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Vermont Guard delegation visits SPP partner North Macedonia
September 10, 2021
Members of the Vermont National Guard attend a celebration for Army Day at the Ministry of Defense in Skopje, North Macedonia, Aug. 18, 2021. The holiday commemorates the creation of the Mirče Acev battalion in 1943. The battalion laid the foundation of the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia that fought against the Axis forces during WWII.
SCNG conducts 'Band-Aids not bullets diplomacy' in Colombia
September 9, 2021
South Carolina Air National Guard Maj. Sean Pitale, a doctor with the 169th Medical Group, examines a Colombian patient Sept. 4, 2021. SCNG medical personnel provided medical care to more than 300 people in the remote town of Tamana, Colombia, as part of exercises with its State Partnership Program partner Colombia Aug. 30 to Sept. 10, 2021.
Kentucky Guard engineers conduct Djibouti SPP training
September 8, 2021
Capt. Le Mohamed Louaita, commander for Djiboutian Demining Co., expresses gratitude to Tech. Sgt. Dylan Wagner, explosive ordnance disposal technician, 123rd Airlift Wing, Aug. 22, 2021, in Djibouti City, Djibouti. Kentucky National Guard Engineers with the 577th Sapper Company and 123rd Airlift Wing traveled more than 15,000 miles to Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, to train with the Djiboutian military demining company as a part of the State Partnership Program.
Nebraska, Czech Republic firefighters strengthen partnership
September 3, 2021
Firefighters from the Army of the Czech Republic perform car extrication tactics, Aug. 16, 2021, during a training exercise with the 155th Air Refueling Wing fire department at Lincoln Air Force Base, Neb. This Nebraska National Guard and Czech Republic armed forces training exchange is one of many facilitated by the National Guard’s State Partnership Program.