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Michigan Air National Guard unit bolsters activities at Estonian air base during exercise Saber Strike
June 14, 2012
Estonian air force Lt. Col. Roman Timofejev, left, talks with Lt. Col. Robert Seeley on the flight line at the Amari Air Base in Estonia, June 10, 2012. Michigan Air National Guard airmen deployed to Estonia in mid-June 2012 in support of Saber Strike 2012, a multinational exercise based in Latvia and Estonia.
South Carolina Air National Guard pilot realizes childhood dream to fly fighter jets
June 14, 2012
Air Force 1stt Lt. Andrew Lehman, a fighter pilot assigned to the 157th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, prepares to fly his first combat sortie April 20, 2012. Lehman is deployed from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., and provides close air support for troops on the ground in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Caycee Cook)
Wyoming Air Guard members exchange aeromedical evacuation knowledge with Tunisian partners
June 14, 2012
Medical personnel of the Tunisian military prepare for training at the Medlite 2012 exercise in Bizerte, Tunisia, May 22, 2012 with members of the Wyoming Air National Guard. The Wyoming National Guard and Tunisia have been partners through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 2004. Wyoming Air National Guard personnel have participated in a number of exercises and exchanges in Tunisia since the partnership began.
Afghanistan: New York Army National Guard member teaches refresher class on Afghan criminal law to local police officers
June 13, 2012
Army Maj. Roderick J. Cassidy, center, a member of the New York Army National Guard deployed with the judge advocate general office of the U.S. Army Stabilization Transition Team, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, goes over aspects of Afghan criminal law to leaders of the Afghan Uniformed Police Qalat Substation 1 as he conducts a refresher class in Afghan criminal law at the Provincial Meeting Center in Qalat City June 5, 2012. Cassidy taught a refresher course on Afghan criminal law to the Afghan police officers as a way to build greater law enforcement capacity within the AUP.
Latvia: Air and Army National Guard members train as part of Saber Strike exercise
June 13, 2012
Soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's B Company, 1st Battalion, 111th Infantry, 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team take part in a cordon and search exercise at the Adazi Training Area, Latvia, during Saber Strike 11, a multi-national training exercise that includes roughly 2,000 participants from the U.S., Canada, U.K and several other European nations.
New York Army National Guard engineers transform section of Erie Canal into park and trail area
June 13, 2012
Soldiers from New York Army National Guard's 204th Engineer Battalion level trees and remove underbrush from the ruins of the Erie Canal in Cohoes, N.Y., as part of a project to transform the canal area into a park and trail area, June 11, 2012. The project is part of Innovative Readiness Training, which allow Army National Guard and Army Reserve units the ability to take part in local community projects when the work involves the unit's combat tasks and the job is not something the municipal workforce or a private company would ordinarily be able to accomplish.
South Dakota National Guard kicks off international exercise Golden Coyot
June 12, 2012
Ugandan People's Defense Forces medical provider Lt. Biira Kabonesa (left) and U.S. Army Cpt. Alexander Alba, a physician's assistant with Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, demonstrate applying an improvised tourniquet May 15, 2012. Alba and U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Guillermo Navarro, an emergency physician with Expeditionary Medical Facility, Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, attended an Advanced Combat Seminar here, May 14-18. U.S. service members are conducting various military-to-military exchanges in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.
Michigan Air Guard firefighters exchange best practices during Saber Srtike 2012
June 12, 2012
Two Estonian firefighters converse during a drill at Amari Air Base, Estonia, in front of a KC-135 Stratotanker operated by the 171st Air Refueling Squadron, 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, June 11, 2012. Michigan Airmen deployed to Estonia in mid June 2012 in support of the Saber Strike Exercise, a multinational exercise based in Latvia and Estonia.
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.