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Texas Guard members join SPP partners in Best Warrior Competition
March 8, 2017
Texas National Guard Soldiers and Airmen receive a safety brief along with with Czech and Chilean service members at the M4 qualification event as part of the fifth annual Texas Military Department Best Warrior Competition, at Camp Swift near Bastrop, Texas, March 3, 2017. This year's Best Warrior Competition was the second time Chilean soldiers participated and the first time for soldiers from the Czech Republic as part of Texas Military Department's initiative to develop relations with foreign partners.

Arizona National Guard’s Kazakh State Partnership visit enhances military police capabilities
February 28, 2017
Arizona Army National Guard Soldiers from Arizona Training Center, A Company 2-285 Assault Helicopter Battalion, and officers and interpreters from the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense visit training facilities and ranges at Camp Navajo Ariz., July 10. The Arizona Army National Guard hosted the Kazakhstan military members during a week-long State Partnership Program sponsored trip to the United States.

Colorado National Guard partners with Jordan on public affairs support
February 26, 2017
Public affairs specialists from the Colorado National Guard and Jordan Armed
Forces-Arab Army Directorate of Moral Guidance partnered during a National
Guard State Partnership Program PA exchange Feb. 5-9, 2017 in Jordan.

South Carolina State Partnership Program military spouses share commonality of personal strength
February 23, 2017
Barbara Livingston, wife of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, the adjutant general for South Carolina, meets with Yuli Nunez de Bueno, wife of Colombian air force Gen. Carlos Eduardo Bueno Vargas, commander of the Colombian air force, and Monica Ochoa de Rueda, wife of Colombian Air Force Col. Juan Carlos Rueda Cartagena, for a family support discussion in Gaston, South Carolina, Feb. 21, 2017. The gathering was part of Bueno’s visit with key leaders in the South Carolina National Guard and State Partnership Program and an opportunity for the spouses to exchange ideas about caring for  military families.

Colorado partners with Jordanian forces for chemical threat exercise
February 23, 2017
Members of the Colorado National Guard and the Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army participate in a chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) defense exercise in Jordan, Feb. 6, 2017. The Colorado National Guard has a long-standing partnership with the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan through the National Guard State Partnership Program.

Partners Colorado and Jordan explore military women’s evolving leadership roles
February 2, 2017
Students and faculty from Emek Hebrew Academy Teichman Family Torah Center in Sherman Oaks, California, speak to a Soldier from the 270th Military Police Company, 49th Military Police Brigade, California Army National Guard, prior to start of Vigilant Guard 17 at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) California Task Force 1, Los Angeles. “One of the cooler things was, some of the females came up to me asking, ‘Well why can’t we be in the Army?’ Well guess what? I actually have some female Soldiers here who have been successful, who have deployed,” explained 1st Lt. Brian Frizzle, 270th executive officer.

Hoosiers, Nigeriens announce new State Partnership Program
January 24, 2017
The Indiana National Guard has announced its new partnership with the Republic of Niger within the State Partnership Program.

Azerbaijan ambassador visits Oklahoma; looks to strengthen partnerships
November 18, 2016
The Azerbaijani Ambassador to the United States, Elin Suleymanov, meets with U.S. Sen. James Lankford, who represents the State of Oklahoma.

South Carolina National Guard strengthens State Partnership Program while fighting wildfires
November 18, 2016
A South Carolina Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook from Det. 1, Bravo Company, 2-238th General Support Aviation Battalion with Soldiers from Donaldson Field in Greenville, South Carolina, responded to a request for help from the South Carolina Forestry Commission to contain fires burning near the top of Pinnacle Mountain in in Pickens County, South Carolina, Nov. 15, 2016.  The aircraft is equipped with a Bambi Bucket, which can be filled with any available water to be transported and dumped on the fire.

Georgia National Guard announces State Partnership with Argentina
November 10, 2016
The Georgia National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Argentina as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program (SPP).