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An Afghan shepherd walks through a village on the front line near Forward Operating Base, FOB, Delhi in Garmsir, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Nov. 26, 2007. The frontline base in the town of Garmsir, in Afghanistan's most troubled province of Helmand, FOB Delhi is at the sharp end of Afghanistan's frontline, a tiny camp that, along with the nearby Eastern checkpoint, the so called JTAC Hill has been repeatedly attacked by the Taliban since the British moved in last year. As British politicians emphasizing that the Taliban are losing the fight in southern Afghanistan the number of British soldiers killed in the country since 2001 reached 100. British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase to a new high of more than 8,000 in 2008. The casualty rates for Britons serving in Afghanistan are now higher than those in Iraq.
OXNARD, CALIF. (Mar. 08, 2019) – Coastguardsmen assigned to Port Security Unit 312 (PSU-312) conduct weapons qualification and proficiency training on Naval Base Ventura County during Pacific Blitz 2019 (PacBlitz19). Tactical crewmen and coxswains assigned to port security must maintain weapons proficiency to provide pier side and port defense and tactical support to moored naval vessels. PacBlitz19 is an opportunity for U.S. forces to increase maritime readiness to be prepared for real-world crisis situations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Aaron Bewkes)
Alaska Army National Guardsmen assigned to the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment use water to freeze and strengthen an arctic fighting position during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31,2011) Japan Maritime Self Defense Force(JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181) transfers supplies from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) during a replenishment-at-sea while participating in Annual Exercise 2011 (AE-11) with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. USS George Washington (CVN 73) is currently participating in AE-11, a Japanese-sponsored bilateral field-training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob I. Allison/Released)
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk assigned to the 207th Aviation Regiment airlifts Guardsmen and Airmen during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
Illinois National Guard members handle COVID-19 testing equipment at a drive-thru testing site in Bloomington, Ill., March 28, 2020. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated Illinois Army and Air National Guard members to provide support to COVID-19 response operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wynndermere Shaw)
U.S. Coast Guard and partner agency members carry a stokes litter near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Aug. 18, 2021. Humanitarian efforts in impacted areas of Haiti continue, following a 7.2 magnitude earthquake. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
1st Lt. Ronald Clement, Intelligence Officer for 82 Support Detachment, Oregon Army National Guard, coordinates with his counterpart, Maj. Cheah Boieng, the Intelligence Officer for 9th Singapore Division (Infantry), during preparation for Tiger Balm at the Regional Training Institute, Oah’u, Hawaii, on June 11. Clement, an Oregon State Trooper from Albany, Ore., is one of nearly 40 Oregon Guardsmen supporting Operation Tiger Balm, which is an annual joint simulated exercise between the U.S. and Singapore. The Exercise is designed to share military knowledge and experience, as well as bring the two cultures closer together. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Hartman, 115th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
An Indiana Army National Guard infantry scout from Troop C, 2nd Squadron, 152nd Cavalry surveys the area for enemy forces in a training scenario during Northern Strike 15 at Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center, Grayling, Mich., July 22, 2015. Northern Strike combines ground and air capabilities and brings together aircraft from more than a dozen units and service members from 25 states and four coalition countries, July 13 to August 1 in the Camp Grayling area, Alpena and in Rogers City, all in Northern Michigan. Northern Strike is a Michigan National Guard hosted event and the only exercise of this size and scope to integrate ground based weapon systems like mortars and artillery with attack aircraft to support maneuver forces on the ground. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. DeAndre Curtiss/Released)
JOINT SECURITY STATION CONSTITUTION, Iraq – Lt. Gen. Ahmed Hashim Aouadi, commander of the Baghdad Operations Command, cuts the ribbon of the new Joint Operations Center during the official opening ceremony March 15. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Luisito Brooks, 4th SBCT PAO, 2nd Inf. Div., USD-C)
Illinois Army National Guard and Illinois Air National Guard members work together at a drive-thru testing site in Bloomington, Ill., March 28, 2020. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated Illinois Army and Air National Guard members to provide support to COVID-19 response operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wynndermere Shaw)
U.S. Army Col. Rodney Sanders, Commander of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 352-2, points out areas of interest during a tour of the Federal Medical Station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
Service members from the Texas National Guard's 386th Battalion, the 551st Multi Role Bridge Company, U.S. Army's 20th Engineer Battalion, and the Czech Republic 15th Engineer Regiment work together during a operation rehearsal June 20, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas, as part of a Multinational Lumberjack River Exercise. Through the State Partnership Program, the Texas Army National Guard currently works alongside the Czech Republic and Chile to conduct military operations in support of defense security goals. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Elizabeth Pena/Released)
A British Gurkha soldier patrols a front line village near his Forward Operating Base, FOB, Delhi in Garmsir, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Nov. 26, 2007. The frontline base in the town of Garmsir, in Afghanistan's most troubled province of Helmand, FOB Delhi is at the sharp end of Afghanistan's frontline, a tiny camp that, along with the nearby Eastern checkpoint, the so called JTAC Hill has been repeatedly attacked by the Taliban since the British moved in last year. As British politicians emphasizing that the Taliban are losing the fight in southern Afghanistan the number of British soldiers killed in the country since 2001 reached 100. British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase to a new high of more than 8,000 in 2008. The casualty rates for Britons serving in Afghanistan are now higher than those in Iraq.
