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Afghanistan: Ohio Guard members turn injury into training opportunity
April 24, 2012
Army Pvt. Eric Baldwin, a medic assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, applies a splint to the arm of an Afghan boy March 23, 2012, as his father holds him still. The Soldiers noticed the boy had an injured arm while conducting a patrol in the Gor Teppa area of Kunduz province, Afghanistan, with the Afghan National Police. The 37th IBCT is deployed to northern Afghanistan in support of the International Security Assistance Force in an effort to build ANP capacity.
Bangladesh: Kentucky Guard member shares knowledge at Cope South 2012
April 24, 2012
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joshua Shelby, a loadmaster with the 123rd Airlift Wing, Kentucky Air National Guard, shares his knowledge of heavy equipment airdrop procedures with an audience of more than 20 Bangladesh air force airmen at Kurmitola Air Base, Bangladesh April 22, 2012.
Texas Guard members connect with Uganda airmen, children
April 23, 2012
Army Sgt. Enrique Icedo (right) and Army 1st Lt. Victor Lauersdorf, members of Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, visit a local school near the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces training center here April 3, 2012. The Guard members are conducting various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, whose mission is to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.
Utah Guard members provide aid to Moroccan villagers during African Lion 2012
April 23, 2012
Army 1st Lt. Emily S. Smith, a physician assistant from the Utah State Medical Command, Utah Army National Guard, gives a Moroccan boy a checkup at the Humanitarian Civil Assistance site in Sidi Mussa, Morocco April 13, 2012. The HCA is part of African Lion 2012, an annual, bilateral exercise where U.S. and Moroccan forces work side-by-side to learn each other's tactics and operational procedures.
HONDURAS: Missouri Army Guard members begin Beyond the Horizon exercise
April 19, 2012
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North Carolina Guard member dedicates 100-mile run to fallen comrades
April 18, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Samuel Joyce of the 113th Sustainment Brigade runs a few laps with Sgt. 1st Class Rita Rice during her 100-mile run around Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, April 1, 2012. Each lap around the base was approximately seven miles, and Rice dedicated every lap of her race to fallen comrades from North Carolina.
Oregon Guard participate in Shanti-Doot exercise in Bangladesh
April 16, 2012
Oregon Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Darrin Culp, of the 249th Regiment Training Institute in Monmouth, Ore., oversees two Nepalese soldiers as they tend to their role-playing comrade during a medical emergency scenario on the first day of Exercise Shanti Doot 3, in Bangladesh March 9. Culp and his fellow Soldiers were invited to participate as a battlefield lifesaving technique instructors through the State Partnership Program between Oregon and Bangladesh. Exercise Shanti Doot 3 is a Bangladesh armed forces-hosted and U.S. Pacific Command Global Peace Operations Initiative supported joint multi-national exercise designed to give operations, logistics, planning and tactical peace-keeping training to members of 13 different countries in preparation for United Nations Peace-keeping Operations.
Mongolia-Alaska Guard exchange info during Arctic Care
April 16, 2012
Mongolian Lt. Col. Elbegjargal Buyantogtokh (left) speaks to Air Force Capt. Alex Kwon, an optometrist from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson April 15, 2012. Buyantogtokh is an optometrist with the Mongolian Armed Forces who travelled to Alaska to see operations during Arctic Care 2012.
Armenian minister of defense visits Kansas National Guard
April 11, 2012
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback signs a proclamation reaffirming the commitment to the relationship between the people of the state of Kansas and the Republic of Armenia, March, 20, 2012 after hosting a luncheon for Seyran Ohanyan, the Minister of Defense for the Republic of Armenia, at the governor's residence to honor the minister's visit.
Texas National Guard members, Mozambique soldiers turn wrenches together
April 11, 2012
A Mozambique army soldier demonstrates how to balance a tire for U.S. Army Spc. Duston Sorrells, a mechanic with Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, during a vehicle mechanic seminar in Maputo, Mozambique, March 20, 2012. Task Force Raptor Soldiers took part in the seminar in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission includes building partner nation capacity.