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Air National Guard team helping ensure medical readiness in Korea
February 26, 2013
A medical technician with the 121st Medical Group prepares a simulated patient to be intubated in order to restore her airway as part of a training scenario at Suwon Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 19, 2013.

Afghan police medic steps up training after learning from Texas National Guard
February 25, 2013
Afghan police officers and U.S. Army Soldiers with the Texas Army National Guard prepare to lift a simulated casualty during combat first aid training at Forward Operating Base Hadrian, Deh Rawud district, Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Feb. 13, 2013.

Minnesota National Guard, Norwegian forces continue longest-running military exchange
February 21, 2013
During the Norwegian Exchange, Norwegian lieutenants and noncommissioned officers train squads of Minnesota troops in field survival skills.

North Carolina National Guard members learn nuts and bolts of robots in Afghanistan
February 8, 2013
A robot's-eye view of other robots waiting to be checked out by technicians in the Joint Robotics Repair Detachment's shop Oct. 27, 2011.

Soldiers in Africa receive their blessings from a former drag car racer
February 6, 2013
Brig. Gen. Patrick Dolan, a member of the Kentucky National Guard, conducts a Catholic mass for Soldiers in Djibouti, Africa.

All in the family: Guard fathers and sons deploy together
February 4, 2013
Col. George Conwill, Sgt. Stephen Conwill, 1st. Lt. Andrew Tillman and Lt. Col. James Tillman meet up and pose for a photo near their camp in Kabul, Afghanistan. The four soldiers are members of the 136th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, Texas National Guard, and deployed together last fall for nine months.

Alaska Air National Guard member enjoys support mission in Antarctica
January 28, 2013
Master Sgt. Tyler Sutton, 176th Wing, Alaska Air National Guard, smiles while a penguin walks by the flight line near McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica. Sutton augmented the New York Air National Guard as an aircrew flight equipment specialist during a 30-day rotation in Antarctica supporting the National Science Foundation.

Hawaii National Guard team mentors Afghan Uniformed Police
January 28, 2013
Hawaii Army National Guard Maj. Kevin Carbrey, commander of Security Forces Assistance Team 21, gives a mission brief before leaving Forward Operating Base Lagman, Afghanistan, on Jan. 14, 2013.

These New York Guard Soldiers find home, contentment in Afghanistan
January 17, 2013
Members of the 101st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, a National Guard unit from Yonkers, N.Y., deployed to Forward Operating Base Mescal, Afghanistan, Dec. 25, 2012. From left to right: Pfc. Curtis L. Brewington, Sgt. Sergio A. Rodriguez, Spc. John Martin, Sgt. James P. O'Connell, Staff Sgt. Marcus A. Jones and Spc. Jonathan Pereira.

From Kentucky to Africa, National Guard major defines service
January 15, 2013
Maj. Michael Benton of Task Force Longrifles tends to a girl at the wound clinic in Djibouti City, Dec. 8, 2012.