Navy sailors from Amphibious Construction Battalion 2, Beachmaster Unit 2, and Naval Beach Group 2 out of Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek work with the Coast Guard to remove two washed-ashore buoys from Chic's Beach and Oceanview areas of Virginia Beach and Norfolk, Va, Oct. 22, 2013. The buoys washed ashore during recent storms that passed through the Hampton Roads. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert
U.S. Marines assigned to the 273rd Marine Wing Support Squadron, Air Operations Company, Fuels Platoon at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., execute a forward air refueling point operation with the South Carolina National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. on May 14. Elements of the South Carolina Air and Army National Guard and the U.S. Marines conduct joint operations which are crucial to the ongoing success of operational readiness and deployments around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek/Released)
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk assigned to the 207th Aviation Regiment airlifts Guardsmen and Airmen during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
PACIFIC OCEAN (Oct. 31,2011) - Japan Maritime Self Defense Force(JMSDF) helicopter destroyer JDS Hyuga (DDH 181) transfers supplies from the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl (T-AO 193) during a replenishment-at-sea while participating in Annual Exercise 2011 (AE-11) with the USS George Washington carrier strike group. USS George Washington (CVN 73) is currently participating in AE-11, a Japanese-sponsored bilateral field-training exercise. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Jacob I. Allison)
An Alaska Army National Guardsman assigned to the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment constructs an arctic fighting position during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated opposing-force small-arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
A Soldier form 2nd Battalion Airfield Operations, 130th Aviation Regiment (North Carolina National Guard), observes a civilian cargo plane from an air traffic control tower during combined readiness exercise while honing on skills by providing airspace and air traffic services support during a joint readiness exercise at Harnett Regional Jetport, N.C., May 10. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Steven Galimore)
British soldiers drive in convoy near Forward Operating Base, FOB, Delhi in Garmsir, Helmand Province, Afghanistan on Nov. 27, 2007. The frontline base in the town of Garmsir, in Afghanistan's most troubled province of Helmand, FOB Delhi is at the sharp end of Afghanistan's frontline, a tiny camp that, along with the nearby Eastern checkpoint, the so called JTAC Hill has been repeatedly attacked by the Taliban since the British moved in last year. As British politicians emphasizing that the Taliban are losing the fight in southern Afghanistan the number of British soldiers killed in the country since 2001 reached 100. British troop numbers in Afghanistan will increase to a new high of more than 8,000 in 2008. The casualty rates for Britons serving in Afghanistan are now higher than those in Iraq.
A service member directs the convoy to the other side of the river during rehearsal exercise. Service members from the Texas National Guard's 386th Battalion, the 551st Multi Role Bridge Company, U.S. Army's 20th Engineer Battalion, and the Czech Republic 15th Engineer Regiment practice transporting a military vehicle to the other side of the river during a operation rehearsal June 20, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas, as part of a Multinational Lumberjack River Exercise. Through the States’ Partnership Program, the Texas Army National Guard currently works alongside the Czech Republic and Chile to conduct military operations in support of defense security goals. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Elizabeth Pena/Released)
A civilian cargo plane lifts off while communicating with Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion Airfield Operations, 130th Aviation Regiment (North Carolina National Guard), 3rd Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment, and the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade during a joint readiness exercise at Harnett Regional Jetport, N.C., May 10. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Steven Galimore
Thiès, Senegal- Mont Rolland, the training area for Exercise Western Accord 2012, supports more than 1200 U.S. and African service members through the duration of the exercise. WA-12 is a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several Western African nations. The training exercise runs from June 26 – July 24 and involves Armed Forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France. (USMC photo by Lance Corporal Jessica DeRose)
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Jose A. Reyna, an aerospace medical technician assigned to Detachment 1, 182nd Medical Group, Illinois Air National Guard, tests civilians for COVID-19 at a drive-thru testing site in Bloomington, Ill., March 28, 2020. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker activated Illinois Army and Air National Guard members to provide support to COVID-19 response operations. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Wynndermere Shaw)
An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Blackhawk assigned to the 207th Aviation Regiment airlifts Guardsmen and Airmen during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
U.S. Air Force Airmen and Alaska Army National Guardsmen await transport after an airlift during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
Night vision photo of U.S. Marines assigned to the 273rd Marine Wing Support Squadron, Air Operations Company, Fuels Platoon stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., fuel an MV-22 Osprey during forward air refueling point operation with the South Carolina National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. on May 14. Elements of the South Carolina Air and Army National Guard and the U.S. Marines conduct joint operations which are crucial to the ongoing success of operational readiness and deployments around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek/Released)
Alejandro Pena, a 673d Air Base Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, performs a site survey during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence.(U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
Servicemembers from both the Army and Air Force received familiarization training with the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), a multiple rocket launcher, during the Vulcan Fire Support Coordination Exercise at Fort Bragg July 29. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Mardicio Barrot, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)
