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West Virginia National Guard members add new facet to relationship with Peru
July 7, 2014
Members of the West Virginia National Guard CERF-P and Peruvian first responders form up during a training event in Peru. The training, which took place June 19-24, introduced Peruvian military and civilian responders to basic search and rescue techniques.
Minnesota partners for peace help renovate Croatian school
July 3, 2014
U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Steven Virnig, 133rd Civil Engineering Squadron, removes tile from an elementary school bathroom in Ogulin, Croatia, June 17, 2014. The school bathrooms are being renovated by Airmen from the 133rd and 148th Civil Engineering Squadron, and 219th Red Horse Squadron in partnership with the Croatian Army. Croatia is a Minnesota State Partner under the National Guard State Partnership Program.
Pennsylvania National Guard partners with Lithuanian Infantry for training
June 12, 2014
Pennsylvania National Guard soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division train on advanced rifle marksmanship techniques with Lithuanian infantrymen and women at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., June 10, 2014.
State Partnership Program: Maryland Soldiers gain new perspectives through unique opportunities
June 12, 2014
Army 2nd Lt. Abram Gordon, right, rifle platoon leader, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, goes over his platoon movement plan during a field training exercise as part of annual training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pa., June 9, 2014. Throughout the annual training period, Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment - a unit of the Maryland Army National Guard - have also worked alongside their counterparts from the Armed Forces of Bosnia-Herzegovina as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program. The Maryland National Guard has been partnered with Bosnia-Herzegovina since 2003.
New Jersey Guard helps train Albanian officer candidates
June 4, 2014
Albanian Officer Candidates Ermiona Laci, left, and Anita Gruda stand in front of their table at the dining facility at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., May 29, 2014. The candidates will remain standing until two additional candidates join them. Albania is the first State Partnership Program country to send its officer candidates to the United States to attend an Officer Candidate School program. The 12-week NJARNG OCS program is modelled after the active-duty program at Fort Benning, Ga., and includes classroom instruction, physical and leadership training.
Puerto Rico strengthens ties to Honduras through program
June 3, 2014
State Partnership Program (SPP) partners of the Honduran navy had the opportunity to travel aboard the Landing Craft Machine (LCM) from the Puerto Rico National Guard (PRNG) to Vieques, Puerto Rico, as part of the State Partnership Program, in which both partner countries exchanged knowledge and compared notes on procedures, technology, and navigational skills on May 28, 2014.
Indiana National Guard celebrates 20 years of partnering with Slovak Republic
May 30, 2014
Maj. Craig Maschino briefly describes the capabilities of their thermal imaging system to the Indiana adjutant general, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, and Slovakian Chief of Defense Lt. Gen. Milan Maxim as well as members of the Slovakian Army and Indiana National Guard.
Michigan Soldiers in Latvia for joint exercise
May 29, 2014
Lt. Gen. Raimonds Graube, Latvia's chief of defense, speaks with U.S. Army paratroopers from 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade following a training exercise May 25, 2014, at Military Camp Adazi, Latvia. The paratroopers, based in Vicenza, Italy, are in Latvia conducting allied training exercises demonstrating the U.S. Army's ongoing commitment to its NATO allies.
Guyana military partners observe Florida National Guard’s role in hurricane exercise
May 29, 2014
Members of the Guyana Defence Force (GDF) visit the Florida National Guard Joint Operations Center in St. Augustine, Fla., May 20, 2014. The Guyanese military personnel visit coincided with the state’s annual hurricane exercise which simulated emergency response efforts to manage an evolving hurricane in Florida.
Arizona, Kazakhstan Soldiers exchange vehicle maintenance ideas
May 22, 2014
Army Sgt 1st Class James Akers, left, and Kazakhstan Army Staff Sgt. Dumon Moldrakhman, discuss high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle, or Humvee, maintenance information at Papago Park Military Reservation in Phoenix May 12 - 16. Since 1994 the Arizona National Guard has partnered with Kazakhstan as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program.