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South Dakota Guard members discuss disaster management with South American partner nation Suriname
August 27, 2015
Members of the South Dakota National Guard spent two
days in Suriname, their South American partner nation, Aug. 19-20, 2015, as part of a subject matter expert exchange focusing on disaster management.

Senior Colombian army engineer visits South Carolina Army Guard Best Engineer Competition
August 26, 2015
Columbian army Maj. Gen. Guillermo Arturo Suarez Ferreira, the senior Colombian army engineer, observes engineers with the South Carolina Army National Guard during the Best Engineer Competition  at the McCrady Training Center, Eastover, S.C., Aug. 22. Suarez was invited to observe the training exercise as part of the State Partnership Program relationship between Colombia and the South Carolina National Guard. During his visit, he observed the training and was also the keynote speaker at the annual engineer banquet. Additional plans were made for South Carolina Army Guard engineers to train with engineers from the Columbian army. (South Carolina Air National Guard Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jorge Intriago/Released)

Mississippi Army National Guard members take their mechanical skills to the Sinai
August 24, 2015
Spc. Michael DeGan, Aviation Company, Task Force Sinai, installs cotter pins on the pitch control links on the tail rotor blades during a preventative maintenance inspection cycle-1, on July 27, 2015 at North Camp, Sinai, Egypt.

Arizona Guard members visit Kazakhstan, strengthen military-to-military partnership
August 19, 2015
Soldiers from the Arizona National Guard and the Kazakhstani Military work together sharing ideas and common practices through the State Partnership Program last month.

Simulated fuel spill helps Airmen get on the same page in emergencies
August 12, 2015
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Melissa Blackledge, an aerospace medical technician from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Medical Group, assists a mock patient with a broken ankle during a simulated fuel spill on Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Aug. 7, 2015. Blackledge was embedded as part of the wing-inspection team for the scenario-based inspection.

Liberian general visits Michigan under State Partnership Program
August 6, 2015
Jeff Welch, counter-improvised explosive device site lead, explains how a specific type of IED is triggered to senior leadership of Liberia’s military at the C-IED range at the Camp Grayling Joint Maneuver Training Center in Grayling, Michigan, Aug. 2, 2015.  Michigan and Liberia have been partners under the U.S. National Guard’s State Partnership Program since 2009.

South Dakota National Guard discusses emergency operations with partner nation Suriname
August 5, 2015
Members of Suriname’s Defense discuss emergency
operations with an official from the Pennington County emergency management office in Rapid City, S.D., July 28, 2015. The Surinamese service members were in South Dakota on a subject matter expert exchange focusing on emergency operations through the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

South Carolina National Guard hosts Colombian partners in recent exchange
August 3, 2015
Maintenance personnel from the Republic of Colombia Armed Forces participate in a subject matter expert exchange with South Carolina Army National Guard aviation maintenance teams in Columbia, South Carolina, July 13-17, 2015, as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.

South Carolina Air National Guard chaplains attend multi-national event in Colombia
July 31, 2015
U.S. Air Force Chaplain, Lt. Col. Brian Bohlman and Master Sgt. Charles Williams, chaplain assistant, give Monsignor Fabio Suescun Mutis, Archbishop for the Colombian Military, a peace dove during a three-day symposium in Bogota, Colombia, July 13-16, 2015.  The symposium was an opportunity to share with other nations ideas on how religion matters to military commanders, service members and their families.

New York Guard couple pack for South Africa to further State Partnership Program
July 29, 2015
New York Army Natonal Guard Majs. Brian Bonanno  and Amy Bonanno   at their home in Clifton Park, New York, July 20, 2015, as they pack for a move to South Africa. The two veterans, both staff officers in the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, are heading with their two children to Pretoria, South Africa, where Brian will be the liaison officer for the New York Army National Guard and South Africa State Partnership Program.