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‘Friendly Islands’ hospitality on display during weapons tactics, techniques exchange
May 2, 2016
Member of His Majesty’s Armed Forces of Tonga participate in a weapons maintenance information-sharing session led by Nevada Guard Soldiers and Airmen in Tonga last week. The Nevada National Guard and the Tongan military are teamed in the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
Texas Air Guard, in partnership with Chile, conducts medical training
April 27, 2016
Critical Care Air Transport teams from the U.S. Air Force and Fuerza Aerea de Chile, load a mock patient onboard a C-130H2 aircraft belonging to the 136th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard, during a medical air-evacuation exercise at Santiago, Chile, April 5, 2016. The one- day exercise involved Texas and Oklahoma Air National Guardsmen, active-duty USAF and Chilean air force medical teams as they collaborated and exchanged techniques for domestic operations during natural disasters.
North Dakota Guard helps outfit national ambulance service in Ghana
April 22, 2016
Maj. Mark McEvers, bilateral affairs officer for the North Dakota National Guard, center, assists with the delivery of $7,300 in medical supplies to representatives of the Ghanaian National Ambulance Service located at the 37th Military Hospital and Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra, Ghana.
Czech forward air controllers conduct exchange with Texas Airmen
April 22, 2016
Tactical air control party members with the 147th Air Support Operations Squadron, 147th Reconnaissance Wing, pose as a 357th Fighter Squadron A-10 Warthog from Davis Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, flies overhead April 12, 2016. The battlefield Airmen traveled to the desert range in Gila Bend for a weeklong simulated deployment with their Czech partners.
Michigan field artillery's 'Blackjacks' training in Latvia
April 19, 2016
1st. Lt. Brice Masterson, and Sgt. 1st Class Charles Smith, 1st Battalion, 119th Field Artillery, Michigan Army National Guard, set up the M67 GLPS, gun laying and positioning system, on April 17, 2016, as part of exercise Summer Shield XIII, at Adazi Training Center, Latvia. Soldiers of the 1-119th FA deployed to Latvia for a multinational fires and effects training exercise. Latvia and Michigan have trained together through the State Partnership Program for 24 years.
40th Combat Aviation Brigade and USS Ponce conduct interoperability training exercise
March 29, 2016
AH-64 Apache helicopters from 3rd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, land aboard the USS Ponce, an Afloat Forward Staging Base, during an interoperability training exercise in the Persian Gulf March 17. The exercise tested the ability of 40th CAB and the USS Ponce to work together to perform stability operations in the surrounding region.
Hoosiers, Slovaks trade intelligence best practices
March 24, 2016
Indiana National Guard Soldiers and members of Slovakia’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance Battalion pose for a group photo during a visit to Slovakia by the Hoosier Guardsmen in January 2016.
South Carolina National Guard hosts top Colombian army maintenance officer
March 17, 2016
Jose Terrones from U.S. Army South translates maintenance procedures into Spanish during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange at the Combined Support Maintenance Shop at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, Eastover, South Carolina, March 8, 2016. Maintenance officers from the Colombian army toured South Carolina Army National Guard maintenance facilities during a State Partnership Program Subject Matter Expert Exchange held March 7-11, 2016.
Missouri National Guard celebrates 20th anniversary of partnership with Republic of Panama
March 15, 2016
Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, adjutant general of the Missouri National Guard, at a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the Missouri National Guard's State Partnership relationship with Panama.
Nevada National Guard Soldiers sharpen communication skills with Tongan military
March 15, 2016
Members of the Nevada National Guard and His Majesty's Armed Forces pose in front of Ha'amonga 'a Maui, a historical monument built in Tonga about 1200. The forces met for a weeklong communications knowledge exchange.