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Lithuanian partners join Pennsylvania Airmen and Soldiers in Vigilant Guard
May 20, 2014
Capt. Vilius Berzanskas of the Lithuanian Army briefs Maj. Gen. Wesley Craig, Pennsylvania State adjutant general, during the morning update briefing for the Vigilant Guard training exercise in May, 2014.

Illinois National Guard rehearses earthquake response with Polish Land Forces
May 16, 2014
Illinois Army National Guard Spc. Slawomir Latka, with Company C, 341st Military Intelligence, 65th Troop Command (standing center) explains earthquake response operations to Lt. Col. Piotr Lisowski (left) and Maj. Zbgniew Smykovski (right) of the Polish Land Forces.

Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers in Latvia for unmanned aircraft practice
May 8, 2014
Michigan Army National Guard Capt. Mark Wurth, commander of a Shadow Platoon of Bravo Company, 1-126 Cavalry Regiment, Michigan National Guard, arrives in Latvia May  7, 2014, in support of Sabre Strike 2014.

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.

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.