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Illinois National Guard, Partners Train in Cyber Exercise
July 25, 2024 — SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - More than 50 Illinois National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, along with civilians... MORE
More than 50 Illinois National Guard Soldiers and Airmen, along with civilians from the Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology and the Illinois State Board of Elections, returned recently from a major cyber training exercise sponsored by the National Guard Bureau. Close to 1,000 military and civilian local, state and federal cyber experts from 41 states and territories and 13 international partners participated in Cyber Shield 2024 May 31 to June 15 at the Virginia National Guard State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Va.

North Carolina Guard, Moldova Join Forces for Cyber Shield 2024
June 27, 2024 — VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Moldovan officers returned to America for a second consecutive year to join... MORE
North Carolina National Guardsmen from the North Carolina Joint Force Headquarters and Moldovan officers pose for a photo during the annual Cyber Shield training event at the Virginia National Guard’s State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach June 13, 2024. Cyber Shield is the longest running and largest Department of Defense cyber exercise comprising nearly 1,000 National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers, Airmen, civilian cyber professionals, and international partners.

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Nordhaus Joins Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference to Strengthen State Partnership Program
State Partnership Program • yesterday
Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, joins Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine and Navy Adm. Samuel Paparo, commander, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, at the 27th Indo-Pacific Chiefs of Defense Conference, Hua Hin, Thailand, Aug. 27-28, 2025. The conference, co-hosted by Paparo and Gen. Songwit Noonpakdee, Thailand’s Chief of Defense Forces, emphasized the shared commitment of participating nations to enhancing regional security cooperation. The National Guard is partnered with 18 Indo-Pacific nations under the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program.
North Carolina Air Guard Hosts Mini African Military Law Forum
State Partnership Program • 7 days ago
Air National Guard judge advocates and state partnership program attorneys pose for a photo inside the North Carolina Supreme Court, in Raleigh, North Carolina, July 31, 2025. The North Carolina Air National Guard judge advocates invited state partnership program attorneys from Malawi, Zambia, and Botswana to participate in a Mini African Military Legal Forum at the Charlotte Air National Guard Base on August 1-2, 2025.
New Hampshire Airmen Deliver Hope to Cabo Verde After Hurricane Erin
State Partnership Program • 7 days ago
Airmen from the 157th Air Refueling Wing and airport personnel from Amílcar Cabral International Airport offload a KC-46 Pegasus with 33,000 pounds of cargo on the flight line Aug. 18, 2025, at Amílcar Cabral International Airport, Cabo Verde. The mission with medical resources flew the most considerable amount of freight ever loaded on a single New Hampshire KC-46.
Ohio Guard Hosts Serbian Firefighters in Collaborative Exchange
State Partnership Program • 9 days ago
Chris Wysong, chief of Wayne Township Fire Department, gives a tour Aug. 22 to a delegation of four firefighters from the Serbian Volunteer Fire Department. The delegation spent time with both professional and volunteer fire departments to observe operations, share best practices, and foster international relationships.
U.S., Saudi Arabia Strengthen Ties Through State Partnership Program
State Partnership Program • 12 days ago
Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, joins Gen. Fayyad Al-Ruwaili, chief of general staff, Saudi Arabian Armed Forces; Army Maj. Gen. Thomas Mancino, Oklahoma’s adjutant general; Army Brig. Gen. Lawrence Muennich, Indiana’s adjutant general, and senior enlisted leaders for a ceremony to formalize the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s entry into the 115-nation Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Aug. 21, 2025. Under the SPP, Indiana and Oklahoma National Guardsmen will train with Saudi Arabian Armed Forces counterparts to build collective readiness to enhance regional stability and advance global security.

 

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