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Colombian Army Engineers view South Carolina flood response
December 1, 2015
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Omar Benjamin (left), with the South Carolina Army National Guard’s Combined Support Maintenance Shop, answers questions from Colombian Army Lt. Col. Hernando Rodriguez through Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Lombana, Nov. 19, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard held a Subject Matter Expert Exchange with its Partner Nation Nov. 15-21, 2015. While in South Carolina, the five Colombian officers toured various sites and met with their National Guard counterparts seeing firsthand the areas affected by the floods, and how the Guard responded working alongside civilian first responders and state and local emergency management. Since its launch in 2012, when the South Carolina National Guard introduced its State Partnership Program (SPP) with the Republic of Colombia, S.C., has focused on establishing long-term relationships where Colombia and South Carolina can promote mutual interests and build lasting capabilities. In the past year the South Carolina National Guard has held 26 engagements with its partner nation. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Stephen D. Hudson)
Gen. Grass concludes three-nation visit in Romania
November 30, 2015
Army Gen. Frank Grass, chief, National Guard Bureau, center, and Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Mitchell Brush, his senior enlisted advisor, left, talk with Texas National Guard members serving at MK Air Base, Romania, in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve and other missions, Nov. 28, 2015. This image was acquired using a cellular phone.
Mississippi Guard aviation maintainers complete Kuwait mission
November 30, 2015
Staff Sgt. Frank Schatzman, of the 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG), replaces safety wire on APX-123 coaxial connectors during a preventative maintenance inspection at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait on Sept. 29, 2015. The Mississippi Army National Guard aviation maintenance unit successfully completed a Phase Maintenance Inspection Cycle-1 (PMI) at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, on Sept. 28 and successfully returned the completed aircraft to the 1/137th General Support Aviation Battalion (GSAB) at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, two weeks later.
National Guard Bureau leaders visit troops in Kosovo
November 27, 2015
U.S. Army Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, introduces himself to an audience of more than 200 reserve-component Service members during a town hall event at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, Nov. 24, 2015.
Iowa, Kosovo a model National Guard State Partnership Program relationship
November 25, 2015
Gen. Frank Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau, visits in Kosovo with representatives on each side of the partnership program between the U.S. and Kosovo.
All Michigan, all the time, for this operation in Liberia
November 18, 2015
Soldiers of the Gladstone-based, 1430th Engineer Company, Michigan Army National Guard, Airmen and ground crew offload a Selfridge-based KC-135 from the Michigan Air National Guard on a tarmac in Liberia last week in preparation to assist with Liberia engineers as part of efforts to help the Liberians build new barracks buildings.
Arizona National Guard helps keep NATO flights aloft
November 13, 2015
Staff Sgt. Kevin Gimenez, a KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator assigned to the Arizona Air National Guard, prepares to refuel a NATO E-3A Sentry over northern Germany during a training mission, Nov. 10, 2015. Airmen from the 161st Air Refueling Wing based in Phoenix are supporting aircrew training operations Nov. 9-20 at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, Germany.
Pennsylvania National Guard provides key support at international exercise
November 5, 2015
Staff Sgt. Nicole Brittain, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 213th Regional Support Group's personnel division, works on a personnel report at Exercise Trident Juncture 15, near Zaragoza, Spain, Nov. 3, 2015.
Michigan National Guard continues mentor mission to Liberian armed forces
October 26, 2015
Michigan Army National Guard Soldiers sample local cuisine while on a staff assistance visit to Monrovia, Liberia, Sept. 25, 2015. The Michigan Soldiers will deploy to Liberia in October for one year to support Operation Onward Liberty, a United States Africa Command defense sector reform initiative developed to facilitate implementation of the Liberian National Defense Act by creating a responsible, operationally capable military.
Vietnam opens new school and shelter built with Oregon National Guard
October 23, 2015
Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, adjutant general, Oregon, poses with students at their new intermediate school in Phu Tinh village in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam, Oct. 21, 2015, following a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new school was built in cooperation between the U.S. and Vietnam and has a secondary-use as a shelter during natural disasters.