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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.
Guard Soldiers train with German army reserve soldiers
July 27, 2018
U.S. Army Maj. Amanda Young, a flight surgeon assigned to 1st Battalion, 376th Aviation Regiment, Nebraska Army National Guard, helps train German Bundeswehr Reserve soldiers on medical air evacuation at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center's Hohenfels training area, Hohenfels, Germany, July 19, 2018. Nebraska and North Dakota Army National Guard Soldiers are participating in multinational interoperability training, which enhances the working relationship between the U.S. and the host nation.
Soldiers spend the day playing with kids at Kuwait hospitals
July 25, 2018
Spc. Maigen DiCristofaro with Headquarters & Headquarters Company, 38th Sustainment Brigade, Indiana National Guard, joined Ahmad to create a colorful artwork on a CD at NBK children’s hospitals on July 10, 2018. Soldiers volunteered their day with the Kuwait Association for the Care of Children in Hospital (KACCH) play therapy day through Task Force Spartan’s participation in the Every Soldier an Ambassador program.
Kentucky Guard officers meet with partners in Djibouti
July 17, 2018
Representatives from the Kentucky National Guard met with their military counterparts from Djibouti June 23, 2018, in Djibouti, Africa. Kentucky is partnered with Djibouti as part of the State Partnership Program.
W. Va. Guard forges international relationships in Poland
July 16, 2018
Sgt. Zac Hartley, a horizontal construction engineer in the West Virginia Army National Guard, assigned to 812th Engineer Company, 1092nd Engineer Battalion, 111th Engineer Brigade based out of Eleanor, West Virginia, operates a front end loader to place gravel at Drawsko Pomorskie Training Area, Poland, during Resolute Castle, July 12, 2018.
Saving lives through Tactical Combat Casualty Care
July 13, 2018
Capt. Michelle L. Levesque, a Tactical Combat Casualty Care trainer from the 224th Area Support Medical Company, Maryland Army National Guard,currently assigned to HKIA’s Role 2 hospital, explains the importance of rechecking tourniquet placement after moving a casualty during TCCC training in Kabul, Afghanistan, Jun. 21, 2018. TCCC training is designed to provide first responders with battlefield lifesaving skills while deployed to Afghanistan.
S.C. Guard and Colombia discuss emergency management ops
July 11, 2018
A team of Soldiers from the Colombian army met with South Carolina Army National Guard leadership and experts from the South Carolina Emergency Management Division to discuss disaster response best practices and lessons learned at the South Carolina National Guard Joint Operations Center, June 29, 2018.
Communication proves the key to relationships and training
July 10, 2018
U.S. Army Spc. Jeffery Evans and Pfc. John Collins, both assigned to Company B, 151st Expeditionary Signal Battalion, confirm message transmission on a high frequency radio via a field-expedient antenna created from internet cable and plastic spoons during an HF radio class taught by Staff Sgt. David Nelson, a signal support systems specialist assigned to 218th MEB in support of Resolute Castle 2018.
N.C. Air National Guard security forces visit Botswana
July 10, 2018
145th Airlift Wing Security Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Barringer, left, and Staff Sgt. Eric Stitt, second from right, pose for a picture with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts. North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing Security Forces travelled to Botswana, Africa, in late June 2018, to work side-by-side with their Botswana Defense Air Force (BDF).