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Geospatial engineer fills key role in Kosovo deployment
September 17, 2020
Spc. Caleb Kaufmann, a geospatial engineer Soldier with the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Oregon National Guard, deployed to the KFOR Regional Command East mission sits on a stack of maps in the map depot Sept. 1, 2020, at Camp Film City, Pristina/Prishtina Kosovo. Kaufmann was the sole continuity between the outgoing Czech Republic NATO partners and incoming Austrian NATO partners in a warehouse with over 100,000 maps.
Kentucky Guardsman feeds hundreds while restricted to India
September 16, 2020
Kentucky National Guard Spc. Jayendra Patel takes a moment while working for his unit in Louisville during the Kentucky Derby, Sept. 5, 2020. While stranded in his hometown in India during the COVID-19 pandemic, he used his experience as a culinary specialist to feed hundreds of people.
HING, Indonesia hold slimmed-down Gema Bhakti SPP exercise
September 16, 2020
Hawaii National Guard Soldiers and Airmen participate in Gema Bhakti 2020, a joint military operation planning exercise, via a virtual meeting space, Honolulu, Hawaii, Aug. 26, 2020. Gema Bhakti is an annual military planning exercise with the Hawaii National Guard State Partnership Program, INDO-PACOM and the Indonesian Armed Forces. This years exercise was held in several locations scattered across the world in the last week in August 2020.
New tracking devices to aid in study of black vultures
September 15, 2020
Chad Neil, a wildlife biologist for the Agriculture Department's APHIS Wildlife Services-West Virginia and part of the 167th AW’s Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) team, holds a black vulture that has been fitted with a transmitting device in Martinsburg, W.Va., Aug. 18, 2020.
Michigan National Guard unveils joint innovation center
September 14, 2020
Michigan Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, joins Maj. Gen. Paul Rogers, adjutant general and director of Michigan's Department of Military and Veterans Affairs; Brig. Gen. Bryan Teff, assistant adjutant general for the Michigan Air National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Rolf Mammen, 127th Wing commander, for the unveiling of the Kelly Johnson Joint All-Domain Innovation Center at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Sept. 11, 2020.
Guam National Guard member saves fellow Soldier's life
September 14, 2020
Sgt. Gregory San Agustin of the Guam National Guard's Bravo Company, 1-294th Infantry Regiment, left, during a video call with Capt. Duane Sablan at San Agustin's coining ceremony in Barrigada Sept.14, 2020 San Agustin rendered care to Sablan during a massive heart attack Sept. 11.
COVID-19 precautions helps keep Noble Partner 20 on track
September 11, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Carlos Mayfield, combat medic, 557th MCAS, 30th Medical Brigade, performs a nose swab test on Lt. Col. Jerry Wood Jr., squadron commander, assigned to the 4th Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, during the Noble Partner 20 exercise at the Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Sept. 10, 2020.
Joint promotion ceremony special for Washington Guard family
September 8, 2020
The Derda family following a joint promotion ceremony Sept. 2, 2020, at Camp Murray, Wash. Col. Kristin Derda and Lt. Col. Krystian Derda were able to celebrate their promotions on the same day.
Noble Partner 20 multinational exercise begins
September 8, 2020
Georgian Defense Forces Col. Irodi Kadagishvili, deputy commander of East Command, and Georgia Army National Guard Col. Jason Fryman, U.S. exercise director of Noble Partner 20, participate in the opening ceremony at Vaziani Training Area, Georgia, Sept. 7, 2020. The Georgia National Guard and the country of Georgia have participated in the U.S. Army National Guard State Partnership Program for 26 years, ensuring interoperability, functionality, and regional stability.
W.Va. Guardsman graduates Arabic course in Qatar
September 3, 2020
Capt. Allen Paul Jordan, the West Virginia National Guard’s State Partnership Program – Qatar bilateral affairs officer, with Qatari Brig. Gen. Sultan Mohammed Sultan Al Shawani, multilingual school commander, following his completion of a three-week basic Arabic course offered at the Qatar Armed Forces Language Institute in Al Sheehaniya, Qatar.