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Nevada coaches record number of agencies in Tonga on drug identification
May 26, 2016
A record number of agencies, 10, were on board for the Nevada National Guard/Kingdom of Tonga State Partnership Program exchange here May 9-13 that focused on drug identification and included two maritime sessions that spotlighted ship embarkment and evidence discovery.
New Mexico National Guard medics share knowledge with Costa Rican Coast Guard members
May 25, 2016
Twenty-two Costa Rican Guarda Costas attended a two-day workshop conducted by Sgt. 1st. Class David Muniz and Sgt. Michael Marfia, medics from New Mexico National Guard, as part of the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program. Marfia explains how to properly apply a tourniquet to a leg wound to half of the participants. Muniz and Marfia shared their medical knowledge with the Coast Guard members on topics ranging from anatomy, triage, assessing breathing and consciousness, applying a tourniquet, splinting broken limbs and responding to a mass casualty incident.
Georgia Air Guard engineers partner with Armenia to renovate elderly center
May 24, 2016
U.S. Army Europe Commander, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges and Kansas National Guard Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Lee Tafanelli, pose with Airmen, Armenian contractors, embassy staff and institute staff, during their visit to Yerevan Elderly Institute No. 1 to view progress of a renovation being conducted by the 116th Civil Engineer Squadron, 116th Air Control Wing (ACW), Georgia Air National Guard, in partnership with Armenian contractors in Yerevan, Armenia, May 23, 2016.
California National Guard makes historic Gray Eagle repairs
May 20, 2016
Army National Guard sheet metal repairers in Company B, 640th Aviation Support Battalion, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade, work on an MQ-1C Gray Eagle composite frame at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, March 5. This is the first ASB to work on Gray Eagle composite parts during an overseas deployment.
South Dakota Guard, Suriname military collaborate to protect environment, Soldiers
May 19, 2016
Suriname Army Capt. Henri Kasanradji, logistics officer, left, discusses equipment used by Lt. Billy Potter, firefighter with the Rapid City Fire Department, during hazardous material spill response, as Army Capt. Ulrich Morgan, Air Force Capt. Radjindrekoemar Soemai and Army Capt. Joeri Kasandiredjo, all members of the Suriname Defense Force, look on during a subject matter expert exchange in Rapid City, S.D., May 15, 2016. The exchange focused on the handling, containment and disposing of hazardous materials and conducted as a part of the Suriname-South Dakota State Partnership Program.
Spouses of South Carolina National Guard and Colombian leadership share family readiness concepts
May 11, 2016
Barbara Livingston, wife of U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert E. Livingston, Jr., the adjutant general for South Carolina, stands with spouses of Colombian military leaders following a family programs presentation during a state partnership program engagement in Bogota, Colombia, April 15, 2016.
‘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.