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Nebraska crops expert mentors Afghan farmers
September 19, 2012
Army Sgt. Alex Peyton is an agricultural specialist with the Nebraska National Guard's agribusiness development team.

South Dakota National Guard 'trains the trainers' in Suriname
September 18, 2012
South Dakota Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kaye Nicolaisen, right, and Staff Sgt. Wade Vanderberg, both trainers with 2nd Battalion, 196th Regiment, take part in a 'Train the Trainer' exchange with members of Suriname's armed forces on Aug. 27, 2012, in Paramaribo, Suriname.

Missouri Army National Guard supports anti-terror training in Tanzania
September 12, 2012
Maj. Damon Lacour, Missouri Army National Guard, and Maj. Isaac Sendi,Tanzania People Defence Force, attend a training session on countering violent extremism during Eastern Accord 2012.

In fields of Afghanistan, a diverse Kentucky Guard group comes together
September 10, 2012
Kentucky Agribusiness Development Team 4’s Spc. Keith Stanley of Frankfort, Ky., provides security during a mission on June 8, 2012.

Estonian air force pilots deploy with Maryland Army Guard aviation unit as part of SPP partnership
September 5, 2012
Estonian air force Capts. Rene Kallis, right, and Martin Noorsalu, middle, go over a flight plan with a Maryland Army National Guard member at Weide Army Airfield in Edgewood, Md. After training with the Maryland Army Guard for a year as part of the State Partnership Program, the Estonian pilots are scheduled deploy to Afghanistan where they will serve with the Maryland Army Guard's C Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, a medical evacuation unit that deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year.

Ethiopia: Texas Army National Guard Soldiers deliver care packages to orphanage
September 5, 2012
Army Sgt. Timothy Ryan, part of the Texas Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, and Sgt. 1st Class Loren Ledlow of the same unit, deliver several boxes of personal hygiene items to an orphanage in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.

Afghanistan: Wisconsin Army Guard transportation unit provides security for convoys
August 30, 2012
Sgt. Anthony R. Stenson, with the 1157th Transportation Company, goes over paperwork with an Afghan truck driver at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 24. One of the main tasks for Soldiers of the unit is providing convoy security and that starts with making checks and inspections prior to heading out on a mission.

Canada: Pennsylvania Army Guard transportation unit on the road as part of training exercise Steadfast Warrior
August 30, 2012
With the guidance and direction of Spc. Jeremy Oburn, a motor transport operator with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard’s 131st Transportation Company, Canadian Army Capt. Jacquie Field, logistics officer with the 32nd Canadian Brigade Group, drives a Light Support Vehicle Wheeled truck off a trailer of the 121st Trans. Co. Aug. 13, 2012. Soldiers from the company transported the vehicles from Canadian Forces Base Petawawa, Ontario, to Toronto as part of exercise Steadfast Warrior, a training exercise between the 32nd CBG and the Pennsylvania Army Guard.

D.C. National Guard leaders meet with Jamaican Defense Force leadership, solidify SPP relationship
August 28, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, left, talks with Jamaican Defense Force Maj. Gen. Antony B. Anderson, JDF chief of defense staff, during a senior leaders exchange as part the D.C. Guard's partnership with the JDF through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program. Anderson and members of his staff met with key leaders of the D.C. Guard and planned possible future subject matter expert exchanges.

Germany: Wyoming Air Guard engineers stay flexible, build experience at NATO School
August 28, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Jesse Johnson, with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, cuts pavers for a new walkway at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany, Aug. 20, 2012.