latvian soldiers installing new windows to the Ernst Gluck High school.
Texas Air Guard engineers train with Norwegian Military Academy cadets
August 27, 2013
Norwegian Military Academy Cadet Kjetil Waal, a senior Royal Norwegian military cadet enrolled in the engineering program at the Norwegian Military Academy (Krigsskolen), at Camp Linderud, in Oslo, Norway, briefs members of the Texas Air National Guard's 149th Civil Engineering Squadron, on a construction project at Rygge Air Station, Norway. The 149th CES was in Norway as part of the deployment for training program to train with members of the Royal Norwegian armed forces.
Kentucky Guard members polish media roles while on duty at Guantanamo
August 23, 2013
Kentucky Army National Guard Private 1st Class Cody Cooper, a member of the 133rd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment from Scottsville, Ky., escorts news media representatives during a tour of Camp X-Ray at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Aug. 8, 2013. Camp X-Ray was the first detention camp at Guantanamo Bay.
National Guard specialist from Ohio racks up 3,000 rugged miles in Afghanistan
August 20, 2013
U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Metzger, a motor transport operator with the 1487th Transportation Company, Ohio Army National Guard, applies grease to her vehicle at Multinational Base Tarin Kot, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Aug. 12, 2013.
Interpreters break down language barriers of Africa Endeavor
August 13, 2013
Missouri Army National Guard 1st Lt. Pesseglou Yoma, center, a native of Togo and fluent French speaker, translates a conversation between Lt. Col. Honnet Michel Sahiry of the Ivory Coast, and U.S. Navy Lt. John MacLean.
New Jersey Guard engineer unit heads to Afghanistan for restoration work
August 13, 2013
Rocco Jones, 3, left, cheers for his older brother PV2 Joseph Jones at the end of a departure ceremony for the 150th Engineers, New Jersey Army National Guard. The horizontal engineer company from Hammonton departed Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Monday, starting a deployment to Afghanistan.