Kuwait National Guard and U.S. Army vehicles operate

Kuwait National Guard and U.S. Army vehicles operate together, in the first combined convoy exercise at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Oct. 24. Operation Steel Sword was a multi-day five-event exercise designed to build on the relationship between the Kuwait National Guard and the U.S. Army. “We made friends with them,” said Howell, Mich. resident Sgt. Brande Oates a mechanic/driver for the 1462nd Transportation Company, Michigan National Guard. “We had a blast trucking together.”(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Michael R. Gault, 191st Combat Sustainment Support Battalion)