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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.

Afghanistan: Texas Army National Guard security teams ensure mission accomplishment for reconstruction team
August 27, 2012
Spc. Andrew Simmons, and Army Sgt. Adam Priebe, both assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne), provide security outside the Shigal Girl's School in Kunar Province, Afghanistan while members of Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar visit the school to check on the status of construction. The members of Company A serve as the PRT's security element and have earned high praise from the PRT commander.

Kuwait: Rhode Island Army Guard chaplain, former Marine provides chaplain services to Marine aviation unit
August 27, 2012
Army Capt. David Harvey, a former Marine and now chaplain with the Rhode Island Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment currently deployed to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, volunteered to provide chaplain services to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 261 (Reinforced), 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, while they conducted sustainment training in Kuwait.

North Dakota National Guard concludes series of SPP engagements
August 24, 2012
Pfc. Javier Ortiz, West Fargo, N.D., and 1st Lt. Frank Amponsah, Ghana army, watch Spc. Cody Lausch, Hannaford, N.D., cut a piece of detonation cord on the demolition range at Camp Grafton South, south of Devils Lake, N.D., June 21. The North Dakota Army National Guard's 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), Jamestown, are working with their Ghanaian partners in an exchange visit during annual training. The Sappers are using crater charges and other explosives. North Dakota and Ghana are linked through the Department of Defense-sponsored State Partnership Program.