Staff Sgt. Melanie Galletti with the Idaho National Guard's Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team and Staff Sgt. Cyndi Pearl Baltezore, a California Army National Guard infantry Soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1-185th Infantry Battalion (Stryker Brigade Combat Team) pose for a photo during traffic control checkpoint training at the the 11B Infantry Transition Course in Umatilla, Oregon, April 1-14. Both Galletti and Baltezore are the first National Guard infantry females in their states.

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