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Guard, Afghan Soldiers deliver supplies to orphanage
September 22, 2010
Maj. Edward Michels, 1st Battalion, 178th Field Artillery of the South Carolina Army National Guard, gives two boys a handful of toys during a humanitarian aid drop at Maihan Orphanage in Kabul, Afghanistan Aug. 31, 2010. Michels and several other servicemembers stationed at Camp Phoenix participated in the drop delivering toys, blankets, shoes and clothing.
Senegal president praises Guard partnerships
September 22, 2010
U.S. law plays important role in Afghanistan COIN strategy
September 21, 2010
Lt. Col. Donald McCarty, left, deputy staff judge advocate for the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade of the South Dakota Army National Guard listens as Rahim, center, a linguist for the 196th, explains a claim made by Naqeb, right, a local Afghan citizen. McCarty helps local Afghans file claims against the U.S. military when any incident, such as a car accident happens.
MEDFLAG 10: A lasting partnership between two countries
September 21, 2010
Spc. Kerry Thompson of Bismarck, N.D., a combat medic with the North Dakota National Guard's 814th Army Support Medical Company, carries a simulated injured patient to the hands of an Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo soldierin Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sept. 17, 2010. A mass casualty exercise simulated a bus crash with about 50 patients that were treated by the FARDC quick reaction force.
Twins reunite in Afghanistan
September 21, 2010
Army 1st Lt. Michael Paluczak and his twin brother, Army Capt. John Paluczak, enjoy a reunion on Bagram Airfield in eastern Afghanistan's Kabul province, Sept. 7, 2010.
Iowa ADT members donate blood to save Soldier’s life
September 17, 2010
U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 1st. Class Mark Chase, who is assigned to the Kunar Provincial Reconstruction Team Field Surgical Team at Forward Operating Base Wright, prepares to take blood from U.S. Army Master Sgt. John Storey, noncommissioned officer in charge of operations for the 734th Iowa National Guard's Agribusiness Development Team. The blood was needed for immediate infusion into a seriously wounded Soldier, who needed whole blood of a particular type.
South Dakota Guardsmen plan new security measure for Afghanistan elections
September 16, 2010
A new Persistent Surveillance System (PSS) begins its assent above Camp Julien Sept. 14, 2010, to provide the Afghan National Security Forces and International Security Assistance Force officials with an extra level of surveillance capability for security operations around Kabul, Afghanistan. The PSS, a floating aerostat (or blimp), has high-tech camera equipment able to provide 360 degree views of the city.
Ohio National Guard and Hungary: ‘Graduate-level’ state partnership
September 16, 2010
Army. Maj. Gen. Gregory Wayt, the adjutant general of the Ohio National Guard, awards the Ohio Commendation Medal to Hungarian Defense Forces soldiers who served in a joint unit with Ohio National Guard members in Afghanistan at Tata, Hungary, on Sept. 15, 2010. A delegation of Ohio National Guard leaders was in Hungary for National Guard State Partnership Program activities.
Girl’s alertness, quick wits thwart terrorist attack
September 15, 2010
U.S. Army Capt. Daniel T. Rosseau, a Florida National Guard member, who works with the Iraqi Police Transition Team based at Joint Security Station Shield, demonstrates a typical placement for a magnetically adhesive improvised explosive device.
Rhode Island Air Guardsmen provide network security at Combined Endeavor
September 15, 2010
Air Force Master Sgt. Jeptha Gibbs, a member of the 102nd Network Warfare Squadron of the Rhode Island Air National Guard watches Master Sgt. Darryl McCaffrey also of the 102nd as he protects the computer network from malicious activity during a communications exercise during Combined Endeavor. Combined Endeavor 2010 is the world's largest communications interoperability exercise, preparing international forces' command, control, communications and computer systems for multinational operations.