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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.

State Partnership between Alaska, Mongolia strengthened through commonalities
August 20, 2012
Army Brig. Gen. Mike Bridges, left, assistant adjutant general for Army, Alaska Army National Guard, exchanges gifts with Dumaa Namsrai, right, deputy chief of the Mongolia National Emergency Management Agency at the NEMA office in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Aug. 13, 2012. Bridges attended the meeting while in Mongolia as part of the National Guard State Partnership Program.

New Hampshire Air Guard members participate in all-female law enforcement exchange with El Salvador
August 10, 2012
1st Lt. Carolina Marenco of the Salvadoran army and Senior Airman Heather Gagnon of the New Hampshire National Guard's 157th Security Forces Squadron, demonstrates a self defense technique during a military police exercise in Lourdes, El Salvador on Aug. 7, 2012.

Guam National Guard members build on State Partnership with Philippines
August 7, 2012
Army National Guard Spc. Melissa Meno, from the Guam Army Guard Medical Detachment, evaluates soldiers from the Armed Forces of the Philippines - Philippine Army during a training exercise, following instruction they received on Combat Lifesaver Course refresher and Tactical Combat Casualty Care.