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Top Afghan officials visit Camp Atterbury
April 7, 2010
Afghanistan Sergeant Major of the Army Safi Roshan talks about the situation in Afghanistan with the Soldiers and staff of the Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center in central Indiana March 10, 2010. Roshan toured the facility with Afghan Police Chief Non-Commissioned Officer Khan Karim to update U.S. forces group about the situation in Afghanistan. Camp Atterbury has trained thousands of mobilizing Soldiers deploying to Afghanistan in recent years.
Alabama Guard helps Iraqi highway patrol
April 6, 2010
Sgt. Matthew Glassford, a Military Police officer assigned to the 217th Military Police Company from the Alabama National Guard, supervises an Iraqi highway patrol officer during a training scenario March 17 in Baghdad. The 217th has worked with the IHP for six months on basic police skills such as traffic stops, search warrants and ticket writing.
Guardsman honors friend through service
April 6, 2010
Spc. Joseph Carter holds a photo of his best friend, Anthony Owens, who was killed in combat action Feb. 1, 2006, south of Baghdad, Iraq. Carter is deployed with the 1/187 Field Artillery Battalion of the South Carolina National Guard as part of the Paktika Provincial Reconstruction Team. Carter enlisted in the U.S. Army to serve his country and honor the life of his friend, who died while serving his country in Iraq. Carter now carries a photo of his fallen friend in his wallet on every mission.
Senators visit U.S. KFOR troops in Kosovo
April 6, 2010
North Dakota Sen. Byron Dorgan talks with a group of North Dakota National Guardsmen, including Sgt. Jessie Allen during a visit to Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, on April 4, 2010.
TF Cyclone, Wolverine transfer authority
April 1, 2010
Task Force Cyclone commander, U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Lonnie Culver, speaks during a transfer of authority ceremony held at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 31, 2010. The incoming unit, Task Force Wolverine of the Vermont National Guard's 86th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Mountain), took over operations in Parwan, Panjshir, and Bamyan provinces from Task Force Cyclone of the Indiana National Guard's 38th Infantry Division.
Iraq troop evacuation effects at Camp Atterbury
March 31, 2010
Despite the withdrawal of combat troops from Iraq, Soldiers continue to prepare for operations in other countries to include Afghanistan and the Horn of Africa. Here, troops assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Teams assemble for a departure ceremony at Camp Atterbury Joint Maneuver Training Center as they prepare for an upcoming deployment to Afghanistan.
Theater hospital wall preserves memory, sacrifice
March 25, 2010
Names and messages are scribbled on the wounded warrior wall at the contingency aeromedical staging facility at Joint Base Balad, Iraq
U.S. KFOR commander touts progress built on relationships
March 23, 2010
Brig. Gen. Al Dohrmann, commander of Multi-National Battle Group-East, addresses members of the local media in Gjilan/Gnjilane, Kosovo, during a recent press coffee event. This was the general's fifth press coffee since arriving in Kosovo in November 2009. The press coffees are designed to be relatively informal discussions about issues facing the citizens in Battle Group-East's area of responsibility.
JOSAC recognizes three Guard flying units
March 19, 2010
Lt. Col. Rick Omang, commander of the 178th Airlift Squadron of the North Dakota Air National Guard, performs a preflight inspection before conducting combat operations while deployed in Southwest Asia July 26, 2009.
Illinois Guard helps prepare Polish army for Afghanistan
March 18, 2010