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Professional Education Center hosts first class of international students
July 20, 2015
Visiting Soldier is pinned with U.S. rank as training gets underway at Professional Education Center in July, 2015.
Slovenia awards medal to Colorado Guardsman for two decades of cooperation
July 9, 2015
Slovenian Defense Attache Col. Ivan Mikuz awards Colorado National Guard Senior Enlisted Leader Command Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Lawrence the medal for multinational cooperation at the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia June 23, 2015. Lawrence has spent two decades helping build the partnership between Slovenia and Colorado as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.
North Carolina National Guard battalion assumes command of multinational force in Kosovo
July 9, 2015
North Carolina National Guard members, assigned to 1st Combined Arms Battalion, 252nd Armor Regiment, out of Fayetteville, stand in formation during a transition of authority ceremony at Camp Marechal de Lattre de Tassigny, Kosovo, July 4, 2015.
D.C. Soldiers hit the right note during Jamaica partnership visit
July 8, 2015
Members of the 257th Army Band and the Jamaica Military Band prepare for concert during State Partnership Program visit July 1. The National Guard State Partnership Program which provides unique partnership-building opportunities between U.S. states, territories and the District of Columbia and foreign countries.
More than 100 South Carolina Guard members drill in Poland
June 24, 2015
Polish F-16 fighter jets from the 32nd Tactical Air Wing leave Łask Air Base, Poland to participate in exercise Eagle Talon, June 16, 2015. U.S. Air Force Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany and the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing from McEntire Joint National Guard Base, are deployed to Łask Air Base in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve, during the month of June.
Minnesota Guard member serving in Croatia was inspired by uncles
June 23, 2015
Spc. Robert Engeholm, a vertical engineer and team leader from Bloomington, Minnesota., works with a Croatian soldier to construct a ceiling with concrete blocks, June 15, 2015. Squads of Soldiers from the Little Falls, Minn.-based 851st Vertical Engineer Company have been rotating through Nasice, Croatia.
Romania welcomes Soldiers from Alabama National Guard for Operation Resolute Castle
June 22, 2015
Soldiers with the Alabama National Guard and the Romanian Army break ground on June 16, 2015, as part of Operation Resolute Castle 15. This operation is a collaborative effort to create roads and buildings for military use in the Cincu Training Center.
Alaska Guard members in Mongolia for peacekeeping training
June 18, 2015
Service members from the Alaska National Guard and U.S. Army Alaska’s 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment, board an Alaska Air National Guard, C-130 Hercules on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson bound for Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, June 15. They will participate in Khaan Quest, a peacekeeping operations-focused, combined training event co-sponsored by the U.S. Army Pacific and U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Pacific, and hosted annually by the Mongolia Armed Forces.
Airmen from Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania highlight interoperability
June 11, 2015
A Maryland Air National Guard pilot returns to support Saber Strike and provide close-air-support after refueling with a KC-135 Stratotanker June 9, 2015, in Latvian airspace. Guardsmen from Maryland, Michigan and Pennsylvania came together to support Saber Strike 15 by providing aerial-refueling and close-air-support. Saber Strike 15 is a joint and multinational exercise designed to promote stability in the Baltic area and provide an opportunity for military members to sharpen their skills.
Michigan Guardsman is first U.S. Armed Forces member to receive Latvian Award of Honor
June 10, 2015
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Frutos stands with Latvian Maj. Vilnis Metlans following Frutos’ award of the Latvian National Armed Forces Air Force Commander Award of Honor, Grade 3, in Lielvarde, Latvia, April 30, 2015. Frutos is assigned to the 217th Air Operations Group, Michigan Air National Guard, based at Battle Creek, Mich., and is the first U.S. Armed Forces member to receive the Latvian award. He was recognized for his expertise in airspace management, which resulted in a letter of agreement between the Latvian Civil Aviation Authority and the Latvian military creating military training airspace.