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On target for partnership: New York Guard forms bonds in South African rifle match
May 18, 2011
New York National Guard members visit with a tame cheetah at a South African game preserve during their recent trip there for the South African National Defense Force 2011 Regional Combat Rifle Competition.
Iowa Guard, Afghan forces work together, increase security in Afghanistan
May 18, 2011
Soldiers of the Iowa National Guard’s 2nd Platoon, Company D, 1st Battalion, 168th Infantry Regiment, Task Force Lethal, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, TF Red Bulls, and Afghan National Army soldiers conduct a dismounted patrol across farmland near the village of Sahak, Afghanistan, May 10, 2011. The patrol allowed the U.S. and Afghan forces to increase security in the area by removing weapon caches.
NATO Secretary General visits, praises Georgia National Guard
May 16, 2011
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen talks with Georgia National Guard members during a May 9, 2011, visit at which he praised the state's service with NATO and participation in the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Deployed Guard member becomes U.S. citizen
May 16, 2011
Army Spc. Rafael Santos of the Massachusetts National Guard, right, receives a flag flown over Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, from his platoon leader, Army 1st Lt. Mike Mondello, center, and his platoon sergeant, Army Staff Sgt. Mike Burnes, at a May 5, 2011, celebration welcoming him back to his unit as a new American citizen. The soldiers are security forces members for the provincial reconstruction team in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province.
National Guard Cavalry Soldiers stay focused
May 16, 2011
Army Lt. Col. Phil Appleton, commander of the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, conducts a pre-combat inspection of weapons of Company Foxtrot, 3rd Battalion. Pre-combat checks and pre-combat inspections are critical elements in the fight against complacency.
Guard pilot serves third Iraq deployment
May 16, 2011
Army Chief Warrant Officer Wayne Wade of the Mississippi National Guard is serving his third deployment to Iraq.
California Guard finds helicopter parts, saves money
May 12, 2011
Army Spc. John Millan, technical supply specialist, Bravo Company, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, California National Guard, helped inventory parts that were discovered at Camp Taji, Iraq, saving the Army million of dollars, seen here on May 3, 2011.
Idaho Guard members protect officials in Iraq
May 12, 2011
Army Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Dean helps Army Sgt. Mike Main work on a lighting system for a mine resistant ambush protected vehicle at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, April 26, 2011. The Idaho National Guard members are members of the 3rd Battalion, 116th Cavalry Regiment, 77th Sustainment Brigade, 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Personal Security Detachment.
Illinois Guard supports African medical exercise
May 11, 2011
Army Sgt. Jeffrey S. Niemi of the 399th Combat Support Hospital assists Sgt. McDonald Linyama of the Malawi Defence Force in assessing Army Sgt. Robert E. Waight of the 404th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade during training to become a certified combat life saver as part of MEDREACH 11 exercises being conducted in Lilongwe, Malawi. U.S. and Malawi Defence Force troops competed in timed assessments as their peers evaluated and provided them with instant feedback.
Aeromedical evacuation saves lives in Afghanistan
May 6, 2011
Aeromedical evacuation team members and volunteers at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, position a critically wounded warrior for a flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III to Joint Base Andrews, Md., April 29, 2011.