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New York Army National Guard troops help Kuwait missions move forward
December 6, 2012
Master Sgt. Steve Kirby, force protection NCO for ASG Kuwait, left, 1st Lt. Teofilo Espinal, Base Defense Liaison Team (BDLT) officer-in-charge, center, and Staff Sgt. Miguel Santiago plan the placement of concrete barriers just outside the camp here in October.

Air National Guard chaplain feels the chill of Antarctic deployment
December 3, 2012
Chaplain Capt. William Vit of Sioux City, Iowa, stands at the geographic South Pole. His Antarctic deployment is coming to end.

Transportation missions in Africa boost Soldier morale
December 3, 2012
Soldiers from the 2/138th Field Artillery Regiment met at the border of Djibouti and Ethiopia to exchange supplies for the troops deployed to Camp Gilbert, Ethiopia.

Mississippi Soldiers foster productive farming patch in Afghanistan
December 3, 2012
Mississippi National Guard member Staff Sgt. Dean Fennell shows Afghan farmers how to maintain a rotor-tiller at a demonstration farm in Shahr-e Safa, Afghanistan, Nov. 13, 2012.

Oregon National Guard begins historic partnership with Vietnam
November 29, 2012
Oregon National Guard Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, adjutant general, Oregon, and Vietnam Lt. Gen. Tran Quang Khue, vice chairman of the National Committee for Search and Rescue (VINASARCOM), congratulate each other following the official signing ceremony for the State Partnership Program between Oregon and Vietnam on Nov. 27, 2012.

Africa mission brings Kentucky National Guard member home
November 27, 2012
Pfc. Ismaila Pam, of Louisville, discusses his ties to Africa while on a mission there.

N.C. National Guard Soldiers get comfortable with new role as Sinai Peninsula observers
November 23, 2012
Pfc. James Bambule, a gunner with the 7-32nd Forward Support Company, 5-113th Field Artillery Regiment, watch 'Bedouin protesters' chant and wave protest signs outside the outpost's gates while his squad leader, Staff Sgt. Gregory Forbes, calls for support during an exercise.

Arizona National Guard shares knowledge with Kazakhstan unit
November 20, 2012
Army Capt. Terrannce McIntosh, standing, shows his Kazakh counterpart troop positions during Exercise Steppe Eagle 12, conducted in Kazakhstan in September 2012. Arizona and Kazakhstan have been partnered under the National Guard's State Partnership Program for 20 years.

Hawaii Guard Soldiers ready to assist, advise Afghan forces
November 19, 2012
Sgt. Lamont Scott, of Waipahu, Hawaii, foreground, confirms his M-4 rifle's accuracy along with several dozen additional Soldiers from the Hawaii Army Guard's 29th Infantry Brigade Combat Team at Kandahar Airfield's small arms rifle range Nov. 14, 2012.

For 40 years, pilot has been a fixture with Ohio National Guard
November 9, 2012
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Blaine Wyckoff, B Company, 3-238th, sits in the pilot's seat of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Forward Operating Base Salerno, Afghanistan, Oct. 20, 2012.