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South Dakota National Guard kicks off international exercise Golden Coyote
June 12, 2012
Soldiers from the 860th Military Police Company, Arizona Army National Guard, and the Danish Home Guard Force Protection Platoon, conduct a joint patrol on West Camp Rapid during the Golden Coyote training exercise June 10, 2012, near Rapid City, S.D. National Guard, U.S. Reserve and international forces use the exercise as an opportunity to conduct joint training in support of overseas contingency operations and homeland defense.

Exercise Makani Pahili tests Hawaii's hurricane preparednes
June 11, 2012
A Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield Explosives Enhanced Response Force package team participating in Operation Makani Pahili 2012, extracts a mock-victim from a rubble pile June 5, 2012 in Oahu, Hawaii. The exercise, which took place June 4 to June 8, was a state-wide, multi-agency emergency response exercise designed to test Hawaii's capabilities in the case of a natural disaster.

North Carolina Army National Guard Transportation Co. rolls with the changes
June 11, 2012
The North Carolina National Guard's 1452nd Transportation Company, 113th Sustainment Brigade, has conducted missions in three different countries over the past 10 months. The "Rough Riders" have remained ready, proactive and flexible throughout their deployment, which has seen them in Iraq, Kuwait, and now Afghanistan.

Panetta Calls for Leadership on Suicide Prevention
June 11, 2012
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UPDATE: Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming National Guard battling wildfires
June 11, 2012
A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th General Support Aviation, drops 500 gallons of water from a specialized bucket onto the Lower North Fork Fire in the vicinity of Conifer Colo., March 28, 2012.

Arizona Army National Guard aviators prepare for fire season
June 8, 2012
Soldiers from the Arizona Army National Guard's Company A, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment use a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter to draw and drop water through the use of a buoy wall and a Bambi Bucket during wildfire firefighting training at the Buckeye Armed Forces Reserve Center, Ariz. The training is designed for aviators from the Arizona Army Guard to receive validation by the Arizona State Forestry Division in order to provide aviation support to state wildfire emergencies. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Lauren DeVita)

South Dakota Army National Guard assists in hiker rescue in Badlands National Park
June 8, 2012
Soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard land a UH-72 Lakota helicopter in a parking lot while assisting the National Park Service in a rescue mission in Badlands National Park, near Interior, S.D., June 7, 2012. Four Soldiers assisted in a cable-hoist extraction of a park visitor who was hiking, fell and was injured on Notch Trail.

Idaho National Guard partnership with Cambodia gains momentum
June 7, 2012
Royal Cambodian Armed Forces Maj. Srey Saran, left, shows a radiator problem he discovered to Army Staff Sgt. Daniel Wohlers, a vehicle maintenance instructor with the Idaho Army National Guard's Regional Training Site Maintenance Facility, during a preventative maintenance checks and services inspection May 17 near Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Wohlers was one of six vehicle maintenance and logistics experts from Idaho's RTSM to go on the subject matter expert exchange. The Idaho-Cambodia partnership began in 2009 and this is Wohlers' third visit to Cambodia.

Exercise Kontra I Piligru tests Guam National Guard's maritime response
June 7, 2012
Members of the Guam National Guard's 94th Civil Support Team (Weapons of Mass Destruction) examine barrels that were simulated to have washed ashore and said to contain unknown chemicals during Kontra I Piligru, a two-day multi-agency maritime exercise held recently on the island of Guam.

Humanitarian aid bound for Haiti, delivered by Kentucky Air National Guard
June 7, 2012
Air Force Staff Sgt. Raymond Graves III, an air cargo specialist with the Kentucky Air National Guard's 123rd Logistics Readiness Squadron, secures cargo netting on a pallet of humanitarian goods bound for Haiti. The Kentucky Air Guard is transporting humanitarian aid items through a program with the U.S. Agency for Internal Development, something they did in 2010 after an earthquake struck the country.