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Afghanistan: Guard members assist with large-scale inoculation project
May 14, 2012
A member of the Afghan National Civil Order Police secures a sheep for inoculation by an Afghan veterinarian while other members of the ANCOP and the International Security Assistance Force attempt to keep the other sheep in a central location. The 1st Battalion, 125th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team assisted their ANCOP partners during this operation. The 37th IBCT is deployed to northern Afghanistan in support of ISAF in order to build Afghan National Police capacity.

South Dakota National Guard and Suriname work together to improve emergency response capabilities
May 11, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Dan Iverson, assistant director of military support with the South Dakota Army National Guard, explains to Suriname army representatives how the South Dakota Guard responds to an emergency using the Joint Operations Center at Camp Rapid in Rapid City, S.D., May 8, 2012. Suriname and the SDNG have been exchanging ideas and developing a partnership since 2006 when the State Partnership Program was officially established for the two entities.

Guatemala: Utah, Missouri Army National Guard linguists keep communications open
May 11, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Angel Lopez, with the Utah Army National Guard's 300th Military Intelligence Brigade, discusses the upcoming day with Guatemalan security forces while taking part in Beyond the Horizons 2012. Sgt. Lopez volunteered to go to Guatemala and utilizes his linguistic skills to communicate and coordinate with Guatemalan military and civilian personnel.

South Dakota National Guard and Suriname work together to improve emergency response capabilities
May 11, 2012

Guatemala: Arkansas Air National Guard engineers build partnerships, medical facilities
May 9, 2012
Air Force Staff Sgt. Joshua Denniston steps out of a trench that will eventually become the foundation of a women's clinic in the Guatemalan town of Tactic. Denniston, an Airman with the Arkansas Air National Guard's 188th Civil Engineering Squadron, is deployed to Guatemala in support of Beyond the Horizon 2012 and will spend two weeks working in Tactic to nearly double the available space of the Centro de Salud clinic. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Anthony D. Jones)

Afghanistan: Kentucky Army National Guard firefighters perform vital mission in Afghanistan
May 8, 2012
Kentucky Army National Guard Sgt. Andrew Coomer, a firefighter with the 176th Firefighting Team, prepares a hose for stowage following a training exercise in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. The 176th FFT have been working with Afghan National Army firefighters as a way to further the skills of the Afghan firefighters.

Afghanistan: Guard pilots learn take-offs, landings in dusty conditions
May 4, 2012
A UH-60 Black Hawk MEDEVAC helicopter with C Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, New Mexico National Guard, currently attached to the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, performs a dust landing during a training flight on Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan, April 4, 2012.

Afghanistan: North Carolina Guard members train Marines, civilians
May 4, 2012
Soldiers of the 113th Sustainment Brigade are presented certificates of appreciation from Marine Col. Christopher Michelsen, commander of Marine Corps Logistics Command (Forward), Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan March 13, 2012. From left, Army Sgt. 1st Class Kendall Cheek, Staff Sgt. Dirkson Sanders, and Spc. Raymond Frederick, developed a training plan and presented a driver training course to Marines and civilians on Camp Dwyer.

Afghanistan: Afghan National Army maintenance soldiers complete training with Texas Guard members
April 30, 2012
Army 1st. Lt. Aaron Graves presents Afghan National Army Spc. Menawal his certificate of completion March 24, 2012 for maintenance training completed at Forward Operating Base Gamberi.

Kuwait: Director of Army National Guard visits Camp Arifjan
April 30, 2012
Army Lt. Gen. William Ingram Jr., the director of the Army National Guard, presents a National Guard coin of excellence to Army Sgt. Ferrell Reynolds of the North Carolina National Guard's 1452nd Transportation Company. The trip gave Ingram the opportunity to visit and talk with guardsmen and to see for himself the health and welfare of Army National Guard soldiers in Kuwait.