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Georgia Guard agricultural team trains for combat operations
December 7, 2010
Georgia National Guard Soldiers train at Fort Gordon, Ga., for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan on Nov. 20, 2010.

SD Soldiers improve base infrastructure, Afghan labor force in Kabul
December 7, 2010
Maj. Trent Bruce, right, Directorate of Public Works (DPW) officer in charge, Master Sgt. Travis Vallery, center, also a member of DPW, talk with local Afghans, who were hired using the “Afghan First” program, about a project on Dec. 4, 2010, at Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan. Bruce, Vallery and other members of DPW manage and oversee construction projects throughout the Kabul Base Cluster.

Arkansas troops develop farm as Agriculture Education Center
December 6, 2010
Sgt. David Hafer, an agronomy specialist with the Arkansas Agriculture
Development Team (ADT), looks over a test crop of spinach in the team's
greenhouse on its demonstration farm located at Shahr-e-Safa, Afghanistan.
The ADT operates the farm in conjunction with the Zabul Province Agriculture
Department to demonstrate new farming techniques and test crop products and
resiliency to pests and weather conditions.

Iowa ADT finds Asadabad merchants better off than five years ago
December 6, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. Maj. Daniel Collins of Kellogg, Iowa, contracting non-commissioned officer in charge for the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, talks with a furniture store owner and his son in Asadabad, the provincial capital of Afghanistan's Kunar province, Dec. 2.

TF Morgan hands reins to TF Red Horse
December 6, 2010
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John M. Montgomery, the Task Force Morgan command sergeant major, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Timothy J. Murphy, the TF Morgan commander, roll up the 1st Squadron, 172nd Cavalry Squadron colors to take back to St. Albans, Vt., during the transfer of authority ceremony here Nov. 30, 2010.

Nurgal subgovernor meets Iowa ADT leaders to discuss priorities
December 6, 2010

New Hampshire maintainers teach course for Salvadorians
December 1, 2010
New Hampshire Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer 4 Michael Tkacz disassembles the air filter of an 1165 High-Mobility Multi-Wheeled Vehicle with Salvadorian Army soldiers watching at the Salvadorian Calvary Regiment motor pool in La Libertad, El Salvador, Nov. 15, 2010.

State, federal leaders meet with Montenegro defense minister
November 29, 2010
A joint delegation from the Maine National Guard and Montenegro met during a bilateral defense consultation held in Portland, Maine, Nov. 15, 2010. The Maine Guard is partnered with Montenegro's military through the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.

Army training center prepares last division headquarters deploying to Iraq
November 24, 2010
Maj. Eric Verzola, an Operations Group Alpha public affairs observer/trainer, meets Maj. Gen. Eddy Spurgin, the Texas National Guard's 36th Infantry Division commanding general, prior to his DVIDS training for the unit’s Mission Rehearsal Exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.

Guard’s State Partnership Program: A possible tool for citizen diplomacy
November 24, 2010
A firefighter from the Port of Laem Chabang in Pattaya, Thailand, secures a hose fitting during a training exercise with the Washington National Guard near the port on May 19, 2009. A roundtable recently recommended enhancing the National Guard's State Partnership Program as a tool for citizen diplomacy.