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Two members of the Botswana Defense Force stand near a door to a building. The Soldier at left kicks at the door with his right leg. The door is part of a building in the Bakara Market in Mogadishu, Somalia. The Soldiers are looking for weapons during a raid on the market with US Marines (not shown). This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope

Two members of the Botswana Defense Force stand near a door to a build...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE Base: Bakara Market, Mogadishu Country: Somalia (SOM) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) R. Oriez Release Status: ... More

Marines from Company D, Anti-terrorism Battalion, 4th

Marines from Company D, Anti-terrorism Battalion, 4th

Marines from Company D, Anti-terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division from Anchorage, Alaska, enter a Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopter with Botswana Defense Force soldiers at Thebephatshwa A... More

Air National Guard Lt. Col. June Oldman speaks to members

Air National Guard Lt. Col. June Oldman speaks to members

Air National Guard Lt. Col. June Oldman speaks to members of the Botswana defense force prior to classroom instruction Thebephatswa Air Base, Botswana, Aug. 6, 2012. Oldman is the MEDLITE 12 mission director.

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather to receive medical treatment during a humanitarian civilian assistance Aug. 7, 2012. The humanitarian civilian assistance was provided by MEDLITE/Southern... More

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather to receive medical treatment during a humanitarian civilian assistance Aug. 7, 2012. The humanitarian civilian assistance was provided by MEDLITE/Southern... More

Members of the Botswana Defense Force receive hands-on

Members of the Botswana Defense Force receive hands-on

Members of the Botswana Defense Force receive hands-on flight safety training from Airmen assigned to the 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron from the North Carolina Air National Guard, as part of MEDLITE 12,... More

A Botswana Defence Force health counselor provides

A Botswana Defence Force health counselor provides

A Botswana Defence Force health counselor provides information to villagers about safe male circumcision at Monwane, Botswana, Aug. 13, 2012. The treatments were provided as part of the humanitarian support ele... More

Sgt. 1st Class Mark Medlin, the readiness Noncommissioned

Sgt. 1st Class Mark Medlin, the readiness Noncommissioned

Sgt. 1st Class Mark Medlin, the readiness Noncommissioned officer and a saxophone player with the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band, practices before performing during a 4th of July celebration, J... More

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s 882nd Engineer Company, shovels dirt from around water and sewer pipes, in preparation for replacing a sewer line at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana ... More

Members of the Botswana Defense Force and U.S. Army

Members of the Botswana Defense Force and U.S. Army

Members of the Botswana Defense Force and U.S. Army and Air Guardsmen participate in the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 11, 2019. More than 170 Army... More

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band play traditional and popular music together for an audience of U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and service... More

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s Security Forces Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing teaches a class about securing an aircraft crash site to Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard’s ... More

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group demonstrates how to properly hold a pistol to a group of Botswana Defense Force Commandos before firing the weapo... More

Private 1st Class Devin Pittman, with the Alabama National

Private 1st Class Devin Pittman, with the Alabama National

Private 1st Class Devin Pittman, with the Alabama National Guard’s 214th Military Police Company, is searched by a service member with the Botswana Defense Force during a personnel search class at Thebephatshwa... More

Senior Airman Amy Amakihe, with the New Jersey National

Senior Airman Amy Amakihe, with the New Jersey National

Senior Airman Amy Amakihe, with the New Jersey National Guard’s 108th Medical Group, works with Botswana Defense Force service members to provide free blood pressure screenings at a community in Molepolole, Bot... More

Botswana Defense Force service members perform vehicle

Botswana Defense Force service members perform vehicle

Botswana Defense Force service members perform vehicle and personnel searches while protecting an entry control point during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exerc... More

Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure

Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure

Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure the area around an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two day culminati... More

Hawaii Army National Guard Aviator CW2 Craig Takenaka

Hawaii Army National Guard Aviator CW2 Craig Takenaka

Hawaii Army National Guard Aviator CW2 Craig Takenaka is the Maintenance Test Pilot for Company B 1-171 Aviation Regt. from Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa, Hawaii. His mission Aug. 1-17, 2012 will be to test th... More

Marines from Company D, Anti-terrorism Battalion, 4th

Marines from Company D, Anti-terrorism Battalion, 4th

Marines from Company D, Anti-terrorism Battalion, 4th Marine Division from Anchorage, Alaska, exit a Hawaii Army National Guard CH-47F Chinook helicopter with Botswana Defense Force soldiers at Thebephatshwa Ai... More

Hawaii Army National Guard Aviator Chief Warrant Officer

Hawaii Army National Guard Aviator Chief Warrant Officer

Hawaii Army National Guard Aviator Chief Warrant Officer 2 Craig Takenaka is the maintenance test pilot for Company B, 1-171 Aviation Regiment from Wheeler Army Airfield, Wahiawa, Hawaii. His mission Aug. 1-17,... More

Air National Guard Maj. Chuck Scronce briefs members

Air National Guard Maj. Chuck Scronce briefs members

Air National Guard Maj. Chuck Scronce briefs members of the Botswana defense force as part of MEDLITE 12, Thebephatswa Air Base, Botswana, Aug. 6, 2012. Scronce is a156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight nurse.

