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Category: Overseas Operations

Colombian Army Engineers view South Carolina flood response
December 1, 2015 — Colombian Army Engineers visited with South Carolina Army National Guard Engineers to learn more about the Guard’s recent flood response efforts during a Subject Matter Expert Exchange, Nov. 15-21...

Gen. Grass concludes three-nation visit in Romania
November 30, 2015 — BUCHAREST, Romania – The chief of the National Guard Bureau completed a seven-day, three-nation troop visit and operational assessment with a visit to this South East European nation on Nov. 27...

Mississippi Guard aviation maintainers complete Kuwait mission
November 30, 2015 — CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait – It took much collaboration and many different moving parts that had to fall into place, but as the Gulfport, Mississippi-based 1108th Theater Aviation Sustainment Maintenance Group (TASMG) begins to wrap up its deployment, it will be able to add one more accolade...

National Guard Bureau leaders visit troops in Kosovo
November 27, 2015 — CAMP BONDSTEEL, Kosovo - U.S. Service members supporting NATO's peacekeeping mission in Kosovo...

Iowa, Kosovo a model National Guard State Partnership Program relationship
November 25, 2015 — Europe's newest independent and sovereign democracy and the Iowa National Guard are a textbook example of the National Guard State Partnership Program's impact, the chief of the National Guard Bureau said here Wednesday...

All Michigan, all the time, for this operation in Liberia
November 18, 2015 — Members of the Michigan Army National Guard's 1430th Engineer Company arrived in Monrovia, Liberia, last week to begin a cooperative project with Liberian Engineers. In a historic first, the engineers were transported by two KC-135s from the Michigan Air National Guard's Selfridge-based 127th Wing. "This is a perfect case of a "Pure Michigan" operation," said Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, adjutant general for the Michigan National Guard...

Arizona National Guard helps keep NATO flights aloft
November 13, 2015 — Arizona Airmen and tankers are flying with NATO E-3A Sentry aircraft and aircrews this month to fine tune the in-flight skills needed to pass fuel from KC-135 Stratotankers to the relatively large surveillance aircraft...

Pennsylvania National Guard provides key support at international exercise
November 5, 2015 — About 20 Pennsylvania Army National Guard Soldiers, assigned to the 213th Regional Support Group, or RSG, are taking part in Exercise Trident Juncture 15, working as a vital asset in the exercise's tactical operations center...

Michigan National Guard continues mentor mission to Liberian armed forces
October 26, 2015 — LANSING, Mich. - Eight Michigan National Guard Soldiers were to deploy this month to Monrovia,...

Vietnam opens new school and shelter built with Oregon National Guard
October 23, 2015 — Brig. Gen. Michael E. Stencel, the adjutant general of Oregon, participated as the senior U.S. representative during an Oct. 21 ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of an intermediate school in Phu Tinh Village in the Quang Nam Province of Vietnam.The school was built in cooperation between the U.S. and Vietnam and has a secondary-use as a shelter during natural disasters...

State Partnership Program Links Global Partnership to Defense Priorities

National Guard, Sweden Celebrate 100 Years of Swedish Air Force

Massachusetts Guard, Paraguay Prepare Sites for Fuerzas Comando 2026

Southern Accord 2026 Concludes With Renewed Commitment to Partnership

Nordhaus, Raines highlight global impact of State Partnership Program