New York Army National Guard Soldiers of 3rd Platoon, 1569th Transportation company take time out for a group photo as they prepare to execute a Combat Escort Team mission, protecting supplies for coalition forces. The Soldiers from the New Windsor- based National Guard unit have been in Afghanistan since May providing logistics support from this German Army-run coalition Forward Operating Base. Combat Escort Teams are the fighting element of the Combat Logistics Patrols which keep forces in Afghanistan supplied.