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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.
New York Guard Soldiers to compete in international shooting match
March 28, 2011
Some of the New York Army National Guard Soldiers chosen to compete in the South African National Defense Force 2011 Regional Combat Rifle Competition pose at Watervliet Arsenal after fulfilling requirements for the trip. Standing, Staff Sgt. Dennis Rick, Sgt. Maj. Anthony Coluccio, Sgt. 1st Class Arthur Evans, an alternate, Spc. Matthew Melendez and Cpl. Jonathan Patton. Kneeling, Spc. Masami Yamakado and Spc. Jason Grossman. Other Soldiers who are part of the team were not available for the photograph.
Texas Guard hosts multinational combat arms exercise
March 28, 2011
Two Texas Army National Guard Uh-60 Black hawks conduct training missions during a Red Flag exercise March 2-6, 2011. The Black hawks were preparing to insert the Czech/US Multi-National Assault Force near the enemy village, amid heavy surface to air fire.
Young Afghan pros help Iowa ADT enhance agricultural efforts
March 24, 2011
Abdul Wali and Said Obaidullah, Afghan agricultural professionals who are part of the internship program initiated by the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talk about an upcoming field day March 19, 2011, with Army 1st Lt. Scott Shirk, ADT project manager for the Chowkay District, and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Don Kuehl, ADT project manager for the Sarkani District
Iowa National Guard leadership visits Red Bulls downrange
March 24, 2011
Army Maj. Gen. Tim E. Orr, right, adjutant general of the Iowa National Guard, talks with Army Staff Sgt. Jacob Pries, left, an engineer with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, and Army Staff Sgt. Scott Murray Jr., center, a squad leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, March 22, 2011, during his visit to Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam, Afghanistan.
McKinley: State Partnership Program National Guard crown jewel
March 24, 2011
Botswana Defence Force Brig. Gen. George Tlhalerwa fires a squad automatic weapon as Army Col. Jeffery Brotherton, North Carolina National Guard, observes, Aug. 17, 2009, at the Camp Butner National Guard Training Center in North Carolina. The event, a State Partnership Program initiative, gave a delegation of officers and civilians from Botswana an opportunity to see U.S. training facilities and weapons ranges.
Romanian Air Force officers visit Alabama Guard unit
March 23, 2011
Romanian Air Force officers look over an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet at the Alabama National Guard's 187th Fighter Wing during a recent visit as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.