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Kuwait: Kansas Army National Guard couple deploys together
March 1, 2012
Army Sgt. 1st Class Brian Dale, a Black Hawk helicopter maintenance platoon sergeant, D Company, 1st Battalion, 108th Aviation Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard and Army Staff Sgt. Danielle Burke, a human resource specialist, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-108th Aviation, both natives of Topeka, Kansas, pose for a photo here, Feb. 11. They have been married for roughly nine months and have been here for four of those months. Third Army is dedicated to shaping the future by supporting families deployed together.
Alabama National Guard strengthens partnership with Romania
February 29, 2012
Alabama National Guard Soldiers and members of the Romanian Land Force pose in front of the Alabama Capitol building in Montgomery, Ala., Feb. 22, 2012. The Alabama National Guard and Romania have been partners for 19 years through the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Deputy Defense Secretary meets with Polish troops, discusses Illinois Guard State Partnership
February 24, 2012
U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter greets a Polish battle group commander on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, Feb. 23, 2012. Carter is in Afghanistan meeting with troops and NATO members.
USNORTHCOM, National Guard leaders: Partnerships key to domestic response
February 23, 2012
Army Gen. Charles H. Jacoby Jr., Commander United States Northern Command, gives welcome remarks during the opening ceremony of the DomesticPreparedness Workshop at the Gaylord National Harbor, Md., Feb. 22, 2012.
Afghanistan: New Jersey Air Guard maintainers keep F-16s flying
February 22, 2012
Airmen with the Arkansas National Guard's 188th Fire Emergency Services Flight conduct training at the 188th Fighter Wing during a Air Force Airman 1st Class Jonathan Nieves works on an F-16 aircraft at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 12, 2012. Nieves is an aircraft electrician with the 16th Aircraft Maintenance Unit and is deployed from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing.
Afghanistan: North Carolina Army Guard members clear the way for the safety of others
February 21, 2012
North Carolina Army National Guard Sgt. Thomas Parker enrolls an Afghani local national into a hand-held interagency identity detection equipment.
Kuwait: Minnesota Army Guard members partake in some unique live fire training
February 21, 2012
Minnesota Army National Guard members fire an M109A6 Paladin during the 34th Infantry Division's 1-125 Field Artillery B Battery's live fire exercise in northern Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2012.
Thailand: Guard members dedicate new school building they help build
February 17, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. William Beard, left, deputy commanding general of United States Army Pacific, Royal Thai Army Lt. Gen. Thawatchai Samutsakorn, middle, commanding general of 2nd Army Area, and Payakaphut Pokeaw, right, provincial governor, cut the ceremonial ribbon during the dedication ceremony for the multipurpose building at the Ban Wang Nam Khiao School in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, today. The Royal Thai Army and U.S. Army with the Washington national Guard's 176th Engineer Company constructed the multipurpose building over the course of one month during Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. The exercise improves the capability to plan and conduct combined joint operations, building relationships between partnering nations and improving interoperability across the Asia-Pacific region.
Guard's state partnership program could shape future Army capabilities
February 16, 2012
From left, working group three members Bob Toguchi, concept developer, U.S. Army TRADOC, and Mike Knippel, transformation integrator, G-3 Strategic Initiatives Division at U.S. Army Forces Command, listen as Col. Bruce Caulkins, Capability Development Integration Directorate, answers questions on the future of the National Guard. The seminar was the fifth in a series of Unified Quest 2012 seminars, hosted by U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command.
Wisconsin Guard members wrap up involvement in Yama Sakura 61
February 16, 2012
Army Capt. Jeremy Lyon, an infantry officer with the Wisconsin Army National Guard's 332nd Rear Operations Center, discusses troop movements with his Japanese counterparts at Camp Itami, Japan, Feb. 4, 2012. Lyon is participating in Yama Sakura 61, which was held just north of Osaka. Yama Sakura is an annual Japan-based, simulation-driven, joint-bilateral command post exercise held with the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force and the U.S. military, designed to enhance U.S. and Japan combat readiness and interoperability and strengthen military relationships.