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West Virginia Guard member looks back at Desert Storm
April 6, 2011
Sgt. 1st Class John Oliverio, a senior human resource non-commissioned officer, assigned to 1/201st Field Artillery, West Virginia Army Guard, wears his Desert Storm combat patch proudly. Oliverio was assigned to the 201st but attached to the 18th Airborne Corps and fondly remembers the welcome home celebration his unit received upon their return. Oliverio resides in Fairmont, W.Va., with his wife Barbara and together they share six children and six grandchildren.
New York Army Guard members learn survival skills from Canadian Army
April 5, 2011
33 Combat Brigade Group (33 CBG) deployed to Gogama, Ontario to conduct Exercise Wolfpack Endeavour 2011 (Ex WPE 11) from 12-20 March 2011. Ex WPE 11 will offer soldiers and leaders the complete winter warfare qualification, which is the foundation for future Army Reserve winter activities.
Texas National Guard ADT facilitates reforestation initiative in Ghazni
April 5, 2011
Qarabagh District subgovernor Muhibullah Ekhpelwak waters a newly planted fruit tree at the bazaar in Qarabagh District, March 27, 2011. Within a two-week period at the end of March, more than 28,000 trees were planted throughout Ghazni in an initiative facilitated by Texas Army National Guard Ghazni Agribusiness Development Team-IV and the Ghazni Director of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock.
Iowa ADT practices fiscal vigilance on canal project
April 1, 2011
Members of the Iowa National Guard’s 734th Agribusiness Development Team pass an Afghan girl as they conduct a foot patrol down the Asadabad canal to determine if the canal needs to be cleaned March 22, 2011.
South Dakota Guard Soldiers report on U.S. military efforts in Afghanistan
April 1, 2011
Army National Guard journalist Sgt. Rebecca Linder, of the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade, South Dakota Army National Guard, makes notes during a mission Sept. 29, 2010, in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Iowa National Guard gives rabies education to Afghan health professionals
March 31, 2011
Dr. Mohammed Ghalib, Kunar provincial veterinarian, sits with health professionals at Asadabad Hospital during a rabies prevention and control education session here March 9. Members of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team and Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team provided the training for the health care professionals.
Oklahoma Guard ADT shares forestry, animal care techniques in Paktya
March 31, 2011
Army Spc. Jack McComas, a project manager for the 2-45th Agribusiness Development Team, talks to farmers from the Dand Patan district, March 13, 2011. McComas, one of the ADT’s specialists in animal husbandry, talked to the farmers about how to properly care for a variety of animals.
Wisconsin National Guard members selected for all-female Special Forces team
March 31, 2011
Army Capt. Nicole Zupka, a battlewatch captain with Combined Joint Task Force-Paladin, helps an Afghan child with her writing skills during Female Engagement Team training on Bagram Air Field, Feb. 3. Four Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers have recently been selected for this program. Female Engagement Team training teaches Dari and Pashto language, Afghan culture, Afghan religion and many other lessons to prepare for future engagements.
Afghan, coalition forces join in New Year celebration
March 29, 2011
Engineer Lali Zadran, Paktya director of agriculture and irrigation, plants a tree at Forward Operating Base Gardez during an Afghan New Year celebration, March 27, 2011. The trees were donated by the Oklahoma National Guard's 2-45th Agribusiness Development Team as a symbol of growth in the province.
Zabul farmers harvest livelihood from National Guard ADT
March 29, 2011
Ahmed Mohammad holds a honeycomb frame while a beekeeper pulls another from a hive at a Qalat City nursery, March 24, 2011. Arkansas Agricultural Development Team 2 provided three Zabul farmers will beekeeping training and equipment in order to help increase the production of orchards through cross pollination.