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Georgia Guard unit makes history with unique mission
October 21, 2019
Cpt. Bryant Wine, a historian with the 161st Military History Detachment, Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe, conducts an oral history interview with 1st Sgt. Glenn Cook, Foxtrot Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Artillery Regiment. Cook’s company was responsible for supporting Bravo Battery during field testing of the new M109a7 Paladin.
Jordan, U.S. complete training cycle
October 16, 2019
Jordan Border Guard Force Soldiers, with the 7th Mechanized Battalion, 48th Mechanized Brigade, prepare to fire live ammunition at a range during a Jordan Operational Engagement Program (JOEP) training cycle at Joint Training Center-Jordan in September 2019. The partnership between Jordan and the United States is reinforced by persistent training with the Border Guard Forces, Quick Reaction Forces and the 77th Marine Battalion.
Brazilian three-star general visits New York National Guard
October 15, 2019
Lt. Gen. Achilles Furlan Neto, the Brazilian Army's operations officer, shares a laugh with New York Army National Guard Soldiers while touring a display of equipment on the parade field at the Camp Smith Training Site in Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., Oct. 8, 2019. The New York Army National Guard has had a partnership with Brazil under the State Partnership Program since March 2019.
NY Guard Soldier going to Brazilian Jungle Warfare School
October 11, 2019
New York Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Thomas Carpenter, a member of Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, will train for six weeks at the Brazilian Army Jungle Warfare School Oct. 20 to Nov. 30.
Ohio, Serbia strengthen partnership during CAPSTONE 2019
October 11, 2019
Maj. Gen. John C. Harris Jr. (right), Ohio adjutant general, meets with Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabić Sept. 11, 2019, in Belgrade, Serbia. Harris and Brnabić discussed the growing Ohio-Serbia partnership through military-to-military and civil-to-civil exchanges as part of the Department of Defense State Partnership Program.
NY Guard to compete in South Africa military skills contest
October 10, 2019
New York Army National Guardsmen from Company C, 2nd Battalion,108th Infantry, (Center) based in Gloversville, New York, join South African soldiers in a target shooting competition in Potchefstroom, South Africa, in November 2010. Ten New York National Guard Soldiers and Airmen will participate in the 2019 competition Oct. 21-26.
Idaho National Guard conducts SPP exchange in Cambodia
October 7, 2019
Idaho National Guard Soldiers and Airmen participated in a subject-matter expert exchange with members of the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces at the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations center Sept. 16–20. The mission under the National Guard’s State Partnership Program included a team of four Idaho Army National Guard Soldiers and two 124th Fighter Wing Airmen.
179th AW increases interoperability at Silver Arrow 2019
October 3, 2019
Soldiers from the U.S. Army's 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade prepare for an airdrop during Saber Junction 2019 (SJ19) September 18, 2019, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. SJ19, an exercise involving nearly 5,400 participants from 16 ally and partner nations and the U.S. Army's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels Training Areas, is designed to assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Infantry Airborne Brigade to execute land operations in a joint environment and to promote interoperability with allies and partner nations.
NY Air Guard, Brazil partner on Antarctic flying
October 2, 2019
Airmen from the New York Air National Guard's 109th Airlift Wing pose with members of the Brazilian Air Force's 1st Squadron, 1st Transport Group at Galeao Air Base in Rio de Janeiro during a State Partnership Program exchange in September 2019. The 109th Airlift Wing discussed Antarctic flying with their Brazilian counterparts. The New York National Guard entered into a state partnership with Brazil in March 2019.
National Guard mechanics host Ecuadorians in SPP
October 1, 2019
Ecuadorian soldiers visit the CSMS shop in Richmond, Ky., as part of the State Partnership Program Sept. 18, 2019.