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Latoya Turner, dental

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Latoya Turner, dental

U.S. Air National Guard Tech. Sgt. Latoya Turner, dental assistant, organizes dental equipment during a humanitarian civilian assistance at Malwelwe village, Aug. 7, 2012. The humanitarian civilian assistance w... More

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather

Family and community members of Malwelwe village gather to receive medical treatment during a humanitarian civilian assistance Aug. 7, 2012. The humanitarian civilian assistance was provided by MEDLITE/Southern... More

U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Chris Choate, 156th

U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Chris Choate, 156th

U.S. Air National Guard Master Sgt. Chris Choate, 156th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, shows members of the Botswana Defense Force how to properly secure a litter on a BDF C-130 Hercules as part of MEDLITE 12... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 flies over

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 flies over

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 flies over the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alab... More

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Grant, a saxophone player with

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Grant, a saxophone player with

Sgt. 1st Class Joshua Grant, a saxophone player with the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band, practices before performing during a 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. Clou... More

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s 882nd Engineer Company, shovels dirt from around water and sewer pipes in preparation for replacing a sewer line at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana o... More

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force perform at

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force perform at

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force perform at the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 11, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Ca... More

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group demonstrates how to properly hold and lower an M-4 rifle and switch to a pistol to a group of Botswana Defense Fo... More

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band play traditional and popular music together for an audience of U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and service... More

Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard’s 214th Military

Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard’s 214th Military

Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard’s 214th Military Police Company and Botswana Defense Force service members attend a class about securing an aircraft crash site at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on ... More

Lt. Col. David Perrone, a Staff Judge Advocate with

Lt. Col. David Perrone, a Staff Judge Advocate with

Lt. Col. David Perrone, a Staff Judge Advocate with the North Carolina National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing teaches a class about evidence collection at a crime scene to a group of Botswana Defense Force service... More

Air Force Col. Greg Hawkesworth, the North Carolina

Air Force Col. Greg Hawkesworth, the North Carolina

Air Force Col. Greg Hawkesworth, the North Carolina National Guard’s 145th Medical Group Commander, left, and Senior Airman Amy Amakihe, with the New Jersey National Guard’s 108th Medical Group, work with Botsw... More

Botswana Defense Force service members perform vehicle

Botswana Defense Force service members perform vehicle

Botswana Defense Force service members perform vehicle and personnel searches while protecting an entry control point during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exerc... More

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard work together to put out a fire and rescue victims from an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Bot... More

Members of the Botswana defense force attend an introduction

Members of the Botswana defense force attend an introduction

Members of the Botswana defense force attend an introduction to aeromedical evacuation class as part of MEDLITE 12, Thebephatswa Air Base, Botswana, Aug. 6, 2012. MEDLITE is an annual exercise bringing together... More

Lt. Col. Enrique Rosado (left),  International Health

Lt. Col. Enrique Rosado (left), International Health

Lt. Col. Enrique Rosado (left), International Health Specialist dentist with U.S. Air Forces Africa, and Capt. Baputaki Kopano, Botswana Defense Force dental therapist, examine a patient during a humanitarian ... More

Phenyo Thotsa, 12, has a tooth pulled during a humanitarian

Phenyo Thotsa, 12, has a tooth pulled during a humanitarian

Phenyo Thotsa, 12, has a tooth pulled during a humanitarian civilian assistance at Malwelwe village, Aug. 7, 2012. The humanitarian civilian assistance was provided by MEDLITE/Southern Accord 12, a key element ... More

Members of the Botswana Defense Force prepare to load

Members of the Botswana Defense Force prepare to load

Members of the Botswana Defense Force prepare to load litters on a BDF C-130 Hercules as part of a practical exercise during MEDLITE 12, Aug. 11, 2012. MEDLITE is an annual exercise bringing together U.S. force... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 prepares to

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 prepares to

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 prepares to land on the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carol... More

Spc. William Belton, a saxophone player with the North

Spc. William Belton, a saxophone player with the North

Spc. William Belton, a saxophone player with the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band, practices before performing during a 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. Cloud, the U... More

