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Specialized Illinois Guard unit deploys for overseas mission
June 8, 2020
Brig. Gen. Richard Neely, the adjutant general, Illinois National Guard, speaking during the Fallen Heroes Ceremony at the Kankakee Army Aviation Support Facility, Kankakee, Illinois, Nov. 3, 2019.
SPP spirit spurs Romania to help Alabama fight COVID-19
May 26, 2020
Col. Michael J. Rowland, Alabama state surgeon, commander Medical Detachment, Army National Guard, welcomes Col. Teodor Aurelian, SPÂNU, branch chief, National Military Command Bucuresti, May 25, 2020, at Montgomery Aviation, Montgomery, Alabama. Romania sent 15 military medical and other experts to assist the U.S. domestic COVID-19 response. Romania and Alabama are partners under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program.
RING sends humanitarian aid to the Bahamas and Timor-Leste
May 19, 2020
U.S. Air National Guard Airmen from the 143d Airlift Wing Civil Engineering Squadron participate in a subject matter expert exchange with the Royal Bahamian Defence Force at Coral Harbour Base, Nassau, The Bahamas, March 11, 2019. The exchange takes place as part of the Rhode Island National Guard’s partnership with the Commonwealth of The Bahamas through the State Partnership Program. Rhode Island has been partnered with The Bahamas since 2005.
Arkansas Guard stays in touch with Guatemalan partners
May 7, 2020
The Arkansas National Guard held a videoconference with key military leaders from Guatemala on COVID-19 best practices and other issues May 6, 2020, as part of the State Partnership Program. The meeting was scheduled in March in Guatemala but was changed to a videoconference due to the coronavirus.
Kentucky Guard maintains SPP ties despite COVID-19
May 4, 2020
Maj. Jonathan Holliday, Kentucky National Guard Bilateral Affairs Officer (third from left), with U.S. Embassy local staff and Forces Armees Djiboutian (FAD) personnel in Djibouti.
Polish medical team, Illinois Guard side-by-side in COVID-19 response
May 1, 2020
Air Force Tech. Sgt. Adam Dyer, left, and Senior Airman Koami Kunakey, both assigned to the Illinois Air National Guard’s 182nd Airlift Wing, place beds in treatment cubicles at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago while taking part in COVID-19 response efforts, April 11, 2020. Illinois National Guard members were assisted by a nine-person medical team from the Polish military. Since 1993, the Illinois Guard and the Polish military have been partners in the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program.
New York Guard and South African chaplains share ideas
April 30, 2020
New York Air National Guard Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Jacob Marvel conducts Easter Mass for service members at the Javits Convention Center in New York City while following social distancing guidelines April 12, 2020. New York Army and Air National Guard chaplains, like their counterparts in the South African National Defence Force, are focused on providing religious opportunities and counseling to troops involved in efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.
Polish military medical team joins Illinois' virus response
April 24, 2020
Nine members of the Polish military’s Medical Corps arrive in Chicago to support the state’s response to COVID-19 April 23, 2020. The Polish doctors, nurses, and emergency medical technicians recently treated COVID-19 patients in Italy and Poland. They are visiting Illinois as part of the Illinois National Guard’s State Partnership Program with the Polish military.
Connecticut Guard, Uruguay share COVID-19 best practices
April 15, 2020
Brig. Gen. Ralph Hedenberg, right, dual-status commander of forces in Connecticut, talks by videoconference with Karina Rando, head of the COVID-19 task force for the Uruguayan Ministry of Public Health, and Uruguayan Colonel Antonio Nunes, the military liaison to SINAE - the Uruguayan equivalent to FEMA, to share best practices for fighting COVID-19. The Connecticut Guard and Uruguay have a 20-year relationship under the National Guard's State Partnership Program.
6th annual Bersama Warrior exercise underway in Malaysia
March 12, 2020
Malaysia Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Abd Malik bin Jiran officiates the opening ceremony of Bersama Warrior March 11, 2020, at the Malaysia Armed Forces Joint Force Headquarters in Kuala Lumpur. Also pictured, left to right, is U.S. Army U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, Pacific Warfighting Center Director Paul Tamaribuchi; 25th Infantry Division Commander Maj.Gen.James B. Jarrard; 12th Malaysian Infantry Brigade Commander Brig. Gen. Datuk Marzuki bin HJ Mokhtar; and Special Assistant to the Director of the Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Jill A. Lannan.