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South Dakota National Guard reinforces partnership at National Day in Suriname
December 3, 2015
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Tim Reisch, adjutant general for the South Dakota National Guard and State Command Chief Master Sgt. James Welch, SDNG senior enlisted leader, meet with Suriname’s Minister of Defense Ronni Benschop, during a distinguished leaders visit to Paramaribo, Suriname, Nov. 25, 2015.
Colombian Army Engineers view South Carolina flood response
December 1, 2015
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Omar Benjamin (left), with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s Combined Support Maintenance Shop, answers questions from Colombian Army Lt. Col. Hernando Rodriguez through Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Lombana, Nov. 19, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard held a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with its Partner Nation Nov. 15-21, 2015. While in South Carolina, the five Colombian officers toured various sites and met with their National Guard counterparts seeing firsthand the areas affected by the floods, and how the Guard responded working alongside civilian first responders and state and local emergency management. Since its launch in 2012, when the South Carolina National Guard introduced its State Partnership Program (SPP) with the Republic of Colombia, S.C., has focused on establishing long-term relationships where Colombia and South Carolina can promote mutual interests and build lasting capabilities. In the past year the South Carolina National Guard has held 26 engagements with its partner nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Stephen D. Hudson)
Gen. Grass concludes three-nation visit in Romania
November 30, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, center, and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush, his senior enlisted advisor, left, talk with Texas National Guard members serving at MK Air Base, Romania, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve and other missions, Nov. 28, 2015. This image was acquired using a cellular phone.
Iowa, Kosovo a model National Guard State Partnership Program relationship
November 25, 2015
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits in Kosovo with representatives on each side of the partnership program between the U.S. and Kosovo.
All Michigan, all the time, for this operation in Liberia
November 18, 2015
Soldiers of the Gladstone-based, 1430th Engineer Company, Michigan Army National Guard, Airmen and ground crew offload a Selfridge-based KC-135 from the Michigan Air National Guard on a tarmac in Liberia last week in preparation to assist with Liberia engineers as part of efforts to help the Liberians build new barracks buildings.
Vietnam opens new school and shelter built with Oregon National Guard
October 23, 2015
Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, adjutant general, Oregon, poses with students at their new intermediate school in Phu Tinh village in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, Oct. 21, 2015, following a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new school was built in cooperation between the U.S. and Vietnam and has a secondary-use as a shelter during natural disasters.
National Guard State Partnership Program: East Africa
October 20, 2015
Kenya and Djibouti represent the first East Africa nations to join the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
Massachusetts National Guard signs state partnership with Republic of Kenya
October 5, 2015
– Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, the adjutant general, Massachusetts National Guard, and Mr. Kiritu Miano Wamae, acting principal secretary, Kenya Ministry of Defence, sign the state partnership agreement between the Republic of Kenya and the Massachusetts National Guard during a ceremony held at the Ministry of Defence, in Nairobi on Oct. 1, 2015.
State partners Indiana and Slovakia continue relationship with exchange of troops
October 2, 2015
Soldiers from the Indiana National Guard and the Slovak Armed Forces prepare for firing an AT-4 weapon at Camp Atterbury, during the Indiana-Slovakia Exchange, Sept. 18, 2015.
South Dakota Guard and Suriname military develop leaders
September 25, 2015
U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Richard Watkins, Master Sgt. Marcus Frey and Air Force Master Sgt. Lori Hoop, all members of the South Dakota National Guard, observe how the Suriname Army survives in a jungle environment during a subject matter expert exchange on non-commissioned officer professional development in Paramaribo, Suriname, Sept. 16, 2015.