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U.S. and Indonesian forces hunt for cybersecurity threats
July 29, 2019
Hawaii Air National Guard Lt. Col. Frances T. Shen, Senior State Partnership Program Cyber Lead, and Tentara Nasional Indonesia Army Col. Achmad Budi Handoyo, Senior Staff Officer for Joint Exercise Operations Staff TNI HQ, have a discussion prior to opening remarks of the 2019 Information System and Technology Exchange, July 22, 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia. This year’s third annual ISTX falls under the Hawaii National Guard’s State Partnership Program, and aims to share best practices, assist in cybersecurity doctrine development, and enhance the cybersecurity capabilities to effectively defend and protect critical cyber information infrastructure from malicious virus and cyber intrusion.
Pennsylvania Army Guard builds on partnership with Lithuania
July 29, 2019
Col. Andrew Inch, 28th Infantry Division chief of staff, talks to Lithuanian Land Forces Army Col. Zilvinas Gaubys, LLF chief of staff, during a tour of monuments at Fort Indiantown Gap July 26, 2019.
U.S. and Botswana forces complete final training exercise
July 25, 2019
Firefighters with the Botswana Defense Force and the North Carolina National Guard work together to put out a fire and rescue victims from an airplane during a training exercise at Thebephatshwa Air Base in Botswana on July 17, 2019. The exercise was part of a two-day culminating event after more than 170 Army and Air Guard members.
Moldovan troops train with National Guard in California
July 18, 2019
U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova Dereck Hogan and Moldovan Minister of Defense, Pavel Voicu express their pride of being able to visit over 100 Moldovan Army soldiers during their National Training Center, rotation 19-09 with North Carolina National Guard’s 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, on July 16, 2019.
N.C. Guard engineers work with Botswana Defense Forces
July 17, 2019
Spc. Adam Bates, with the North Carolina National Guard’s 882nd Engineer Company, shovels dirt from around water and sewer pipes while his Botswana Defense Force counterpart advises, in preparation for replacing a sewer line at Thebephatshwa Airbase in Botswana on July 11, 2019. This was one of several projects conducted in partnership with North Carolina, Alabama and New Jersey National Guards and the Botswanan Defense Force during Upward Minuteman 2019, a U.S. Africa Command exercise promoting the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Programs on the African Continent.
Pa. Army Guard Soldiers join in North Macedonian exercise
July 11, 2019
American Soldiers from the 56th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and soldiers from the Republic of North Macedonia by their tactical vehicles to show unity between the two nations, following the Exercise Decisive Strike’s opening ceremony at the Training Support Centre Krivolak , North Macedonia, June 5, 2019.
WVARNG conducts knowledge exchange with Peru's army, police
July 10, 2019
Sgt. Brad Miller, a medical readiness non-commissioned officer with the West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) medical detachment, provides training on tactical casualty combat care (TCCC) to members of the Peruvian Armed Forces during a hands-on training held July 2, 2019, in Lima, Peru.
Air National Guard supports airlift operations in Kuwait
July 8, 2019
A C-17 Globe Master III taxis past a C-130 Hercules at Ali Al Salem Air Base, Kuwait, July 3, 2019. The units are currently deployed here providing tactical airlift to the Central Command Area of Responsibility.
Connecticut National Guard strengthens alliance with Uruguay
July 5, 2019
Uruguayan Army Colonel Dyver M. Neme, Communications Brigade One Commander, left, discusses the Uruguayan Army's communications capabilities with Lt. Col. Guy Marino, 103rd Air Control Squadron, center, and Maj. David Ferrer, Connecticut State Partnership Program Director in Montevideo, Uruguay, June 27, 2019.
W.Va. Special Forces train with Polish and Latvian forces
July 3, 2019
Members of the Polish Territorial Defense Forces receive training in checkpoint vehicle clearing techniques from members of West Virginia Army National Guard (WVARNG) Special Forces during Ridge Runner 19-02, June 24, 2019, in West Virginia. Ridge Runner is a WVARNG training program that provides various National Guard, active duty, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ally nation armed forces with training in irregular and asymmetrical warfare tactics and operations. Photo was altered for security reasons.