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Republic of Fiji; Nevada Guard to expand Oceania partnership
February 28, 2019
Brigadier General William R. Burks, Adjutant General for the State of Nevada (left) with Rear Admiral Viliame Naupoto, Commander of the Republic of Fiji Military Forces enter the island country into the State's Partnership Program.
Joint training with Jordan a ‘win-win,’ says Gen. Lengyel
February 11, 2019
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, meets with Maj. Gen. Yousef Al-Hnaity, commander, Royal Jordanian Air Force, during a visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Feb. 7, 2019.
Washington Guard partners with Royal Thai Army for exchange
February 6, 2019
Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jay Enders, Charlie Co. 1st Battalion, 112th Aviation conducts a test flight in a LH-72 "Lakota" with his Thai counterpart on January 17, at the Royal Thai Army Aviation base in Lop Buri, Thailand.
State partnership links D.C National Guard and Burkina Faso
February 4, 2019
Maj. Gen. William J. Walker, commanding general, District of Columbia National Guard, speaks during a signing ceremony with the National Armed Forces of Burkina Faso at the Ministry of Defense Feb. 1, 2019. Burkina Faso became the 76th nation to join the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program. Dignitaries to witness the historic signing included Burkina Faso's Secretary General of the Ministry of Defense Justin Som, U.S. Ambassador to Burkina Faso Andrew Young, Brig. Gen. Moses Miningou, the chief of general staff for the National Armed Forces of Burkina Faso, and U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Steven DeMilliano, deputy director for strategy, engagement and programs directorate at United States Africa Command.
Ohio-Serbia pairing leads to wider social, economic dialogue
February 1, 2019
Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić says goodbye to Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr., Ohio adjutant general, while Serbian Ambassador to the U.S. Djerdj Matković looks on, Jan. 28, 2019 in Columbus, Ohio. Brnabić and Matković met with Ohio military, political, academic and business leaders to promote mutual relations and to discuss areas of economic cooperation.
Lengyel: National Guard committed to 'long game' with SPP
January 30, 2019
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau, third from left, meets with the three-member presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina during a visit to the Western Balkan country, the Presidency Building, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jan. 23, 2019. The country is paired with the Maryland National Guard in the State Partnership Program.
Exchange stresses value of women in peace, security efforts
January 18, 2019
Left to right, Maj. Patrick Arizmendi, the deputy director of the Nevada Guard State Partnership Program; Lt. Col. Randy Lau, director of the SPP; Capt. David Tole, security cooperation planner of the SPP; Col. John Week, director of the Nevada joint staff; Brig Gen. William Burks, Nevada adjutant general; Dr. Saira Yamin, a professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies; retired Ambassador Steven McGann, former U.S. ambassador to Fiji; Maj. Qiana Harder, a U.S. Army fellow from APCSS; Maj. Scott Katherman, judge advocate assigned to the 17th Sustainment Brigade; Maj. Dana Grigg, the Nevada Guard’s Women, Peace and Security team lead; Capt. Siulolo Tapueluelu of His Majesty’s Armed Forces from Tonga, and Sgt. 1st Class Tera Eilers, a WPS subject matter expert from the Oregon National Guard’s SPP team, take a break for a photo in front of the Nevada National Guard’s Office of the Adjutant General, in Carson City, January 8, 2019.