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Airmen, Afghans execute reverse medical evacuations
May 25, 2010
U.S. Air Force Capt. Cassie Ayott, a flight-nurse advisor from the 139th Aeromedical Squadron at Stratton Air National Guard Base, N.Y., takes a moment from patient care during a flight on an Mi-17over Afghanistan, May 12, 2010. She is currently assigned to the 438th Air Expeditionary Advisor Squadron.

Louisiana Guardsman earns award for valor
May 21, 2010
The 2nd Battalion, 156th Infantry Regiment Commander Lt. Col. Eric "Clay" Rivers awards Sgt. 1st Class Timothy Champagne with an Army Commendation Medal with V device five years after the fact for his actions, March 10, 2005, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom III, as Battalion Command Sgt. Maj. Sud Robertson witnesses. The 2-156th is currently deployed with the Louisiana National Guard's 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team to set the conditions for the responsible drawdown of U.S. armed forces and equipment in Iraq.

Tennessee Guardsmen teach transportation course to Moroccan army
May 20, 2010
A soldier from the Royal Moroccan Army translates course material about the Heavy Equipment Transport System in Agadir, Morocco, as a member of the Tennessee Army National Guard's 1175th Transportation Company looks on, May 6, 2010. The course for Moroccan motor transportation drivers was part of AFRICAN LION '10, an annually-scheduled, joint, combined U.S.-Moroccan exercise.

Missouri ADT tends the 'breadbasket' of Afghanistan
May 20, 2010
Elders from the village of Chure Khel in eastern Afghanistan's Nangarhar province interrupt their daily routine May 1 to talk to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason P. Ites and Master Sgt. Don K. Lilleman with the Missouri Agribusiness Development Team in Nangarhar Province as the Soldiers take notes next to the community's wheat fields. The Nangarhar ADT visits communities throughout the province to check on government projects and discuss community needs.

Minnesota, Ohio Guard prepare to deploy with partners
May 19, 2010
Croatian and Minnesota National Guard Soldiers prepare to clear a room during an Operational Mentoring and Liaison Team training exercise at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center. The U.S. and multinational troops will deploy together to Afghanistan as part of the NATO International Security Assistance Force. The OMLT will help with the ISAF mission of assisting the Government of Afghanistan in establishing and maintaining a safe and secure environment.

Texas ADT goes back to school
May 18, 2010
Army 1st Lt. Rodney Robinson, agri-business marketing specialist from the Texas National Guard, inventories the items that the Texas Agribusiness Development Team funded for Sanayee High School. Included were tools and seeds for the agricultural classes that 10th and 11th grade students attend.

First in, last out: Air Guard RED HORSE squadron back in Iraq
May 18, 2010
Senior Airman David Schrock ,left, and Tech. Sgt. Clayton Heimert review operating procedures for a four-wheel-drive service platform at Ali Base, Iraq May 14, 2010. Schrock is a heavy equipment operator deployed from Nellis AFB, Nev. Heimert is a civil engineer deployed from Camp Perry Air National Guard Base in Ohio.

West Virginia shares ideas on rural health in Peru
May 14, 2010
Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Steve Nathanson (center) listens as his translator asks a question of an elderly resident of a rural village near Batan Grande in the Lambayeque District of Peru.

Alaska Guardsmen arrive in Vietnam for Pacific Angel
May 13, 2010
Cargo is off-loaded from a C-130 Hercules from the Alaska Air National Guard's 144th Airlift Squadron shortly after they arrived at Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, May 8, 2010. Thirty-nine military personnel from bases around the Pacific and continental U.S. are participating in Operation Pacific Angel 10-2 in the Can Tho area May 10-17. Pacific Angel is a humanitarian and civic assistance program conducted in the Pacific area of responsibility to support U.S. Pacific Command's capacity-building efforts. This is the second time the operation has been held in Vietnam.

Soldiers train on Bambi bucket to fight fires in Kosovo
May 10, 2010
A flight crew from MNBG E aviation works together to safely fill a Bambi bucket during firefighting training recently held in  Kosovo.