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Kentucky celebrates two-year state partnership with Djibouti
July 13, 2017
Brig. Gen. Benjamin F. Adams III and State Command Sgt. Maj. David Munden visit with Col. Mohamed Ali Obsieh, the Director General de l’Academie Militare InterArmees for the Djiboutian military in support of the State Partnership Program between the Kentucky National Guard and the nation of Djibouti at Arta-Amia, Djibouti, June 24, 2017.
Georgia National Guard Soldiers of the 648th Mobile Enhancement Brigade in Europe for Saber Guardian 17
July 11, 2017
Soldiers of the Georgia Army National Guard’s 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade reconnoiter possible bridging sites on the Olt River in preparation for Exercise Saber Guardian 17 on July 7, 2017.
Pennsylvania National Guard hosts exchange with Lithuanian partners
July 6, 2017
Lithuanian reserve component soldiers train with Soldiers from the Pennsylvania National Guard’s 28th Infantry Division June 16, 2017, at Fort Indiantown Gap during the annual platoon exchange, part of the Pennsylvania National Guard’s State Partnership Program.
Ohio National Guard conducts water crossing exercises with Hungarian forces
July 6, 2017
GYOR, Hungary - Military vehicles belonging to 1st squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment, Vilseck, Germany, are ferried over the Danube River during a rehearsal river crossing at Gyor, July 4. The ferry is employed by 837th Brigade Engineer Battalion, Ohio National Guard, and 37th Engineer Regiment, Hungarian Ground Forces. The exercise, Szentes Axe, a Hungarian-led exercise under Saber Guardian, facilitates the freedom of movement for 2nd Cavalry Regiment as the unit moves into Romania for more training with NATO Allies and partners. Saber Guardian is the largest exercise in the Black Sea Region and will take place in three countries. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Shiloh Capers) (Photo Credit: Sgt. Shiloh Capers)
Airmen maintain security at Al Asad Air Base in Iraq
July 3, 2017
Senior Airman Sionte Campbell, 443d Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron entry controller, speaks to Capt. Jeffrey Robertson, 407th ESFS operations offficer June 22, 2017, at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Robertson visited security forces members at Al Asad to check on his Airmen forward deployed there and the current status and capabilities of the unit to accomplish the mission.
European exercise helps Ohio National Guard strengthen partnership
June 28, 2017
Lt. Col. Brian Moran, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot assigned to the 180th Fighter Wing, Ohio Air National Guard, flies alongside a Hungarian JAS 39 Grippens during exercise Load Diffuser 17 at Kecskemet Air Base, Hungary, May 25, 2017.
Minnesota National Guard joins British marines, Polish soldiers for Saber Strike 17
June 20, 2017
A combined forces squad featuring members of the Minnesota Army National Guard's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, British Royal Marines and Polish soldiers transport a simulated casualty to an HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter after a ground assault exercise transitioned into a medical evacuation exercise near Sventezeris, Lithuania, June 18, 2017. The training was part of Exercise Saber Strike 17, a U.S. Army Europe-led training exercise in the Baltic region. The exercise tests the capability of multiple nations to act against a threat.
National Guard partnerships support EUCOM theater objectives
June 19, 2017
Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, chief, National Guard Bureau; President Raimonds Vejonis, president of Latvia; and Army Maj. Gen. Greg Vadnais, adjutant general, Michigan National Guard, in Riga, Latvia, June 12, 2017.
Air drop resupplies troops during Exercise Saber Strike 17
June 16, 2017
Members of the Minnesota National Guard and the Lithuanian Army work with elements of the U.S. Air Force to coordinate airborne supply drops of meal rations via a C-130 Hercules Aircraft for Exercise Saber Strike 17 in Pabrade, Lithuania, June 9, 2017.
Pennsylvania and Lithuania State Partnership Program provides mutual training benefits
June 15, 2017
U.S. Soldiers joined State Partnership Program allies from Lithuania for training during Exercise Iron Wolf as part of Saber Strike 17, June 14, 2017, near Pabrade, Lithuania. Exercise Iron Wolf 17 is one of many similar Exercise Saber Strike17 events across Europe designed to deter aggression and strengthen alliances between the U.S., Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Croatia, Portugal and other allied nations.