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Kentucky guard members share knowledge with Ecuadoran counterparts
September 16, 2011
Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Craig Evans, supervisory equipment specialist with the Kentucky National Guard, goes through the maintenance inspection process of a high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle with the members of the Ecuadorian military at a visit on Boone National Guard Center in Frankfort, Ky.
Missouri Guard provides support to Guyana Defense Force
September 16, 2011
Mr. Mbakhana, a Guyana Defense Force sailor, along with Missouri National Guard Soldier’s Capt. Aaron Larimore, and Staff Sgt. Michael Blomberg review river routes and communication short falls with the Guyana Defense Force’s current equipment.
N.C. Guard, Botswana military share legal expertise
September 13, 2011
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National Guard values Muslim tradition, builds relationships year-round with SPP
September 8, 2011
Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley (center-front), chief of the National Guard Bureau, stands with leaders and distinguished guests of the Muslim and National Guard communities for a photo before hosting the second-annual National Guard Iftar Dinner Aug. 8, 2011, in Washington, D.C.
Florida, Virgin Islands Guard members exchange ideas on gangs, youth violence in Caribbean
September 1, 2011
Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Neville Lee, the Virgin Islands National Guard counterdrug coordinator, discusses strategies to reduce gang violence and proliferation with members of the Regional Security System, a treaty organization for defense in the Caribbean, Aug. 31, 2011. As part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program, Guard members from the Florida and Virgin Islands National Guards participated in a subject matter expert exchange addressing youth and gang violence in the Caribbean.
National Guard contributes to joint terrorism response exercise
August 25, 2011
Soldiers from the 546th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade, begin their mission to bring food and water to "distressed civilians" at Jefferson Proving Ground, Ind., Aug. 21, 2011, after being dropped off from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The Fort Stewart, Ga.-based military policemen provided medical care and relief supplies to civilians as part of Vibrant Response 12, a U.S. Northern Command field training exercise conducted by U.S. Army North.
Guard members part of a joint team helping Surinamese partners
August 23, 2011
Cadet Justin Kolbeck cuts through a piece of wood to be used in a sun shelter at the Pater van der Pluym School in Brownsweg, Suriname, Aug. 8, 2011. Kolbeck, a cadet with the 155th Engineering Company in Rapid City, S.D., is helping remodel the school during the New Horizons 2011 exercise.
Air National Guard band gains international fame while deployed
August 17, 2011
Air National Guard band members assigned to the 571st Air Force band, Missouri National Guard, perform an acoustic version of a popular song while deployed to Southwest Asia in early August 2011. The band, Sidewinder, is a 10-member band that quickly gained fame after the a video of the performance was uploaded to YouTube.
Illinois National Guard Agribusiness Development Team views demo farm in Asadabad
August 15, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Lueker, an agriculture processing specialist for the 1-14th Illinois Agribusiness Development Team (left), and Army Sgt. 1st Class Randy Wright, a pest management specialist for the 1-14th Illinois ADT, inspect a field for aphids and hail damage at a demonstration farm in Asadabad District Aug. 2, 2011. The 1-14th ADT conducted a mission to the farm, which is managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development, to assess management and production techniques which can be used in other demonstration farms throughout Kunar Province.
Kentucky agriculture team teaches at Afghan institute
August 15, 2011
Students at the Kapisa Agriculture Institute receive instruction from the Kentucky National Guard's third Agribusiness Development Team Aug. 12, 2011.