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Missouri Guard member keeps the troops laughing
May 20, 2014
Sgt. 1st Class John Snider, the project site noncommissioned officer in charge of the Las Carretas site and member of Missouri's 35th Engineer Brigade, begins each work day with a joke. "I like to get everyone laughing before we work," Snider said. "It lightens the mood, gives your mind a release, and gives everyone a good laugh before we get to work."
Arkansas Air National Guard members build hope, relationships in Guatemala
May 7, 2014
Guatemalan children watch from a tree as Master Sgt. Larry Ricketts discusses construction with First Sgt. Joshua Rich during Beyond the Horizon 2014 on April 8, 2014. Both airmen are assigned to the 188th Fighter Wing, Civil Engineering Squadron, Arkansas Air National Guard. U.S. Army South is partnering with Guatemala to execute Beyond the Horizon, a focused humanitarian assistance operation conducting various engineering assistance, medical, dental and civic action programs.
Joint-force air surveillance team exceeds 100,000 flying hours
May 5, 2014
An E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System approaches the runway at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, May 1, 2014, after reaching a milestone of 100,000 flying hours to include more than 88,000 hours in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility since 2001.
Georgia National Guard assisting in regionally aligned forces training
May 2, 2014
Georgia Army National Guardsmen supervise CQB/MOUT [close quarters combat and military operations on urbanized terrain] training with two Soldiers from the Guatemalan Interagency Task Force in order to build capacity and to enhance the Honduran's capability in combating transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking organizations this February in Guatemala.
New York Airmen, Soldiers maximize time in Germany for lasting impact
April 22, 2014
New York National Guard troops install roof sheathing on a building at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Germany in March, 2014.
Illinois National Guard Special Forces train with Puerto Rico National Guard members
April 9, 2014
A Special Forces Soldier with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) in Chicago demonstrates proper room clearing procedures during military operations on urban terrain training with the Puerto Rico National Guard, April 4, 2014 at Camp Santiago in Salinas, Puerto Rico.
South Dakota National Guard Soldiers train in Africa
April 9, 2014
Master Sgt. Kelley Moore, of the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 881st Movement Control Team, offloads a container from a C-130 aircraft at Douala Airport in Cameroon, Africa, during the Central Accord 14 exercise, March 11, 2014. The 881st provided logistics support to the exercise Central Accord 14, March 7 – 21, and members were responsible for the management and preparation of cargo and personnel that need to be transported aboard aircraft throughout the country.
North Dakota Airmen deploy in support of CENTCOM
March 31, 2014
Lt. Col. Tad Shauer, the 219th Security Forces Commander, right,speaks to deploying unit members as Master Sgt. Larry Torres, the 219th Security Forces first sergeant, prepares to present a unit flag during a send-off ceremony at the Minot Armed Forces Reserve Center, Minot N.D., March 14, 2014.
Georgia Guard members 'won't forget' exchange in Guatemala
March 27, 2014
Staff Sgt. Richard Ramirez of the Georgia Army National Guard provides a safety brief to Guatemalan Interagency Task Force Soldiers and police agents prior to their driver's training class in order to build capacity and to enhance their capability in combating transnational criminal organizations and drug trafficking organizations.
Harlem Hellfighters keep troops moving during Central Accord
March 19, 2014
Congolese national police Capt. Patrick Ossate and Spc. Daren E. Mills from the New York Army National Guard's 369th's Sustainment Brigade process Soldiers March 18 arriving at Exercise Central Accord 14 in Douala, Cameroon, March 18, 2014. The two are part of the Joint Reception, Staging, Onward movement and Integration cell, which manages personnel arriving and departing the exercise.