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Idaho, Montana Soldiers practice live-fire with Thai troops
August 29, 2018
Idaho Army National Guard and Montana Army National Guard Soldiers from the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team conduct a live-fire exercise with Royal Thai Army Soldiers at the Cavalry Center in Thailand’s Saraburi province Aug. 28, 2018, the final Hanuman Guardian 2018 training event for infantry Soldiers from both forces. Hanuman Guardian 2018, Aug. 20 – 30, builds capabilities of both armies while increasing the interoperability of U.S. and Thailand forces, longtime allies. More than 150 U.S. Army and 350 Army National Guard Soldiers and 350 Royal Thai Army Soldiers are participating in the training exercise.

Idaho Army National Guard and Royal Thai Army work together
August 23, 2018
Idaho Army National Guard Capt. A.J. Edwards, 2-116th Combined Arms Battalion plans officer, works to complete mission analysis as part of the military decision-making process with Royal Thai Army Capt. Chawanon Musikadilok, company commander of the 2nd Infantry Battalion’s 1st Riffle Company Aug. 22, 2018, at the Cavalry Center in the Sarburi province. The two are part of the more than 500 U.S. Army, Army National Guard and Royal Thai Army soldiers participating in Hanuman Guardian 2018, a bilateral exercise that strengthens capability and builds interoperability between U.S. and Royal Thai Army forces.

Washington's 10th CST builds partners during Konfitma 18
August 22, 2018
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tara Broad, survey member in the 10th Civil Support Team, Washington National Guard, takes pictures of raw materials that could be used to create nefarious chemicals, explosives or drugs during exercise Konfitma Aug. 17, 2018, on the island of Saipan. Konfitma is an all-hazards CBRNE environment threat-based training exercise designed to test an agency’s capabilities, policies and procedures and to identify capability and interoperability gaps.

Hanuman Guardian 2018 underway with the Royal Thai Army
August 21, 2018
More than 150 U.S. Army and Army National Guard Soldiers and 300 Royal Thai Army soldiers participated in Hanuman Guardian 2018’s opening ceremony Aug. 20, 2018, at the Royal Thai Army’s Cavalry Center in Thailand’s Saraburi province. Hanuman Guardian is an 11-day bilateral army-to-army exercise that strengthens capability and builds interoperability between U.S. and Royal Thai Army forces.

Exercise Keris Strike 2018 builds friendships in Malaysia
August 2, 2018
Soldiers with the 15th Royal Malay Regiment scan one another for contamination during Exercise Keris Strike, July 24, 2018, Camp Senawang, Malaysia. Malaysian and U.S. soldiers were working together to teach and train on basic decontamination procedures.

W.Va.'s 156th MP Company maintaining order in Afghanistan
August 1, 2018
Military Police Investigator Joshua Higgins, 156th Military Police Law and Order Detachment, West Virginia Army National Guard, performs vehicle registration check and driver's documentation as part of random anti-terrorism measures on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 28, 2018. Members of the 156th Military Police Law and Order Detachment are deployed to both Bagram and Kandahar Airfields where they perform law and order operations for both installations.