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Air drop resupplies troops during Exercise Saber Strike 17
June 16, 2017
Members of the Minnesota National Guard and the Lithuanian Army work with elements of the U.S. Air Force to coordinate airborne supply drops of meal rations via a C-130 Hercules Aircraft for Exercise Saber Strike 17 in Pabrade, Lithuania, June 9, 2017.

Army National Guard Soldiers enjoy their role-play in Combined Resolve VIII
June 15, 2017
U.S. Soldiers from the 870th Engineer Company, 83rd Troop Command, Florida National Guard, plan routes and tactical positions while participating in exercise Combined Resolve VIII at Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Hohenfels, Germany June 9, 2017. Army National Guard Soldiers are serving as opposing forces in the exercise, which is designed to train the Army's Regionally Allocated Forces to the U.S. European Command. More than 3,400 participants from 10 nations are involved.

Minnesota Soldiers welcome Army Guard director to Saber Strike 17
June 14, 2017
Director of the Army National Guard, Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Kadavy, greets Soldiers from HHC 2-136 Combined Arms Battalion, 34th Infantry Division, Minnesota National Guard, participating in Saber Strike 17, in Pabrade, Lithuania.

National Guard, sister services engage community during Tradewinds exercise
June 9, 2017
Florida Army National Guard 2nd lt. Ryan Noblitt, assigned to Delta Company, 1-124 Infantry, 53rd Brigade Combat Team, takes a selfie with schoolchildren and another Soldier in his unit, Staff Sgt. Edward Roseman during a community relations (COMREL) event on board Paragon Base. The students visited the base to participate in a Tradewinds 2017 COMREL event.

Guam Guard Airmen protect expeditionary base, coalition mission
June 8, 2017
Air Force Airman 1st Class Randall Diego, a security forces member attached to the 407th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, inserts a magazine into his M4 carbine at the beginning of his guard shift in Southwest Asia, May 13, 2017.

Pennsylvania National Guard participates in Saber Knight exercise in Estonia
June 5, 2017
Pennsylvania National Guard members at the conclusion of Saber Knight, a command post exercise in Estonia from May 27 to June 4.

New York National Guard leaders visit troops serving in Kuwait
May 26, 2017
Major General Anthony German, the adjutant general of New York, meets with Soldiers of the 1156th Engineer Company during a visit to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on May 17, 2017.

Deployed units in Kuwait honor law enforcement personnel
May 17, 2017
Sgt. Maj. Michael Benton stands tall holding a candle to honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty during a  vigil held on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, May 5, 2017.

Trans-Pacific disaster exercise Gobi Wolf 2017 concludes in Mongolia
May 9, 2017
Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency Brig. Gen. Badral Tuvshin  greets U.S. Army Maj. Edwin Morton, Gobi Wolf 2017 exercise director and lead U.S. planner, May 1, 2017, during an exercise reception dinner in Dalanzadgad, Mongolia. GW 17 was hosted by the Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency and Mongolian Armed Forces as part of the United States Army Pacific’s humanitarian assistance and disaster relief “Pacific Resilience” series.

National Guard engineers make their own path in Romania
May 8, 2017
Spc. Jeffrey Nichols of the 381st Engineer Company, 926th Engineer Battalion, 926th Engineer Brigade, United States Army Reserves, bulldozes rock for a road on the Non-Standard Live-Fire Range at Joint National Training Center, Cincu, Romania, as part of Resolute Castle 17. Resolute Castle 17 is an exercise strengthening the NATO alliance and enhancing its capacity for joint training and response to threats within the region.