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Md. Guard exercises cyber awareness with Estonian comrades
May 18, 2018
Maryland Guard cyber warfare operators from the 175th Wing's Cyber Operations Group support Exercise Hedgehog May 7, 2018, in Southern Estonia. The Cyber personnel advise and assist Estonian Defense Force and Estonia Defense League members to evaluate internal policy for cyber-related activities.
N.Y. National Guard commander visits South African school
May 17, 2018
Major General Anthony German, the adjutant general of New York, meets with cadets at the Military Academy of South Africa in Saldanha, Western Cape Province, South Africa on May 8, 2018. German was speaking at the Academy as part of an exchange program executed as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with the South African National Defense Force.
Air, Army Guard power on display during airdrop exercise
May 17, 2018
U.S. Army paratroopers from the Texas Army National Guard 1st Battalion (Airborne), 143rd Infantry Regiment, stationed at Camp Swift in Bastrop, Texas, prepare to load onto a C-130H Hercules aircraft during the Minuteman Joint Forcible Entry exercise at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, April 20, 2018.
Md. Guard celebrates 25 years of partnership with Estonia
May 16, 2018
Estonian Defense Force personnel from 2nd brigade conduct recon and react to contact missions May 6, 2018, during Exercise Hedgehog in Southern Estonia. Soldiers from the Maryland National Guard 629th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Battalion worked as observers and controllers for the EDF.
South Carolina celebrates Military Spouse Appreciation Month
May 16, 2018
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster presents a proclamation recognizing May as Military Spouse Appreciation month throughout South Carolina, joined by U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr. the adjutant general for South Carolina and his wife Barbara, Fort Jackson's Military Family of the Year, Staff Sgt. John Berta and his wife Agata, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Jerry Stevens and his wife Sarah, and other military members with the spouses from the South Carolina Army and Air National Guard.
Qatar, W. Va. leaders meet at onset of new state partnership
May 16, 2018
West Virginia National Guard and Qatar defense attaché leadership approach a C-17 Globemaster III from the 167th Airlift Wing as the two forces engage in meetings about the newly formed State Partnership Program May 14, 2018 at McLaughlin Air National Guard Base, Charleston, W.Va.
NGB’s State Partnership Program celebrates 25 years
May 15, 2018
Sgt. 1st Class Harry R. Martinez, right, with the New Jersey Army National Guard, demonstrates how to load an ammunition drum on a M249 squad automatic weapon to Albanian Officer Candidate Endri Deda while training at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The New Jersey National Guard and Albania are paired together as part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program, which links National Guard elements with partner nations worldwide. The SPP began with three partnerships in 1993 and now, 25 years later, includes 74 partnerships spanning the globe.
National Guard conducts annual cyber exercise
May 14, 2018
U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 3 Clinton Store studies course content during the training week of Cyber Shield 18 at Camp Atterbury Indiana, May 8, 2018. Cyber Shield gathers Soldiers, Airmen and civilian cyber security professionals to train and conduct exercises that prepare participants for roles in the National Guard’s Defensive Cyber Operations Elements.
25th anniversary: Ohio-Hungary partnership more like family
May 14, 2018
Maj. James Eriksen, left, commander of Operational Mentor and Liasion Team (OMLT) 9.1, talks with a Hungarian army counterpart while on duty in Afghanistan, circa 2009. The ONG and Hungarian military partnered for several rotations in the early 2010s to train the Afghan National Army.
Idaho hosts Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Seminar
May 11, 2018
Attendees of the Humanitarian Assistance / Disaster Response seminar held in Boise, Idaho pose for a group photo May 8, 2018.