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Michigan Air National Guard joins forces at South Africa airshow
September 21, 2012
U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Donald H. Gips sits in a KC135T Stratotanker cockpit with Michigan Air National Guard aircraft commander Lt. Col. Paul Beck, Sept. 19, 2012. The two discussed the aircraft’s mission and capabilities during the opening day of the 2012 Africa Aerospace and Defense Airshow and Exhibition.

Delaware National Guard helps Trinidad and Tobago hail its independence
September 20, 2012
Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala and Brig. Gen. Carol Timmons, Assistant Adjutant General, Air, visit with recruits to the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard.

Maine Army National Guard MPs train for Afghan duties
September 19, 2012
Staff Sgt. Johan Pae, right, an observer controller/trainer with Division West's 5th Armored Brigade, talks with soldiers of the Maine Army National Guard's 488th Military Police Company at the detainee operations training facility at Camp McGregor, N.M., last month.

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.