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Two Colorado National Guard Members Serve as Sisters in Arms
September 2, 2022
U.S. Army Spc. Jessica Lee, left, 928th Area Support Medical Company, Colorado Army National Guard, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Julie Lee, 140th Medical Group, Colorado Air National Guard, participate in an external evaluation at Camp Rilea, Oregon, July 12, 2022. The sisters serve together in the Colorado National Guard’s Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and high-yield explosive Enhanced Response Force Package.
Connecticut National Guard Leaders Build Bonds in Uruguay
September 1, 2022
U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Francis Evon, left foreground, the Connecticut adjutant general, shakes hands with a Uruguayan Army soldier during a visit to the National Peace Operations Training School of Uruguay, Montevideo, Uruguay, Aug. 10, 2022. The school is where Uruguayan military and police forces train to prepare to deploy in support of U.N. peacekeeping operations.
New Hampshire National Guard, El Salvador Participate in Cyber Exchange
September 1, 2022
Airmen, Soldiers and civilians from El Salvador and the New Hampshire National Guard particiapted in a joint cyber exchange in the Centro de Etrenamiento Tactico, El Salvador, Aug. 24, 2022. The meeting, coordinated through the State Partnership Program, allowed both teams to share digital agendas and policies as well as powerful tools to protect infrastructure and prevent vulnerabilities.
New York National Guard Cyber Experts Learn from Brazilian Counterparts
September 1, 2022
New York National Guard cyber protection experts Capt. Andrew Carter, the information systems officer for the 42nd Infantry Division headquarters battalion, second from left, and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Nefertiti Stokes, a member of the 173rd Cyber Protection Team, second from right, with Brazilian counterparts during a visit to the Brazilian military communications school in Brasilia, Brazil, Aug.17, 2022. The Americans took part in Brazil’s annual Cyber Guardian Exercise as part of the New York National Guard State Partnership Program relationship with Brazil.
New York Air Guard-Brazil Tactical Demo Caps Exercise Tapio
August 31, 2022
New York Air National Guard 106th Rescue Wing maintenance team member Master Sgt. Jordan Butler, HH-60 crew chief, speaks with Brig. Gen. Denise Donnell, the commander of the New York Air National Guard, and Col. Shawn Fitzgerald, the 106th Rescue Wing commander and Exercise TÁPIO American mission commander. The combined Brazilian-U.S. exercise occurred in and near Campo Grande, Brazil, Aug. 29, 2022.
Body of Korean War Soldier Comes Home
August 31, 2022
U.S. Soldiers with the Pennsylvania National Guard’s funeral honors team support the memorial service and burial of Pfc. Donald M. Born, whose remains were recently identified and given a proper burial Aug. 30, 2022 — 72 years after he went missing in action during the Korean War.
West Virginia National Guard, Peru Establish Priorities for Partnership
August 30, 2022
Maj. Gen. Bill Crane, West Virginia National Guard adjutant general, talks with Peru Air Force, Group 8 Maj. Gen. Macedo during a key leader engagement with Peruvian military forces Aug. 22-24, 2022, in Lima, Peru. West Virginia and Peru have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 1996.
North Macedonia Soldiers Train with Vermont Guard Partners
August 29, 2022
The Vermont Army National Guard's C Company. 186th BSB, (Medical) 86th IBCT (Mountain), conduct annual training with State Partnership Program partner North Macedonia at the Sustainment Center on Camp Dodge, Iowa July 31-Aug. 13, 2022. North Macedonia and Vermont have been partners since 1993.
AFRICOM Hosts Senior Enlisted Conference
August 29, 2022
African partners take a photo together to mark their attendance at the African 2022 Senior Enlisted Leaders conference in Rome, Italy, in August 2022.
National Guard Trains with Partner Nations in Tajikistan
August 29, 2022
Brig. Gen. Maurizio D. Calabrese, deputy commanding general for intelligence at U.S. Central Command’s Over-the-Horizon Counterterrorism Headquarters, exchanges a gift at the close of the Regional Cooperation 22 exercise in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, Aug. 19, 2022. RC 22 is an annual, multinational U.S. Central Command-sponsored exercise conducted by U.S. forces with Central and South Asia nations.