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New York Soldiers represent U.S. military at workshop in S. Africa
February 15, 2012
Army Col. Craig Meinking, a member of the New York Army National Guard, explains New York Army National Guard health-check procedures to South African Maj. Gen. Roy Andersen (center) and other South African National Defense Force Reserves officers during a Dec. 1, 2010 visit in Latham, N.Y.
Kuwait: Army Guard members try unique mission of "disposing"
February 13, 2012
Unsafe mortar shells placed and ready for an explosive detonation by members of the Tennessee Army National Guard's 268th Military Police Company. The Soldiers were selected as part of a unique Explosive Ordinance Disposal mission that very few Soldiers have the opportunity to experience.
Thailand: Army Guard Soldiers visit home for abandoned youth in Nakhon Ratchasima
February 13, 2012
Army Sgt. Michael Raaf, a medical readiness noncommissioned officer, and Army Capt. Joshua Van Vlack, chaplain both with 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Combat Brigade with Oregon National Guard, fix a swing set at the Ratchasima Boy's Home here Feb. 10, 2012. The Guard members are training at Camp Friendship in support of Cobra Gold 2012. Cobra Gold 2012 is the 31st iteration of the joint, multinational exercise held to enhance interoperability with participating nations and to advance security throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Afghanistan: Kansas National Guard ADT gives Arbor Day gifts to locals
February 8, 2012
Army 1st. Lt. Andrew Webster, the project manager for the Kansas Agribusiness Development Team, and Ismail Dawlatzai, director of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock, distribute fruit bearing trees at the Alingar Agriculture Extension Center, Feb. 1, 2012. Around 2,400 saplings were given to the approximately 200 elders from villages around Alingar district.
Michigan Guard member helped pave way for partnership with Liberia
February 8, 2012
Air Force Master Sgt. Leslie Blanks returned home Jan. 6, 2012, after a 6-month deployment to Liberia, where he worked as a mentor and adviser to a group of Liberian military personnel. Blanks is a member of the 127th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich. The Michigan National Guard and the Armed Forces of Liberia recently entered into a partnership through the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Kuwait: Tennessee Guard mother, daughter duo serving up smiles
February 3, 2012
Army Spc. Crystal Stoner speaks with a contractor at the dining facility, as her mother, Spc. Theresa Stoner, looks on Jan. 30. The Stoners are assigned to the 230th Engineer Battalion as food service specialists at the dining facility. Crystal uses the knowledge she gained from advanced individual training to better serve Third Army service members here at the dining facility. Their support in food service helps ensure everyone receives the support they need to continue their missions.
Partnership benefits New Hampshire Guard, El Salvador
February 2, 2012
U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William Reddel III, center, in flight suit, adjutant general of the New Hampshire National Guard, and other senior leaders from the New Hampshire Guard look over maintenance records while visiting with members of the El Savadoran 1st Air Brigade near San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 27, 2012. Reddel met with Salvadoran military officials as part of the State Partnership Program, which builds relationships between the National Guard in the states and territories and partnered nations worldwide. New Hampshire is in its 12th year of partnering with El Salvador.
Kosovo: Georgia Guard's newest citizen Soldier
February 2, 2012
Army Staff Sgt. Rodrigo Mondaca, a supply sergeant with the Georgia Army National Guard's 3rd Squadron, 108th Cavalry Regiment, officially became a U.S. citizen in a naturalization ceremony conducted at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Jan. 20, 2012. Mondaca is one of approximately 10,000 deployed military members who have taken the oath since 2001.
Armed Forces of Liberia completes legal training program with Michigan Guard members
February 1, 2012
U.S. Army Lt. Col. John Wojcik, left, staff judge advocate, Joint Force Headquarters, Michigan National Guard, talks to an Armed Forces of Liberia soldier during a break in instruction during a three-week legal training course at Edward Binyah Kesselly Military Barracks, Liberia, Jan 23, 2011. About 50 AFL service members, including military police officers, investigators and paralegals, completed the three-week course that taught basics in detainee operations and military law procedures, among other topics. The legal training was one in a series of capacity building events designed to promote the developing AFL, which is being retrained and reequipped following several years of national strife.
Afghanistan: Soldiers humbled by Missouri adjutant general's visit
January 31, 2012
Missouri adjutant general, Army Maj. Gen. Stephen L. Danner, presents Army Capt. Gary Chura and Spc. Matthew Wright coins recognizing their outstanding performance as members of the Nangarhar Agribusiness Development Team. The Nangarhar ADT's mission is to conduct agribusiness operations in Nangarhar province to extend the reach and legitimacy of the Government of Afghanistan.