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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.
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.
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.
Ward: Guard partnership with Botswana a 'model' program
May 5, 2010
Col. M.C. Mophuting, commandant of the Botswana Defence Force (BDF) Training Establishment, and Col. Baatweng, BDF chief of protocol, greet Gen. William Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, upon his arrival in Gaborone, Botswana, April 28, 2010. During Ward's visit, the first since 2007, he was scheduled to meet with senior military and civilian officials to discuss ongoing and future military-to-military and security cooperation engagements. The BDF conducted 40 military-to-military exercises last year making it one of the most active of U.S. Africa Command's partner nations.
F-16 training bolsters U.S., Pakistan relations
May 5, 2010
Pakistan Air Force Squadron Leader Azman Khalil, left, goes over flight information with Capt. Andy Wittke, an instructor pilot with the Arizona Air National Guard's 162nd Fighter Wing, before a training mission April 27, 2010. Khalil and seven other Pakistani pilots graduated from F-16C/D upgrade training at Tucson International Airport on May 4, 2010.
North Dakota Airmen complete first humanitarian project in Ghana
April 28, 2010
Airmen with the North Dakota National Guard's 119th Wing Civil Engineer Squadron paint the trim on a building on Burma Camp near Accra, Ghana. The building will serve as classrooms to train members of the Ghanaian Armed Forces. The two-week mission for the North Dakota Airmen is providing valuable training on contingency skills while helping Ghana — North Dakota's pair in the State Partnership Program.
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.
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.