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1,000 Tennessee and Alabama Soldiers supporting Atlantic Resolve exercise
June 3, 2015
Engineering equipment from the Tennessee and Alabama National Guard is unloaded from a cargo ship in a northern German port preparing for the arrival of 1,000 military personnel to begin supporting NATO exercises.
Maryland National Guard partners with Estonian bomb squad to save lives
June 3, 2015
Staff Sgts. Michael Davis, Jr., and Margaret Taylor, members of the 29th Mobile Public Affairs detachment, prepare the lab scene of the awareness video. The U.S. Army European Command's Humanitarian Mining Action program brought the Estonian Rescue Board and Maryland National Guard Soldiers together to create public service announcements. The purpose of this project is to raise awareness of and educate the public about the unexploded ordnance issue in Estonia.
Panama forces get glimpse of Missouri emergency-management programs
May 29, 2015
Capt. Richard Sambolin, a team member of the Missouri National Guard’s State Partnership Program with the country of Panama, shows off the different features of an emergency response vehicle during a tour of the Cooper Drive Armory, home of the 7th Civil Support Team, Jefferson City, Missouri. Panama and the Missouri National Guard have been partners in military training and advisement since 1995.
Airmen from Alabama, Oregon help renovate cancer pavilion in Romania
May 27, 2015
Oregon Air National Guard Tech Sgt. Ramon Lopez, right, and Staff Sgt. Jared Levitt, assigned to the 142nd Fighter Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, work together to size and place new exterior tile flooring to a medical facility in the city of Mangalia, Romania, May 8, 2015. The mission is part of the U.S. European Command’s (EUCOM) Humanitarian Civic Assistance Program (HCA), which is designed to improve the host nation's critical infrastructure and the underlying living conditions of the civilian populace.
South Carolina National Guard hosts state partnership visit with Colombian army
May 7, 2015
U.S. Soldiers with the South Carolina Army National Guard exchanged maintenance ideas with members of the Colombian army during a three-day state partnership engagement in South Carolina May 4-6, 2015. The South Carolina National Guard established a formal state partnership with Colombia in 2012 and has conducted multiple engagements to share ideas to assist both partners with equipment maintenance programs.
South Dakota Guard, Suriname military conduct field leadership and hazmat exchange
May 5, 2015
U.S. Army Sgt. Kelley Trebesch, 82nd Civil SupportTeam, South Dakota National Guard, discusses hazardous material storage with three members of the Suriname Defense Force at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D.,April 14, 2015. The SDNG and Suriname soldiers participated in a subject matterexpert exchange where they visited several units and facilities and discussedprotocols and processes for storing, using and disposing of hazmat.
Tennessee Air National Guard flies rescuers and supplies to earthquake-devastated Nepal
May 1, 2015
U.S. Air Force Airmen and members of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team offload relief supplies for victims of the earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, April 28, 2015.
Florida National Guard brings Florida law enforcement and Guyana together for communications equipment exchange
April 30, 2015
Adjutant General of Florida Maj. Gen. Michael Calhoun presents a plaque on behalf of the Guyana Defence Force to St. Augustine Beach Police Chief Robert Hardwick on April 30, 2015, in St. Augustine Beach, Florida. The Florida National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP) helped facilitate the transfer of more than $1 million in radio equipment between two Florida Law enforcement agencies and the Guyana Defense Force in South America.
Alaska National Guard, Mongolia celebrate their partnership
April 29, 2015
Staff Sgt. Colin Oppegard, a survival lane instructor with the Alaska Army National Guard, teaches a class on antenna theory to members of the Mongolian Armed Forces during a survival-training course as part of Khaan Quest 2014 at Five Hills Training Area, Mongolia, June 25, 2014. KQ14 is a regularly scheduled, multinational exercise co-sponsored by U.S. Army, Pacific, and hosted annually by Mongolian Armed Forces. KQ14 is the latest in a continuing series of exercises designed to promote regional peace and security.
Maryland National Guard unit retrogrades aviation equipment worth $260 million
April 29, 2015
Soldiers, from 1100th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group, a Maryland National Guard unit from Edgewood, Maryland, retrograde 16 airframes and $260 million in Class IX equipment from theater during their nine-month deployment in Afghanistan.