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Rwanda: Texas National Guard members, Rwandan Defense Force exchange best practices
August 7, 2012
Rwanda Defense Force soldiers and policemen practice their combat casualty care skills at a combat lifesaver course held June 11 to 15, 2012. The RDF invited U.S. Army medics from Task Force Raptor, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, Texas Army National Guard, to attend the seminar. The Texas National guard members participate in various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to strengthen partner nation military capacity in East Africa.

Botswana: Hawaii National Guard provides helicopters to support Southern Accord 12 in Botswana
August 2, 2012
Soldiers of Hawaii Army National Guard's Bravo Company, 1-171st Aviation Regiment, based at Wheeler Army Airfield in Wahiawa, Hawaii, assemble the last of four Chinooks they transported to Botswana in support of Southern Accord 12. SA 12 brings together U.S. military personnel with their Botswana Defense Force counterparts to enhance military capabilities and interoperability.

Tanzania: Texas National Guard members mentor Tanzanian soldiers
August 1, 2012
Texas Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Fabian Alban, Troop A, 3rd Squadron, 124th Cavalry Regiment, and a Tanzania People's Defense Force soldier exchange best practices at a crew-serve weapons seminar held July 2 to 13, 2012. The Texas National Guard members conducted various military-to-military training sessions in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, whose mission is to build partnerships with nations in East Africa.

District of Columbia Guard members celebrate history, partnership with Jamaica counterparts
July 23, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, tours Jamaica Defence Force facilities with Jamaican Maj. Gen. Antony B. Anderson, commander of the Jamaica Defence Force, June 27, 2012. Schwartz's visit was in honor of the Jamaica Defence Force's first Military Tattoo in almost 30 years. Jamaica is partnered with the District of Columbia National Guard through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.

National Guard, active duty medics work together to achieve common goals in Cambodia
July 19, 2012
Cambodian Capt. Prum Sanghoun, a Royal Cambodian Armed Forces doctor, explains the care of a patient to Army Staff Sgt. Erin Smith, a medic with the Idaho National Guard's Charlie Company, 145th Brigade Support Battalion, during a tour of the Phnom Penh Military Hospital June 27, 2012. The Idaho National Guard conducted the subject matter expert exchange as part of its ongoing relationship through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program with the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia.

Florida Army Guard's 13th Army Band assists Guyana partnership mission
July 17, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Seth Innes of the Florida Army National Guard's 13th Army Band practices with the Guyana Defense Force Band during an exchange as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program.

Vermont Air National Guard members among U.S. service members providing humanitarian aid in Senegal
July 12, 2012
U.S. service members carry a local woman unable to walk into the gates of the clinic in Thies, Senegal, July 11, 2012. The medical care provided by U.S. service members is part of Exercise Western Accord 2012, a multi-lateral exercise with Senegalese and several West Africa nations. The training exercise runs from June 26 - July 24 and involves the armed forces of Senegal, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Gambia and France, as well as U.S. service members – primarily Reservists from the Marines, Army, Navy, and Air Force.

South African National Defense Force leaders learn logistics from New York Guard members
July 11, 2012
Army Lt. Col. Kaarlo Hietala, deputy director of logistics for the New York Army National Guard, and other logistic support leaders, shares some best practices with members of the South African Defense Force logistics team during a visit by the South Africans to the New York Army National Guard's Lexington Avenue Armory in New York July 3, 2012. The engagement was part of the New York Guard's partnership with the Republic of South Africa through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.

New Hampshire Air National Guard medics travel to El Salvador, take part in urban search and rescue exchange
July 10, 2012
Tech. Sgt. Shawn Theberge, a medical technician with the 157th Medical Group, plays the role of a victim during a training exercise at the Santanita Fire Training Complex in San Salvador, El Salvador, as a member of the local fire department begins to extract him.Personnel from the New Hampshire Air National Guard traveled to San Salvador to participate in a Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear High Yield Explosive Enhanced Response Force Package (CERFP) exchange with local search and rescue authorities.

State Partnership Program part of Africom's theater engagement plan
July 6, 2012
Sgt. 1st Class Paul Deegan, right, leads Ghanaian army soldiers off of the pop-up target marksmanship range at Camp Grafton Training Center in Devils Lake, N.D., Sept. 18, 2011. The Ghanaian soldiers visited North Dakota as part of an engineer instructor exchange under the State Partnership Program. North Dakota and Ghana have been partners under the program since 2004.