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State, federal leaders meet with Montenegro defense minister
November 29, 2010
A joint delegation from the Maine National Guard and Montenegro met during a bilateral defense consultation held in Portland, Maine, Nov. 15, 2010. The Maine Guard is partnered with Montenegro's military through the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.
Guard’s State Partnership Program: A possible tool for citizen diplomacy
November 24, 2010
A firefighter from the Port of Laem Chabang in Pattaya, Thailand, secures a hose fitting during a training exercise with the Washington National Guard near the port on May 19, 2009. A roundtable recently recommended enhancing the National Guard's State Partnership Program as a tool for citizen diplomacy.
SAPR conference focuses on awareness, moving forward
November 4, 2010
Army Lt. Col. Alfranda Durr, chief of the National Guard Bureau Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) office, speaks during the inaugural 2010 National Guard Bureau SAPR Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1, 2010.
Liberian president receives Michigan Guard, AFRICOM delegations in Monrovia
October 29, 2010
Three agricultural teams demobilize at Atterbury
October 28, 2010
Staff Sgt. Robert Anderson, an operations sergeant for 2-19th Agribusiness Development Team from the Indiana Army National Guard, teaches his daughter, Nevaeh, to walk after returning home hours earlier from a yearlong deployment to Afghanistan Oct. 20, 2010.
'Mission One' at Northcom: Defending the homeland
October 28, 2010
Senior Army and Air National Guard officers join officers from other components at a Joint Task Force Commander Training Course at U.S. Northern Command at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs on Jan. 28, 2009. The National Guard makes a significant contribution to Northcom's whole-of-government approach to homeland defense, Army Lt. Gen. Frank Grass, the combatant command's new deputy commander said Oct. 26, 2010.
ARFORGEN provides predictability to Guard, Kadavy says
October 27, 2010
Guard's agribusiness teams work to provide sustainability
October 27, 2010
Army Staff Sgt. William Jones of the Nebraska Army National Guard speaks to attendees at the annual conference of the Association of the U.S. Army in Washington, D.C., about his experiences as a deployed member of an Agribusiness Development Team Afghanistan, Oct. 25, 2010. ADTs are deployed to work with local Afghan farmers to develop more efficient farming practices as well as improve ways that local farmers can get their produce to market as a way to ensure long-term stability in the region.
Ward: National Guard, Reserves making vital contribution in Africa
October 25, 2010
Army Gen. William "Kip" Ward, commander of U.S. Africa Command, talks with retired Army Lt. Gen. John Conaway at the 2010 Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, 2010. Ward praised the National Guard State Partnership Program's contribution to AFRICOM; Conaway is considered one of the fathers of the program, which was established during his tenure as chief of the National Guard Bureau from 1990 to 1993.
Washington Guard, Thailand hone emergency response capacity
September 30, 2010
Thai firefighters respond to simulated personnel injuries during emergency response exercises held at the Port of Bangkok, Thailand.