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Combatant commanders: National Guard builds global partnerships, proven on battlefield
March 7, 2014
Command Sgt. Maj. John Swart, senior enlisted leader with the North Carolina National Guard, talks with a Botswana Defence Force soldier in a recent visit Swart made during a State Partnership Program engagement in the southern Africa country. North Carolina almost doubled its SPP engagements in 2013. As mobilizations overseas trend downward, the North Carolina Guard has used their SPP relationships as one tool to sustain readiness and training proficiency. (Photo courtesy of North Carolina National Guard)
North Dakota marks 10 years of partnering with Ghana
January 14, 2014
North Dakota Lt. Gov. Drew Wrigley and Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk, adjutant general for the North Dakota National Guard, meet with Adm. Mathew Quashie, Chief of the Defence Staff, Ghana Armed Forces, at Burma Camp, Accra, Ghana on Jan. 8, 2014.
Puerto Rico National Guard works with its partners in Honduras to plan disaster response
January 14, 2014
Members of the Honduran emergency response team participate in a brainstorming session during the humanitarian assistance and emergency relief aid seminar conducted on Jan. 9, 2014, by the Puerto Rico National Guard at Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
U.S., Kyrgyz Republic hold counternarcotics information exchange
January 8, 2014
Kyrgyz Republic Drug Control Service and Border Service officers attend training at the Air National Guard Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 1-10, 2013. The Kyrgyz Republic personnel were in the United States for a counternarcotics information exchange with U.S. subject matter experts in counternarcotics and highway interdiction.
Ecuadorian troops learn how to keep new fleet humming along from Kentucky counterparts
January 8, 2014
The Kentucky National Guard hosted members of the Ecuadorian military for Humvee maintenance training in Richmond, Ky., Dec. 11, 2013.
Michigan National Guard Celebrates 20-year partnership with Latvia
December 31, 2013
Michigan National Guard Master Sgt. Santos Feliciano and Latvian National Armed Force 1st Sgt. Martins Kupcs pose with workers from a rubber plantation in Liberia, Jan. 16, 2013. Michigan and Latvia are partners in the Department of State and DoD State Partnership Program and Liberia is Michigan's newest partner.
New York National Guard, South Africa mark 10 years of State Partnership Program
December 20, 2013
Maj. Gen. Patrick Murphy, the adjutant general of New York, looks on as Sgt 1st Class Sandra Mood presents a bouquet to Matshipo Phala, the wife of Brig. Gen. Mashoro Phala, the South African defense attaché to the United States, on Dec. 18, 2013.
South Dakota leaders visit Suriname to bolster state partnership
December 6, 2013
Color guard Soldiers from the South Dakota National Guard participate in a ceremony in Suriname during a State Partnership Program visit in November, 2013.
Ingenuity and strength: Foundation of partnership between South Carolina and Colombia
November 21, 2013
South Carolina National Guard members visit the Colombia emergency services (UNGRD) office to see their programs in action, Sept. 13, 2013, in Bogota.
National Guard, ROTC cadets partner for security cooperation missions
November 20, 2013
The U.S Embassy's Youth Action Network teamed up with U.S. Army ROTC cadets for a community service event in Linden, Guyana.