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RING sends humanitarian aid to the Bahamas and Timor-Leste
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force at Coral Harbour Base, Nassau, The Bahamas, March 11, 2019. The exchange takes place as part of the Rhode Island National Guard’s partnership with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas through the State Partnership Program. Rhode Island has been partnered with The Bahamas since 2005.
Arkansas Guard stays in touch with Guatemalan partners
May 7, 2020
The Arkansas National Guard held a videoconference with key military leaders from Guatemala on COVID-19 best practices and other issues May 6, 2020, as part of the State Partnership Program. The meeting was scheduled in March in Guatemala but was changed to a videoconference due to the coronavirus.
Nurses Week Spotlight: Capt. Eve Tanas, 30th ABCT, NC Guard
May 7, 2020
U.S. Army Capt. Eve Tanas, an Army nurse supporting Operation Spartan Shield in the Central Command area of responsibility, April 28, 2020. Tanas, assigned to the 230th Brigade Support Battalion, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard, is recognized as a Soldier spotlight during National Nurses Week May 6-12, 2020.
Kentucky Guard maintains SPP ties despite COVID-19
May 4, 2020
Maj. Jonathan Holliday, Kentucky National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officer (third from left), with U.S. Embassy local staff and Forces Armees Djiboutian (FAD) personnel in Djibouti.
Polish medical team, Illinois Guard side-by-side in COVID-19 response
May 1, 2020
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Dyer, left, and Senior Airman Koami Kunakey, both assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing, place beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago while taking part in COVID-19 response efforts, April 11, 2020. Illinois National Guard members were assisted by a nine-person medical team from the Polish military. Since 1993, the Illinois Guard and the Polish military have been partners in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program.
Deployed Guard Soldiers mark Dachau liberation with WWII vets
April 30, 2020
New York Army National Guard Maj. Gen. Steven Ferrari, commander of the National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, speaks via teleconference from his deployed headquarters at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, with eight World War II division veterans April 29, 2020, to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the Dachau concentration camp in 1945.
New York Guard and South African chaplains share ideas
April 30, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jacob Marvel conducts Easter Mass for service members at the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard chaplains, like their counterparts in the South African National Defence Force, are focused on providing religious opportunities and counseling to troops involved in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polish military medical team joins Illinois' virus response
April 24, 2020
Nine members of the Polish military’s Medical Corps arrive in Chicago to support the state’s response to COVID-19 April 23, 2020. The Polish doctors, nurses, and emergency medical technicians recently treated COVID-19 patients in Italy and Poland. They are visiting Illinois as part of the Illinois National Guard’s State Partnership Program with the Polish military.
North Carolina Guard twin Soldiers double down on deployment
April 17, 2020
U.S. Army Sgt. Kaela Henasey and Sgt. Karissa Henasey deployed in the Central Command area of responsibility, April 10, 2020. The twin Soldiers are on their second deployment with the 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina National Guard.
Connecticut Guard, Uruguay share COVID-19 best practices
April 15, 2020
Brig. Gen. Ralph Hedenberg, right, dual-status commander of forces in Connecticut, talks by videoconference with Karina Rando, head of the COVID-19 task force for the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, and Uruguayan Colonel Antonio Nunes, the military liaison to SINAE - the Uruguayan equivalent to FEMA, to share best practices for fighting COVID-19. The Connecticut Guard and Uruguay have a 20-year relationship under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.