Members of Botswana Defense Force stand in formation

Members of Botswana Defense Force stand in formation

Members of Botswana Defense Force stand in formation during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 11, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from N... More

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s

Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s 882nd Engineer Company, shovels dirt from around water and sewer pipes while his Botswana Defense Force counterpart advises, in preparation for replacin... More

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural celebration with U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019. In addition to the dance, musicians from both ... More

Tech. Sgt. Craig Jones, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Craig Jones, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Craig Jones, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s Security Forces Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, teaches a class about securing an aircraft crash site to Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard’s 21... More

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group demonstrates how to properly hold and lower an M-4 rifle and switch to a pistol to a group of Botswana Defense Fo... More

Air Force Col. Greg Hawkesworth, the North Carolina

Air Force Col. Greg Hawkesworth, the North Carolina

Air Force Col. Greg Hawkesworth, the North Carolina National Guard’s 145th Medical Group Commander, left, and Senior Airman Amy Amakihe, with the New Jersey National Guard’s 108th Medical Group, work with Botsw... More

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard work together to rescue simulated car crash victims and put out a fire during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in ... More

Botswana Defense Force service members close their

Botswana Defense Force service members close their

Botswana Defense Force service members close their gate to protect themselves against a simulated mob of angry citizens during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exe... More

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard work together to put out a fire and rescue victims from an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Bot... More

Staff Sgt. Bradley Sprinkle, a saxophone player with

Staff Sgt. Bradley Sprinkle, a saxophone player with

Staff Sgt. Bradley Sprinkle, a saxophone player with the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band, practices before performing during a 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. Clou... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 prepares to

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 prepares to

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 prepares to land on the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carol... More

Army and Air National Guardsmen from North Carolina,

Army and Air National Guardsmen from North Carolina,

Army and Air National Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey stand in formation during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 11, 2019. M... More

Sgt. Matthew Dofflemyer, with the North Carolina National

Sgt. Matthew Dofflemyer, with the North Carolina National

Sgt. Matthew Dofflemyer, with the North Carolina National Guard’s 882nd Engineer Company, breaks apart rocks with a jackhammer shovels dirt from around water and sewer pipes while his Botswana Defense Force cou... More

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group shares tips for holding a pistol to a to a Botswana Defense Force Commandos before firing the pistols at Thebepha... More

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural celebration with U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019. In addition to the dance, musicians from both ... More

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s Security Forces Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, explains a training scenario to a group of Botswana Defense Force service members while teaching a ... More

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields to protect themselves against a simulated mob of angry citizens during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exe... More

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard work together to put out a fire and rescue victims from an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Bot... More

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s Saxophone Quartet plays the National Anthem at a 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. Cloud, the U.S. Ambassador to Botswana, in G... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 touches down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 touches down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 touches down on the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina,... More

A member of the Botswana Defense Force repairs a broken

A member of the Botswana Defense Force repairs a broken

A member of the Botswana Defense Force repairs a broken water line during a project to replace a sewer line with North Carolina National Guard Soldiers in the 882nd Engineer Company, at Thebephatshwa Air Base i... More

Leaders with the Botswanan Defense Force and the North

Leaders with the Botswanan Defense Force and the North

Leaders with the Botswanan Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard salute during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 11, 2019. More than ... More

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, yells as part of a demonstration while teaching a class about securing an aircraft crash site to Alabama Army Natio... More

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company,

A North Carolina National Guard Soldier with B Company, 3rd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group observes Botswana Defense Force Commandos on the firing line before firing pistols at Thebephatshwa Air Base in B... More

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural

Dancers perform a traditional dance during a cultural celebration with U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019. In addition to the dance, musicians from both ... More

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields to protect themselves against a simulated mob of angry citizens during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exe... More

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the

Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard work together to rescue simulated car crash victims and put out a fire during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in ... More

Botswana Defense Force Commandos approach an airplane

Botswana Defense Force Commandos approach an airplane

Botswana Defense Force Commandos approach an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two-day culminating event that included a simu... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 touches down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 touches down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 touches down on the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina,... More

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s Saxophone Quartet, plays the National Anthem at a 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. CLoud, the U.S. Ambassador to Botswana, in ... More

Botswanan Defense Force Chaplain, Lt. Col. Nigel Mokubung

Botswanan Defense Force Chaplain, Lt. Col. Nigel Mokubung

Botswanan Defense Force Chaplain, Lt. Col. Nigel Mokubung gives a benediction during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 11, 2019. More than 170 Army... More

Botswana Defense Force service members repair a broken

Botswana Defense Force service members repair a broken

Botswana Defense Force service members repair a broken water line during a project to replace a sewer line with North Carolina National Guard Soldiers in the 882nd Engineer Company, at Thebephatshwa Air Base in... More

