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Arizona National Guard shares knowledge with Kazakhstan unit
November 20, 2012
Army Capt. Terrannce McIntosh, standing, shows his Kazakh counterpart troop positions during Exercise Steppe Eagle 12, conducted in Kazakhstan in September 2012. Arizona and Kazakhstan have been partnered under the National Guard's State Partnership Program for 20 years.
In and outside the classroom, Wisconsin Guard members immerse themselves in Spanish
October 3, 2012
Anna Holt, Spanish instructor at the Institute for Second Language Acquisition, Inc., teaches sentence structure as Military Engagement Team members learn and take notes, Sept. 17. The Military Engagement Team, consisting of 10 Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers spent two weeks in San Juan, Puerto Rico learning the language and about Spanish culture.
Romanian defense chief visits Alabama National Guard
September 26, 2012
Lt. Gen. Stefan Danila, Romania’s chief of defense, tours the 187th Fighter Wing to learn more about the unit’s organization and missions, Sept. 20, 2012.
New York National Guard meets face to face to strengthen South Africa relationships
September 25, 2012
Maj. Gen. Roy Andersen, Chief of the South African National Defence Reserve Forces, Brig. General Debbie Molefe, Director Defence Reserves, Chaplain Gen. Andrew Jamangile, Major Gen. Verle Johnston, the commander of the New York Air National Guard and Col. Ray Shields, the Director of Joint Staff for the New York National Guard, meet to discuss state partnership program initiatives.
Delaware National Guard helps Trinidad and Tobago hail its independence
September 20, 2012
Maj. Gen. Frank Vavala and Brig. Gen. Carol Timmons, Assistant Adjutant General, Air, visit with recruits to the Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard.
South Dakota National Guard 'trains the trainers' in Suriname
September 18, 2012
South Dakota Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Kaye Nicolaisen, right, and Staff Sgt. Wade Vanderberg, both trainers with 2nd Battalion, 196th Regiment, take part in a 'Train the Trainer' exchange with members of Suriname's armed forces on Aug. 27, 2012, in Paramaribo, Suriname.
Estonian air force pilots deploy with Maryland Army Guard aviation unit as part of SPP partnership
September 5, 2012
Estonian air force Capts. Rene Kallis, right, and Martin Noorsalu, middle, go over a flight plan with a Maryland Army National Guard member at Weide Army Airfield in Edgewood, Md. After training with the Maryland Army Guard for a year as part of the State Partnership Program, the Estonian pilots are scheduled deploy to Afghanistan where they will serve with the Maryland Army Guard's C Company, 1st Battalion, 169th Aviation Regiment, a medical evacuation unit that deployed to Afghanistan earlier this year.
D.C. National Guard leaders meet with Jamaican Defense Force leadership, solidify SPP relationship
August 28, 2012
Army Maj. Gen. Errol R. Schwartz, commanding general of the District of Columbia National Guard, left, talks with Jamaican Defense Force Maj. Gen. Antony B. Anderson, JDF chief of defense staff, during a senior leaders exchange as part the D.C. Guard's partnership with the JDF through the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program. Anderson and members of his staff met with key leaders of the D.C. Guard and planned possible future subject matter expert exchanges.
North Dakota National Guard concludes series of SPP engagements
August 24, 2012
Pfc. Javier Ortiz, West Fargo, N.D., and 1st Lt. Frank Amponsah, Ghana army, watch Spc. Cody Lausch, Hannaford, N.D., cut a piece of detonation cord on the demolition range at Camp Grafton South, south of Devils Lake, N.D., June 21. The North Dakota Army National Guard's 817th Engineer Company (Sapper), Jamestown, are working with their Ghanaian partners in an exchange visit during annual training. The Sappers are using crater charges and other explosives. North Dakota and Ghana are linked through the Department of Defense-sponsored State Partnership Program.
Ohio National Guard engineers work with Serbian Armed Forces on school reconstruction project
August 21, 2012
Soldiers and Airmen from the Ohio National Guard and soldiers with the Serbian army's 2nd Army Brigade paint the exterior fence of the Svetozar Markovic Primary School Aug. 13, 2012, in Kraljevo, Serbia. As part of the State Partnership Program, the Ohio National Guard's 1194th Engineer Company and 200th RED HORSE Squadron, and the Serbian 2nd Army Brigade are working side by side to repair the school, which was damaged by an earthquake in late 2010.