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Utah Guard linguists contribute unique skills during African exercises
February 27, 2013
Georgia National Guard Staff Sgt. Ray Novak, right, leads a class on drop zone operations for Cameroon Army paratroopers Feb. 21, 2013. Novak is among more than 150 U.S. service members working with nearly 600 Cameroon and Central African partner militaries to enhance aerial resupply, patient treatment and medical readiness procedures.

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.