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New York Guard leaves for South African air show
September 13, 2010
Sgt. Kevin Ressler steadies the tail of an OH-58 Kiowa assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Detachment 1, Co. A, 1st Battalion 224 Security and Support Aviation as he and other maintainers prepare the aircraft for a flight to Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh, N.Y., on Sept. 13, 2010. Ressler, and four other members of the detachment, will accompany the aircraft to the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exposition 2010 in Cape Town, South Africa. The helicopter will be loaded on board a giant C-5A Galaxy belonging to the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard.

Ambassador: Ohio Guard strengthens relationship with Serbia
September 11, 2010
Michael Fitzpatrick, foreign policy advisor to the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Jonita Whitaker, coordinator for foreign policy advisors in the State Department's Bureau for Political-Military Affairs, take notes during a meeting between Air Force Gen. Craig McKinley, the chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward, commander, U.S. Africa Command, at AFRICOM headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, Aug. 12, 2010.

Illinois, North Dakota participate in MEDFLAG 10 in Congo
September 8, 2010
Members of the 814th Area Support Medical Company of the North Dakota National Guard sort through medical supplies in preparation for MEDFLAG 10. Participants arrived in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo and began to prepare for MEDFLAG 10, a joint medical exercise focused on humanitarian assistance that will take place in Kinshasa, Sept. 6-18, 2010.

Kansas medics train with Armenian military
September 8, 2010
A team of Armenian surgeons simulates a field surgery in an expeditionary medical support system during a three-day exercise near Zarh, Armenia, Sept. 3, 2010. It was the first time the Armenian military had deployed EMEDS to the field.

Louisiana Guard continues mission despite drawdown
September 8, 2010
Sgt. Daniel Butts, left, an assistant convoy commander, and Sgt. Derick Woods, a convoy commander, both with the Louisiana National Guard's 199th Forward Support Company, 3rd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Sustainment Brigade, 103rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), pose for a photo before a recent overnight mission.

116th to return to Iraq for start of new mission
September 8, 2010
An Iraqi Army platoon sergeant from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade of the 4th Iraq Army Division briefs Lt. Chad Knowles, a Colts platoon leader from the Idaho National Guard's 1st Battalion, 148th Field Artillery, Task Force Liberty, before a joint counter-IED and combat patrol on Sept. 11, 2005.

Puerto Rico Guardsmen work with Kosovo's poorest
September 3, 2010
Sgt. Radiff Vega, San Lorenzo of the Puerto Rico National Guard and a squad leader with the 192nd Liaison Monitoring Team for Multinational Battle Group East, and Staff Sgt. Carlos Santiago, the noncommissioned officer in charge of team 3 of the LMTs talk to an interpreter asking him to explain to one of the extremely poor families how to use the items that the Red Cross was giving them.

Locals tip off Afghan army concerning weapons cache
September 2, 2010

Iowa ADT helps Afghan girls school
September 2, 2010
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Melissa Brumley of the Iowa National Guard's 734th Agribusiness Development Team, speaks through an interpreter to staff members of the Kunar province director of Women's Affairs in eastern Afghanistan after loading their vehicle with supplies for local schoolgirls and clothes for the families of widows in the province Aug. 19, 2010.

Training prepares 116th BCT soldiers for deployment
September 1, 2010
A convoy from Alpha Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion roll back from an IED training lane at Gowen Field Training Area, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 30. The convoy is practicing how to spot IED's and what measures to take when they spot one.