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s Security Forces Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, points to the location of a simulated plane crash while teaching a class about securing an aircraft... More

Botswana Defense Force Commandos fire pistols on a

Botswana Defense Force Commandos fire pistols on a

Botswana Defense Force Commandos fire pistols on a firing range at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019 after training on weapon holding techniques with North Carolina National Guard Special Forc... More

U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and Botswana

U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and Botswana

U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and Botswana Defense Force service members dance and cheer to music performed by musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Arm... More

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields to protect themselves against a simulated mob of angry citizens during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exe... More

Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and

Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and

Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and hijackers from an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two-day culminating ... More

The handwritten sheet music for Take Me Out to the

The handwritten sheet music for Take Me Out to the

The handwritten sheet music for Take Me Out to the Ball Game sits on a music stand belonging to the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s Saxophone Quartet during a sports themed 4th of July celebra... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alab... More

Brigadier Modomi M. Ntelamo the Director of Strategic

Brigadier Modomi M. Ntelamo the Director of Strategic

Brigadier Modomi M. Ntelamo the Director of Strategic Commitments with the Botswana Defense Force addresses the crowd during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botsw... More

Botswana Defense Force service members repair a broken

Botswana Defense Force service members repair a broken

Botswana Defense Force service members repair a broken water line during a project to replace a sewer line with North Carolina National Guard Soldiers in the 882nd Engineer Company, at Thebephatshwa Air Base in... More

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National

Tech. Sgt. Caitlyn Walker, with the Alabama Air National Guard’s Security Forces Squadron, 187th Fighter Wing, explains a training scenario to a group of Botswana Defense Force service members while teaching a ... More

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band play traditional and popular music together for an audience of U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and service... More

A Botswana Defense Force Commando fires pistol on a

A Botswana Defense Force Commando fires pistol on a

A Botswana Defense Force Commando fires pistol on a firing range at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019 after training on weapon holding techniques with North Carolina National Guard Special For... More

Lt. Col. Brian McCullough (left), of the 145th Maintenance

Lt. Col. Brian McCullough (left), of the 145th Maintenance

Lt. Col. Brian McCullough (left), of the 145th Maintenance Group, discusses maintenance procedures with Warrant Officer Keipopele (left center), Tech. Sgt. Chris Poarch (right center), of the 145th Maintenance ... More

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields to protect themselves against a simulated mob of angry citizens during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exe... More

Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and

Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and

Botswana Defense Force Commandos remove hostages and hijackers from an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two-day culminating ... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alab... More

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s Saxophone Quartet, stands on the stage where they performed at a 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. Cloud, the U.S. Ambassador t... More

Brigadier Modomi M. Ntelamo the Director of Strategic

Brigadier Modomi M. Ntelamo the Director of Strategic

Brigadier Modomi M. Ntelamo the Director of Strategic Commitments with the Botswana Defense Force addresses the crowd during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botsw... More

A member of the Botswana Defense Force repairs a broken

A member of the Botswana Defense Force repairs a broken

A member of the Botswana Defense Force repairs a broken water line during a project to replace a sewer line with North Carolina National Guard Soldiers in the 882nd Engineer Company, at Thebephatshwa Air Base i... More

A Botswana Defense Force Commandos clears his pistols

A Botswana Defense Force Commandos clears his pistols

A Botswana Defense Force Commandos clears his pistols on a firing range at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 13, 2019, after training on weapon holding techniques with North Carolina National Guard Spe... More

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band play traditional and popular music together for an audience of U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and service... More

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields

Botswana Defense Force service members use riot shields to protect themselves against a simulated mob of angry citizens during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 16, 2019. The exe... More

Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure

Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure

Service members with the Botswana Defense Force secure the area around an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two-day culminati... More

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s

The North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band’s Saxophone Quartet, plays Take Me Out to the Ball Game at a sports themed 4th of July celebration, July 10, 2019 at the home of Craig L. Cloud, the U.S. Amba... More

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down

A North Carolina Air National Guard C-17 taxis down the runway at the Botswana Defense Force’s Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 10, 2019. More than 170 Army and Air Guardsmen from North Carolina, Alab... More

Col. Shawne Johnson, with the North Carolina Air National

Col. Shawne Johnson, with the North Carolina Air National

Col. Shawne Johnson, with the North Carolina Air National Guard and commander of the U.S. Forces for Upward Minuteman 2019 addresses the crowd during the opening ceremony for Upward Minuteman 2019 at the Thebep... More

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North

Musicians with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard’s 440th Army Band play traditional and popular music together for an audience of U.S. Army and Air National Guardsmen, and service... More

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