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Delaware Soldiers exchange emergency response ideas with Trinidad and Tobago counterparts
April 30, 2014
Col. Dallas Wingate, Sgt. Donald Powell and Capt. Phil Fowler receive an overview April 10, 2014, on the Operation of Disaster Preparedness and Management's radio room from a member of the Trinidad and Tobago Defence Force.

Nevada National Guard joins forces with Tonga in State Partnership Program
April 16, 2014
Brig. Gen. Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, Tonga chief of defense, and Brig. Gen. William Burks, Nevada adjutant general, shake hands after signing the National Guard State Partnership declaration.

North Dakota and Ghana reach 10-year milestone through State Partnership Program
April 15, 2014
Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, right, presents a North Dakota flag to Vice Adm. Mathew Quashie, the Ghanaian Armed Forces chief of the Defence Staff, during an anniversary celebration April 11, 2014 at the Memorial Hall of the State Capitol Building in Bismarck.

Nevada National Guard teams with Tonga in latest State Partnership Program alliance
April 11, 2014
Brig. Gen. Tau'aika 'Uta'atu, Tonga chief of defense, and Brig. Gen. William Burks, Nevada adjutant general, shake hands after signing the National Guard State Partnership declaration.

Puerto Rico and State Partnership Program partner Dominican Republic discuss Border Security
April 10, 2014
As part of the State Partnership Program, members from a Dominican Republic military delegation demonstrated interest April 5, 2014, in search and rescue techniques employed by the Puerto Rico National Guard CERF-P Team in the event of a disaster.

Texas Air National Guard strengthens ties with Chile
April 9, 2014
Master Sgt. Stephen Dobles, an aircraft maintenance technician with the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard, exchanges maintenance practices with his counterpart with the FACH (Fuerza Aerea de Chile) during FIDAE (Feria Internacional del Aire y del Espacio), an international trade air and space show, in Santiago, Chile, March 26, 2014. Members of the Texas Air National Guard were in Chile as part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.

South Carolina Army National Guard aviation team works with Colombian army to prep aviation units for rescue missions
April 9, 2014
South Carolina Army National Guard Soldiers work with Colombian aviation military members to prepare a UH-60 Black Hawk to load onto a cargo aircraft. An aviation team of three subject matter experts from the S.C. Army National Guard was in Colombia April 1-7, 2014, in support of the State Partnership Program.

North Dakota National Guard has new partnership with Benin
April 7, 2014
Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, North Dakota adjutant general, shakes hands with Rear Admiral Denis H. Gbessemahlem, chief of the defense staff, Beninese Armed Forces, as Michael Raynor, U.S. ambassador to Benin, looks on, in Cotonou, Benin on April 3, 2014. The exchange followed a ceremony in which the North Dakota National Guard formalized its association with the Republic of Benin under the auspices of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

North Dakota National Guard celebrates Togo as third African partner
April 7, 2014
Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, left, North Dakota adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. Abalo Kadangha, chief of defense staff of the Togolese Armed Forces, shake hands in Lome, Togo, on April 4, 2014.

Texas National Guard and Chilean Armed Forces leaders meet to discuss future of partnership
April 3, 2014
Chilean Air Force Capt. Javier Salinas, left, Commandos, 6th Squadron, 4th Aviation Brigade, Chilean Air Force, briefs U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Brian Newby, Chief of Staff and Vice Commander, Texas Air National Guard, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Oscar Tey, Senior Enlisted Leader, Texas Joint Domestic Operations Command, on the capabilities of his unit at the brigade's air base in southern Chile, March 27, 2014.