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Liberian general visits Michigan under State Partnership Program
August 6, 2015
Jeff Welch, counter-improvised explosive device site lead, explains how a specific type of IED is triggered to senior leadership of Liberia’s military at the C-IED range at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 2, 2015. Michigan and Liberia have been partners under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program since 2009.
South Dakota National Guard discusses emergency operations with partner nation Suriname
August 5, 2015
Members of Suriname’s Defense discuss emergency operations with an official from the Pennington County emergency management office in Rapid City, S.D., July 28, 2015. The Surinamese service members were in South Dakota on a subject matter expert exchange focusing on emergency operations through the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian partners in recent exchange
August 3, 2015
Maintenance personnel from the Republic of Colombia Armed Forces participate in a subject matter expert exchange with South Carolina Army National Guard aviation maintenance teams in Columbia, South Carolina, July 13-17, 2015, as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
South Carolina Air National Guard chaplains attend multi-national event in Colombia
July 31, 2015
U.S. Air Force Chaplain, Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman and Master Sgt. Charles Williams, chaplain assistant, give Monsignor Fabio Suescun Mutis, Archbishop for the Colombian Military, a peace dove during a three-day symposium in Bogota, Colombia, July 13-16, 2015. The symposium was an opportunity to share with other nations ideas on how religion matters to military commanders, service members and their families.
New York Guard couple pack for South Africa to further State Partnership Program
July 29, 2015
New York Army Natonal Guard Majs. Brian Bonanno and Amy Bonanno at their home in Clifton Park, New York, July 20, 2015, as they pack for a move to South Africa. The two veterans, both staff officers in the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, are heading with their two children to Pretoria, South Africa, where Brian will be the liaison officer for the New York Army National Guard and South Africa State Partnership Program.
Armenian troops visit PATRIOT exercise under State Partnership Program
July 27, 2015
Republic of Armenia Ministry of Defense Capt. Ruben Khachatryan, chief of section, Central Military Medical Hospital, helps Senior Airman Michelle Kimball, a radiologic technologist assigned to the 192nd Medical Group, Virginia Air National Guard, take a simulated X-ray in the Expeditionary Medical Support (EMEDS) tent during PATRIOT exercise at Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wisconsin., July 21, 2015.
South Dakota Guard, Suriname Armed Forces exchange strategic planning processes
July 24, 2015
U.S. Army Lt. Col. Orson Ward, second from left, South Dakota Army National Guard, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Kevin Miller, center, South Dakota Air National Guard, participate in a subject matter expert exchange on strategic planning in Paramaribo, Suriname, July 15, 2015.
Minnesota Guard member helping a Croatian community in need
July 21, 2015
Spc. Christopher Anderson, carpentry/masonry specialist, sands and smooths plaster on the ceiling. He is with other Soldiers of the 851st Vertical Engineer Company and members of the Croatian Army, Armored Mechanic Brigade, working together for repairs and to rebuild a roof on a damaged community center in the local town of Račinovci, Croatia. The project is a Humanitarian Civic Assistance project made possible by the U.S. European Command in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Zagreb, Croatia.
Professional Education Center hosts first class of international students
July 20, 2015
Visiting Soldier is pinned with U.S. rank as training gets underway at Professional Education Center in July, 2015.
Slovenia awards medal to Colorado Guardsman for two decades of cooperation
July 9, 2015
Slovenian Defense Attache Col. Ivan Mikuz awards Colorado National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader Command Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Lawrence the medal for multinational cooperation at the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia June 23, 2015. Lawrence has spent two decades helping build the partnership between Slovenia and Colorado as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.