The North Carolina Statewide Botswana Committee hosts state and national leaders to a roundtable held at the North Carolina Department of Transportation headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, Nov. 19, 2019. Here, North Carolina Army National Guard Col. Brent Orr, director, joint operations, training, strategy, plans and policy, addresses members of the roundtable. Leaders including Orr, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana Craig Cloud, Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States David John Newman, North Carolina Department of Military and Veteran Affairs Secretary Larry Hall and North Carolina Department of Transportation Secretary James H. Trogdon III discussed future growth and improvement of the relationship between North Carolina and Botswana through the Whole-of-Government approach drawing upon National Guard’s State Partnership Program and other state and national initiatives. “We embrace this mission, this partnership and we won’t stop,” said Newman. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Robert Jordan, North Carolina National Guard Public Affairs/Released)
The night sky is seen here at forward operating base (FOB) Edinburgh, in Helmand province, Afghanistan on February 4, 2011. The low light at FOB Edinburg allows for a better viewing of the stars. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Staff Sgt. Brian A. Lautenslager/Released)
Service members from the Texas National Guard's 386th Battalion, the 551st Multi Role Bridge Company, U.S. Army's 20th Engineer Battalion, and the Czech Republic 15th Engineer Regiment work together during a during a operation rehearsal June 20, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas, as part of a Multinational Lumberjack River Exercise. Through the States’ Partnership Program, the Texas Army National Guard currently works alongside the Czech Republic and Chile to conduct military operations in support of defense security goals. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Elizabeth Pena/Released)
A Soldier form 2nd Battalion Airfield Operations, 130th Aviation Regiment (North Carolina National Guard), observes a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from an air traffic control tower during combined readiness exercise while honing on skills by providing airspace and air traffic services support during a joint readiness exercise at Harnett Regional Jetport, N.C., May 10. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Steven Galimore)
Service members from the Texas National Guard's 386th Battalion, the 551st Multi Role Bridge Company, U.S. Army's 20th Engineer Battalion, and the Czech Republic 15th Engineer Regiment practice transporting a military vehicle to the other side of the river during a operation rehearsal June 20, 2016, at Fort Hood, Texas, as part of a Multinational Lumberjack River Exercise. Through the State Partnership Program, the Texas Army National Guard currently works alongside the Czech Republic and Chile to conduct military operations in support of defense security goals. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Elizabeth Pena/Released)
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Kennedy, right, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, and Commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard, coins Tech. Sgt. Stephen Ballinger at the Federal Medical Station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
An Alaska Army National Guardsman assigned to the 207th Engineer Utility Detachment defends an arctic fighting position during a joint operations field training exercise at Camp Mad Bull on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Feb. 26, 2022. The exercise consisted of airlift operations, construction of arctic defensive fighting positions, and a simulated small arms assault designed to evaluate and strengthen responses by Air Force and Alaska Army National Guard personnel. Joint exercises demonstrate cooperation, enhance interoperability, and expand deterrence. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Patrick Sullivan)
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Edward Johnston, Cpl. Mary Walls, and Lance Cpl. Rosemarie Epiti with 1st Battalion 2nd Marine Regiment (1/2), Regimental Combat Team 2, talk to Afghan Doctor about medical supplies aboard Musa Qal'eh District Center, Afghanistan, July 22, 2010. Marines with 1/2 were deployed in the Helmand Province in support of the International Security Assistance Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Carl Payne)
U.S. Army Col. Rodney Sanders, Commander of Urban Augmentation Medical Task Force 352-2, left, speaks with U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Kennedy, Assistant Adjutant General-Air, and Commander of the New Jersey Air National Guard, during a tour at the Federal Medical Station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Dwayne Anthony, with the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Wing, left, speaks with New Jersey State Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Rakauckas at the Federal Medical Station inside the Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, N.J., April 24, 2020. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)
U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Richard N. Harris Jr., Director of Joint Staff, Vermont National Guard, visits with medical staff and patients in Thiès, Senegal, July 12, 2012. U.S. service members, primarily reservists and guardsmen from the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are taking part in Western Accord, a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several Western African nations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Sarah Mattison)
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PACIFIC OCEAN (July 26, 2008) Lead Seaman Dave Finney and Lead Seaman Graham Rigby communicate with the helmsman while manning the machinery control room aboard the Australian amphibious ship HMAS Tobruk (LSH 50) during Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2008. RIMPAC is the world’s largest multinational exercise and is scheduled biennially by the U.S. Pacific Fleet. Participants include the United States, Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Netherlands, Peru, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Drew Williams/Released)
Spc. Johnson (center) an air traffic controller with the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade observes his radar during a joint certification field training exercise with North Carolina National Guard unit, at Harnett Regional Jetport, N.C., May 10. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Steven Galimore)
U.S. Marines assigned to the 273rd Marine Wing Support Squadron, Air Operations Company, Fuels Platoon at Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, S.C., execute a forward air refueling point operation with the South Carolina National Guard at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C. on May 14. Elements of the South Carolina Air and Army National Guard and the U.S. Marines conduct joint operations which are crucial to the ongoing success of operational readiness and deployments around the world. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Ashleigh S. Pavelek/Released)