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Minnesota Guard member helping a Croatian community in need
July 21, 2015
Spc. Christopher Anderson, carpentry/masonry specialist, sands and smooths plaster on the ceiling. He is with other Soldiers of the 851st Vertical Engineer Company and members of the Croatian Army, Armored Mechanic Brigade, working together for repairs and to rebuild a roof on a damaged community center in the local town of Račinovci, Croatia. The project is a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project made possible by the U.S. European Command in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.
New Jersey Air National Guard trains with Bulgarian air force at Thracian Star 2015
July 20, 2015
Bulgarian air force MiG-29 pilot Capt. Ivan Dinkov, left, shakes hands with U.S. Air Force F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Matthew Crill after a successful familiarization flight in a two-seat, F-16D Fighting Falcon, from the 177th Fighter Wing of the New Jersey Air National Guard, during Thracian Star at Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, July 15, 2015. Thracian Star is a bilateral training exercise to enhance interoperability with the Bulgarian air force and to bolster readiness to conduct combined air operations. Pilots from both countries benefit from familiarization flights in each other's fighter jets.
Professional Education Center hosts first class of international students
July 20, 2015
Visiting Soldier is pinned with U.S. rank as training gets underway at Professional Education Center in July, 2015.
Slovenia awards medal to Colorado Guardsman for two decades of cooperation
July 9, 2015
Slovenian Defense Attache Col. Ivan Mikuz awards Colorado National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader Command Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Lawrence the medal for multinational cooperation at the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia June 23, 2015. Lawrence has spent two decades helping build the partnership between Slovenia and Colorado as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
North Carolina National Guard battalion assumes command of multinational force in Kosovo
July 9, 2015
North Carolina National Guard members, assigned to 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, out of Fayetteville, stand in formation during a transition of authority ceremony at Camp Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Kosovo, July 4, 2015.
D.C. Soldiers hit the right note during Jamaica partnership visit
July 8, 2015
Members of the 257th Army Band and the Jamaica Military Band prepare for concert during State Partnership Program visit July 1. The National Guard State Partnership Program which provides unique partnership-building opportunities between U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia and foreign countries.
More than 100 South Carolina Guard members drill in Poland
June 24, 2015
Polish F-16 fighter jets from the 32nd Tactical Air Wing leave Łask Air Base, Poland to participate in exercise Eagle Talon, June 16, 2015. U.S. Air Force Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, are deployed to Łask Air Base in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, during the month of June.
Minnesota Guard member serving in Croatia was inspired by uncles
June 23, 2015
Spc. Robert Engeholm, a vertical engineer and team leader from Bloomington, Minnesota., works with a Croatian soldier to construct a ceiling with concrete blocks, June 15, 2015. Squads of Soldiers from the Little Falls, Minn.-based 851st Vertical Engineer Company have been rotating through Nasice, Croatia.
Romania welcomes Soldiers from Alabama National Guard for Operation Resolute Castle
June 22, 2015
Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard and the Romanian Army break ground on June 16, 2015, as part of Operation Resolute Castle 15. This operation is a collaborative effort to create roads and buildings for military use in the Cincu Training Center.
Alaska Guard members in Mongolia for peacekeeping training
June 18, 2015
Service members from the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Army Alaska’s 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, board an Alaska Air National Guard, C-130 Hercules on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson bound for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 15. They will participate in Khaan Quest, a peacekeeping operations-focused, combined training event co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and hosted annually by the Mongolia Armed Forces.