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KFOR conducts sweeper operation
January 5, 2021
U.S. Soldiers assigned to Kosovo Force, Regional Command-East, conduct a helicopter landing site clearance operation at Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo on Dec. 23, 2020. Soldiers with the 3rd Battalion, 238th General Support Aviation Battalion, Delaware Army National Guard, the 702nd Ordnance Company, Grafenwoehr, Germany, and 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Iowa Army National Guard, came together to carry out the first HLS clearing operation assigned to KFOR 28.
Deployed 28th ECAB gets through holidays together
December 30, 2020
U.S. Army Spcs. Bailey Apodaca Weaver and Luke Welch and Cpl. James Bradley, air traffic controllers with Fox Company, 2-104th General Support Aviation Battalion, 28th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, show a gingerbread house they made for their commander's office.
Iowa National Guard trains with Ukrainian forces
December 21, 2020
Soldiers with Troop B, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, Iowa Army National Guard, prepare to conduct obstacle and barrier removal training at Camp Marechal de Lattre De Tassigny in Kosovo on Dec. 16, 2020. U.S. forces serving in support of NATO’s Kosovo Force provided crowd and riot control support as their Ukrainian counterparts removed barriers. KFOR ensures a safe and secure environment in Kosovo through regular preparation and training with multinational forces.
Maryland National Guard A-10 crews train with Estonian JTACs
December 15, 2020
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Timothy Davis (front), a standards and evaluations program manager with the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, provides guidance to a joint terminal attack controller from the Estonian Defense Force during close air support training with A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to 104th Fighter Squadron, Maryland Air National Guard, in Vienna, Maryland, on Dec. 8, 2020. The Maryland National Guard has partnered with Estonia through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 1993.
NJ gunnery range hosts State Partnership JTAC training
December 10, 2020
A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, from the 104th Fighter Squadron of the 175th Wing, Maryland Air National Guard, flies over the Warren Grove Gunnery Range, in Warren Grove, N.J., on Dec. 3, 2020. Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from Estonia and the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, conducted close air support training under the State Partnership Program.
Guam, Hawaii share COVID best practices with the Philippines
December 10, 2020
Lt. Col. James Faumuina, 154th Medical Group, Detachment 1 commander and 1st Lt Gloria Choo, international health specialist, State Partnership Program, talk during a virtual COVID-19 subject matter expert exchange between the Armed Forces of the Philippines and the Guam and Hawaii National Guard, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dec 1, 2020.
National Guard advises Czech Republic on COVID-19 response
December 7, 2020
Czech Republic Ministry of Defense Jan Havranek thanks Texas National Guard Joint Surgeon Army Col. Peter Coldwell and the medical information exchange team from the Texas and Nebraska National Guard at the Czech Republic Ministry of Defense in Prague for the State Partnership Program medical support, Nov. 23, 2020. Czech commemorative coins were given to each member as a token of appreciation.
Michigan Guard, Latvia reaffirm relationship during pandemic
November 25, 2020
Joint Terminal Attack Controllers from the Latvian National Armed Forces conduct close air support training with U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 107th Fighter Squadron, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., at Grayling Aerial Gunnery Range in Waters, Mich., October 29, 2019. Michigan and Latvia have been linked under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 1993.
WVNG joins SPP partner Qatar in virtual exercise
November 23, 2020
Members of the West Virginia National Guard recently participated in a virtual seminar with members of the Qatari Emiri Land Forces (QELF) as a part of the Eastern Action joint operations staff exercise between elements of the Qatari military and the United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Operation Spartan Shield and Task Force Spartan. Since 2018, the WVNG has worked closely with Qatar as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.
N.Y. Senior Airman graduates from jungle warfare school
November 19, 2020
New York Air National Guard Senior Airman Caleb Lapinel trains on tactical swimming in a Brazilian river in October 2020 while attending the international course conducted annually by the Brazil Jungle Warfare Center, known as CIGS for its Portugese initials. Lapinel was the only American in the class of 10.