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Illinois National Guard Soldiers continue partnership with Polish forces in Afghanistan
August 8, 2013
Illinois National Guard Soldiers stand in formation with their Polish brothers in arms as Tomasz Siemoniak, Poland's minister of national defense, addresses Soldiers of Task Force White Eagle.

Kentucky's Soldiers and Airmen plant the seeds of learning in Afghanistan
August 5, 2013
Tech. Sgt. Nathan Steele hands school supplies over to District Education Representative Bismillah Khan. The supplies were donated by Luhr Elementary School and Midway College in Kentucky.

South Carolina base hosts Colombian Air Force team
August 2, 2013
Colombian Brig. General Ramses Rueda, a pilot and director of the Colombian Air Force Officer's Academy, along with a team of Colombian Air Force officers, tour McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., July 30, 2013.

Texas-Chile partnership improved through emergency preparedness
August 1, 2013
Members of the Chilean armed forces visit Joint Task Force 71 (Maneuver Enhancement Brigade) July 24 at the Round Rock Armed Forces Reserve Center. Emergency response was the theme for the visit, as the Minuteman Brigade offered a tour to demonstrate the capabilities and interagency relationships inherent to the Homeland Response Force mission.

Illinois National Guard marks 20-year partnership with Poland
July 15, 2013
Hard at work in the tactical operations center, Master Sgt. Marccus Cox, U.S. Task Force White Eagle night battle captain, and Capt. Marek Majcher, Polish Task Force White Eagle battle captain, check data.

Kentucky Agribusiness team going to the dogs - in a good way
July 15, 2013
Staff Sgt. Matthew Nicholson is pinned down by Crash, Tech Sgt. Jessie Johnson's loyal companion, during an exercise at Forward Operating Base Pasab, Afghanistan, June 20, 2013. The dog is trained to keep a detainee in place until further instructed to release his hold.

Montana father and son serving side by side in Afghanistan
July 12, 2013
First Sgt. Glenn Myers and Sgt. Alex Myers, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist, are a father-and-son team and brothers in arms.

Maryland Guard celebrates partnerships with Estonia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
July 9, 2013
Maj. Gen. James Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland, and Estonian Brig. Gen. Meelis Kiili, commander of the Estonia Defense League, prepare to cut an anniversary cake June 4, 2013, in Estonia.

U.S. Soldiers work with Serbian Armed Forces
June 28, 2013
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Joseph Grimmett, the Joint Implementation Commission Chief and a member of the Utah National Guard, greets his Serbian Armed Forces counterpart after a coordination meeting in Vrapce on June 21. The two groups meet monthly to coordinate their efforts along the Administrative Boundary Line between Kosovo and Serbia.

Georgia National Guard, Country of Georgia hone disaster response capabilities
June 25, 2013
The sun sets over the ancient city of Tbilisi, site of Shared Horizons 2013, a bilateral exercise between the Country of Georgia and the U.S. Military. The Georgia National Guard has trained with the Country of Georgia since 1994 as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program.