State Partnership Program News - The National Guard

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W. Va. Guard leaders meet with Peruvian counterparts
February 22, 2018 — LIMA, Peru - West Virginia National Guard senior leaders and members of the State Partnership... MORE

WVNG meets with Peruvian military leaders

Military chaplains serve nonreligious service members
February 21, 2018 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – During basic training, every Airman and Soldier of the Massachusetts... MORE

Nev. adjutant general, SPP officials weather Tonga cyclone
February 16, 2018 — CARSON CITY, Nev. - The Nevada National Guard's adjutant general, Brig. Gen. William Burks, was in... MORE

Nev. delegation weathers cyclone in Tonga

Deploying couple celebrates Valentine's Day together
February 14, 2018 — CAMP SHELBY, Miss. - Every year, thousands of married Soldiers are deployed around the world, away... MORE

Mississippi Army National Guard Spc. Christopher C. Fields, a cavalry scout assigned to Troop B, 1st Battalion, 98th Cavalry Regiment, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team, and Mississippi Army National Guard Sgt. Chasidy Fields, a human resource specialist assigned to Headquarters Company, 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team pose for a photo at Camp Shelby Joint Force Training Center

Alaskan Guard member debuts in K-300 dogsled race
February 12, 2018 — BETHEL, Alaska — His hands trembled with anticipation, soaked in a mixture of anxiety and... MORE

Soldier escorts Gold Star daughter to father-daughter dance
February 9, 2018 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - 1st Sgt. Joseph Bierbrodt of Sheridan, Illinois, an Illinois Army National Guard... MORE

1st Sgt. Joseph Bierbrodt of Sheridan, Illinois, with the 933rd Military Police Company, smiles at Cayleigh Hinton just before escorting her into the father-daughter dance at the Our Lady of Humility School in Beach Park, Illinois

West Virginia leaders plan engagements with Peruvian forces
February 6, 2018 — LIMA, Peru - West Virginia National Guard senior leaders and members of the State Partnership... MORE

U.S. Army Maj. Edward Figueroa (far left), Army South section chief, Command Sgt. Maj. James L. Allen, West Virginia National Guard senior enlisted leader, Lt. Gen. Oscar Reto Otero, Peruvian army chief of staff, Gen. Cesar Astudillo, Commanding General of the Peruvian army and Col. Edward Ortiz, Army Defense Attache for the U.S. Embassy in Peru, pose for a photo at the Peruvian Army Headquarters.

Citizen-Warrior: Mass. Guard member teaches next generation
February 1, 2018 — HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - Standing at the front of a classroom filled with roughly two-dozen... MORE

New York's black WWI troops fought to get into the fight
February 1, 2018 — SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - When the African American National Guard Soldiers of New York's 15th... MORE

Grueling Iceland race strengthens resolve of Pa. Airman
January 26, 2018 — HORSHAM AIR GUARD STATION, Pa. - “Warrior ethos is the embodiment of the warrior spirit: tough... MORE

Pa. Airman competes in Iceland endurance race

Oregon National Guard Soldiers Work to Bring Home Missing Vietnam War Service Member

New Jersey, New York Officer Candidates Train with Albanian, Kosovar Cadets

Virginia Guard Soldiers, Tajikistan Conduct Battle Exchange Training

Michigan-Sierra Leone Partnership Moves Ahead with Multidisciplinary Engagements

Paraguayan President Awards Top Honor to Massachusetts National Guard General