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Alaska National Guard continues partnership with Mongolian armed forces
June 30, 2014
Alaska Army National Guard Sgt. Edsel Huynh, 297th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, carries medical supplies off a 168th Air Refueling Wing KC-135, after arriving in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 16, 2014. Approximately 100 Alaska Guard members are participating in Exercise Khaan Quest 2014, a multinational training exercise designed to strengthen the capabilities of U.S., Mongolian and other partner nations for effective participation in international peace support operations worldwide.

California Guard Special Forces helping train Nigerian army to counter Boko Haram
June 25, 2014
A California National Guard Special Forces Soldier from Los Alamitos-based Special Operations Detachment-U.S. Northern Command and Company A, 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group (Airborne), reviews a sand table map with a Nigerian soldier in Nigeria in June.

Airmen wrap up African partnership program exercise
June 25, 2014
Chief Master Sgt. Bill Wunderlin 130th Rescue Wing loadmaster, demonstrates how to hook up a winch during a joint exercise in Dakar, Senegal, June 19, 2014.

Baltic's Exercise Saber Strike 2014 showcases international cooperation
June 10, 2014
Brig. Gen. Ainars Ozolins, co-director of the Saber Strike Exercise, gives a thumbs up to Maj. Gen. Mark McQueen, the other co-director, during the opening ceremony. The Ceremony took place at Adazi Training Area in Latvia on June 9, 2014. Saber Strike is a multilateral, multifaceted exercise designed to enhance joint and combined interoperability with the U.S. and allied partners.

Guard units take on multiple roles in exercises, real world missions in Europe
June 6, 2014
Soldiers with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard work with a Lithuanian soldier, center, during an exercise in Saber Strike 2013 in Adazi, Latvia, June 4, 2013. S