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Iowa Agribusiness Development Team helps youths get orchard training
April 27, 2011
Haji Hazrat Ali Gul says farewell to Army Master Sgt. Bill Dunbar, processing specialist for the 734th Agribusiness Development Team, Iowa National Guard, as Dunbar and other members of the ADT prepare to depart after checking on orchard training for high school students from the Shegal District at the Bar Chage Demonstration Farm north of Asadabad, Afghanistan, April 23, 2011. Gul owns the land the demo farm is on and worked with Dunbar to make it a fruit-production training site for high school students.
South Carolina Air National Guard welcomes Moroccan air force officials
April 26, 2011
Capt. Fassi Fehri, left, a pilot with the Moroccan air force, receives an F-16 orientation flight, from Air Force Lt. Col. Scott Lambe, commander of the 169th Operations Support Flight at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. Fehri is to become Morocco's first F-16 fighter pilot. Through the State Partnership program with the Utah Air National Guard, the 169th Fighter Wing from the South Carolina Air National Guard has agreed to assist the Moroccan air force with their transition to F-16 fighter operations.
Total force brings aeromedical evacuation training to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
April 26, 2011
Air Force Lt. Col. June Oldman, the mission director for MEDLITE 11 exercise here, speaks with local members of the media after the opening ceremony, April 25, 2011. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation training, to improve the readiness of the U.S. Air Force and DRC personnel.
Philippine leaders visit Guam Guard
April 21, 2011
Third from left, Maj. Gen. Jovencio Magalso, Armed Forces of the Philippines deputy chief of staff for retiree and reserve affairs, observes the HMMWV Egress Assistance Trainer while touring the Guam Air National Guard facility on Andersen Air Force Base.
National Guard Soldiers, Ugandans participate in Atlas Drop 11
April 19, 2011
Ugandan Defense Forces Soldiers, assisted by Army Staff Sgt. Ian Eggbert, a rigger with 197th Special Troops Company, Utah Army National Guard, attach a wing to a copter box aerial delivery system at Soroti Airfield, Uganda, during Atlas Drop 11, April 14, 2011. Atlas Drop, an annual joint aerial-delivery exercise sponsored by U.S. Army Africa that brings together U.S. Army personnel with counterparts from the Ugandan Peoples Defense Forces, is designed to enhance the readiness of both countries’ resupply and logistical capabilities, and will consist of classroom instruction and a field training exercise.
Montana Guard’s Outlaws on the road from dusk ’til dawn
April 18, 2011
Spc. John York, an M240B gunner and a Tulsa, Okla., native with Bravo Company, 163rd Combined Arms Battalion, 1st Infantry Regiment, 4th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, looks out his gunner’s hatch during a convoy escort and security mission March 29. The 163rd CAB’s escort teams have been conducting convoy escort missions in support of Operation New Dawn since November.
Utah Guard’s 118th Sapper Company delivers security through counter-IED efforts
April 18, 2011
Improving driving conditions for local citizens, Soldiers of 1st Platoon, 118th Sappers, repair a road near Yaqubi Village, Khowst Province, Afghanistan, March 24, 2011.
Ghanaians get up-close look at how North Dakota Guard handles flooding
April 15, 2011
North Dakota National Guard Joint Task Force-East leaders and visiting Ghanaian dignitaries tour flood protection measure April 14, 2011, including this AquaFence in Fargo, N.D. The Ghanaian dignitaries are visiting the North Dakota National Guard as part of a State Partnership Program between the African country of Ghana and the North Dakota National Guard. Since 2003, the North Dakota National Guard has developed a professional relationship with Ghana as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program. This program aligns states with partner countries to encourage the development of economic, political and military ties.
Kentucky Guard ADT helps Afghans open soybean facility
April 14, 2011
Haji Abdul Robate Qahir (far left), the Director of the Baston Seed Company, cuts the ribbon across the entrance of his new soybean processing facility in Bagram, April 2, 2011. Mohammad Sharif Sharif (back left), an engineer with Soy Nutrition Services Afghanistan, Abdul Kabir Farzam (center), the Parwan Director of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock, and Shamir Amiri (right), the Panjshir DAIL hold the ribbon for Qahir.
North Dakota Guard state partner visits during flood
April 13, 2011
Army Staff Sgt. Jason Horner, of the 81st Civil Support Team, displays some of his unit's equipment for Col. Isaac Mensah Tetteh, director of land operations at the General Headquarters for the Ghana Army, and Kofi Portuphy, national coordinator for the National Disaster Management Agency, at Fraine Barracks, Bismarck, N.D., April 11, 2011.