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Canada: Washington Army Guard combat engineers take part in international training exercise
August 23, 2012
Combat engineers from the Canadian Army and the Washington Army National Guard transport two Canadian military police vehicles up the Columbia River here using bridge boat pontoons Aug. 20 as part of training exercise Kootenay Castor 2012. The vehicles are being relocated to support the main training event of the exercise.
Germany: New York Army Guard engineers lay groundwork for improved training areas in Hohenfels
August 22, 2012
A Soldier with the 827th Engineer Company uses a front end loader to transport gravel to deposit at the site of a helicopter landing zone currently undergoing construction at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Aug. 15, 2012. Soldiers with the 827th and 152nd Engineer Companies traveled to Hohenfels to aid in troop construction projects on the base's pre-deployment training area.
Ohio National Guard engineers work with Serbian Armed Forces on school reconstruction project
August 21, 2012
Soldiers and Airmen from the Ohio National Guard and soldiers with the Serbian army's 2nd Army Brigade paint the exterior fence of the Svetozar Markovic Primary School Aug. 13, 2012, in Kraljevo, Serbia. As part of the State Partnership Program, the Ohio National Guard's 1194th Engineer Company and 200th RED HORSE Squadron, and the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade are working side by side to repair the school, which was damaged by an earthquake in late 2010.
State Partnership between Alaska, Mongolia strengthened through commonalities
August 20, 2012
Army Brig. Gen. Mike Bridges, left, assistant adjutant general for Army, Alaska Army National Guard, exchanges gifts with Dumaa Namsrai, right, deputy chief of the Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency at the NEMA office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 13, 2012. Bridges attended the meeting while in Mongolia as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Kyrgyzstan: Hawaii Air National Guard refuelers bring spirit of 'Aloha', fuel to the fight
August 20, 2012
U.S. Air Force 22nd Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron members 1st Lt. Josh Ishiki, copilot, Capt. Michael Curtis, aircraft commander and Master Sgt. Eric Faurott, boom operator, give the shaka or hang loose sign after a mission on the flightline, Transit Center at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Aug. 2, 2012. The shaka sign is native to Hawaii and is a sign of salutation that means friendship. The three team members are all members of the Hawaiian Air National Guard who work together to fuel the fight for Operation Enduring Freedom. The group is one of the many 22nd EARS crew who flies the KC-135 Stratotanker over Afghanistan to provide aerial refueling support to Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps and allied nation aircraft.
Afghanistan: Mississippi Army National Guard Soldier continues life of service, chooses deployment over retirement
August 20, 2012
Spc. Terry Mills, with Company F, 1st Battalion, 171st Aviation Regiment, pulls Army Staff Sgt. Ryan Stumpff into a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Khowst Province, Afghanistan. Stumpff was stranded on a narrow cliff after being wounded in an ambush. Mills, who served as an aviation crew chief in the Army in the 1980s, retired as a civilian firefighter four years ago and enlisted in the Mississippi Army National Guard.
Afghanistan: Air National Guard maintainers work around the clock to keep A-10s flying
August 17, 2012
Senior Airman William Fine, an aircraft phase maintenance specialist with the 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, works on the wing of an A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft during phase maintenance at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.
Mongolia: Alaska Army National Guard medic gives back to local community during Khaan Quest
August 17, 2012
Secretary of the Army John M. McHugh talks with Army Pfc. Chantal Miller, a medic with the Alaska Army National Guard's Medical Detachment, during his visit of the various Khaan Quest 12 exercise locations in and around Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 14. Khaan Quest is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise sponsored by the U.S. Army, Pacific and hosted annually by the Mongolian Armed Forces.
Botswana: Illinois Army National Guard Soldier learns culinary skills from Botswana Defense Force chefs
August 16, 2012
Spc. Lenette Tidwell, an administrative specialist with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 405th Brigade Support Battalion and Botswana Defense Force Lance Cpl. Baone Thipe, a chef with the BDF, chop potatoes together Aug. 12 at Thebephatshwa Air Base, Botswana. The BDF chefs taught Tidwell how to cook BDF-style as they prepared a a meal during Southern Accord 2012, a combined, joint exercise promoting collaboration and partnership between the two nations' militaries.
Germany: Wyoming Air National Guard engineers tackle construction projects at NATO School
August 16, 2012
Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Voyles, with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Civil Engineer Squadron, prepares to put rebar in place Aug. 13, 2012 while working on a construction project at the NATO School in Oberammergau, Germany. The rebar provides strength to the concrete poured. Airmen from the 153rd CES are putting their skills to work as they work on various construction projects throughout the school grounds.