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Florida Guard upholds federal readiness in Qatar
April 21, 2010
U.S. Army Capt. Dewitt Revels, from Jacksonville, Fla., meets with a Qatari soldier at Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, April 19. The 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, the largest Army National Guard unit in Florida, reported for duty at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, in early March. Bravo Troop, 1st Squadron, 153rd Cavalry Regiment, 53rd IBCT soldiers quickly departed the following week to take over force protection from contracting firms at Camp As Sayliyah. "Everyone is going to be enriched by this experience," said Dewitt, Bravo Troop commander.
Indiana Guardsmen meet with ANA to discuss NCO development
April 21, 2010
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Jim Brown, the command sergeant major for the Indiana National Guard's Regional Core Training Team 2, speaks with Afghan National Army Sgt. Maj. Zar M. Sherzad, sergeant major for the ANA's 203rd Thunder Corps, 3rd Brigade, at Forward Operating Base Vulcan, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, April 14, 2010. Brown and Sherzad both spoke at a conference on the development of the ANA's non-commissioned officer program on FOB Vulcan earlier in the day.
Ghana continues partnership with tour of North Dakota
April 21, 2010
Col. Rick Gibney points out features of an MQ-1 ground control station simulator to Lt. Gen. Peter Blay, the chief of Defense Staff for the Ghana Armed Forces, in Fargo, N.D., April 16, 2010. Officials from the Ghanaian Armed Forces (GAF) visited North Dakota to learn about the capabilities of the North Dakota National Guard, and to continue building the bilateral relationship that they have through the State Partnership Program. The North Dakota Air Guard flies the MQ-1 remotely piloted aircraft in Fargo, and uses the simulator to train pilots and sensor operators at the unit.
Iowa Air Guardsman takes care of Airmen as deployed first sergeant
April 20, 2010
Senior Master Sgt. Mark Miller, first sergeant for the 380th Expeditionary Force Support Squadron, participates in a retreat ceremony at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on April 2, 2010. Miller is deployed from the 133rd Test Squadron at Fort Dodge, Iowa, which is a geographically-separated unit of the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa.
Guardsmen conducts nonlethal weapons training in Iraq
April 20, 2010
Staff Sgt. Jonathan McDonald (far left), nonlethal weapons instructor for the 49th Military Police Brigade, eyes Sgt. Robert Black of the 217th Military Police Company load a shotgun with nonlethal rounds during range training at Camp Liberty.
Vermont Guard unit adjusts to changing mission
April 20, 2010
Members of A Company, 86th Engineers from 1st Battalion, 172nd Calvary of the Vermont National Guard conduct a convoy briefing before moving to the town of Charkar, Parwan province, Afghanistan, April 13, 2010.
Flying in the shadow of the 'Valley of Death:' Delaware Guard assists in Korengal Valley
April 19, 2010
U.S. Army General Stanley A. McChrystal, commander of International Security Assistance Forces, exits a UH-60 Blackhawk from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 238th Aviation Regiment of the Delaware National Guard to greet an Afghan National Army commander during his visit to the Korengal outpost as part of Operation Mountain Decent II, April 8, 2010. During Operation Mountain Descent II, more than 500 Soldiers and nearly half a million pounds of equipment were airlifted out of the Korengal valley; this was the largest-scale movement of U.S. forces out of the valley. The Delaware unit is part of Task Force Knighthawk, a subordinate battalion of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade's Task Force Falcon.
Multi-state effort supports West African partner
April 16, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Ken Forche uses a saw to cut a piece of lumber as Senior Airman Derek Leppek holds the board steady during a deployment to Accra, Ghana, April 12, 2010. The 127th Civil Engineering Squadron of the Michigan Air National Guard deployed to Ghana for two weeks to help perform a major renovation on this training building used by the air force of Ghana.
Illinois governor, Guardsmen pay respects at Polish consulate
April 14, 2010
Gov. Pat Quinn, Consul General of Poland Zygmunt Matynia and Army Brig. Gen. Robert J. Pratt gathered at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago April 13, 2010. Quinn, along with Illinois National Guard leaders, gathered at the consulate to pay respects to the Polish president, military leaders and other dignitaries, who were killed in the April 10 plane crash.
Wisconsin Guardsman supports contracting efforts for Southwest Asia wing
April 13, 2010
Tech. Sgt. Tyson Hall, a contracting officer with the 380th Expeditionary Contracting Squadron, works in his office in Southwest Asia, April 8, 2010. He is deployed from the Wisconsin Air National Guard's 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Field in Madison.