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Vermont Guard shares communication strategy with SPP partner
February 16, 2022
U.S. Army Capt. Mike Arcovitch, commander, and Sgt. Gloria Kamencik, public affairs specialist, 172nd Public Affairs Detachment, Vermont Army National Guard, lead a crisis communication workshop at the Army Home in Skopje, North Macedonia, Feb. 8-10, 2022. The Vermont National Guard and North Macedonia have been partners in the State Partnership Program since 1993.
Papua New Guinea military leaders visit Wisconsin Guard
February 15, 2022
Military leaders from Papua New Guinea speak with Wisconsin National Guard leaders from the 115th Fighter Wing Feb. 5, 2022, in Madison, Wis., during a historic first visit to Wisconsin through the State Partnership Program. The program links individual states with armed forces of partner nations to forge lasting cooperation, friendship and mutually beneficial relationships.
Vermont Guard conducts medical readiness exercise in Senegal
February 9, 2022
U.S. Army Maj. Anthony Gragg, a dentist with the Medical Detachment, Garrison Support Command, Vermont National Guard, examines a patient at the Regional Center Hospital at Tambacounda, Senegal, April 12, 2019. The National Guard’s State Partnership Program is a cost-effective way to strengthen alliances and attract new partners.
National Guard chief returns from African regional security talks in Rome
February 7, 2022
Army Maj. Gen. David Mikolaities, adjutant general, New Hampshire National Guard, and the chief of staff of the Cabo Verdean Armed Forces, Maj. Gen. Anildo Morais, sign a Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program agreement in the Republic of Cabo Verde, Feb. 4, 2022. The Atlantic island nation off Africa's west coast became the latest SPP partner on the same day the National Guard's most senior general was representing the component at the 2022 African Chiefs of Defense Conference in Rome. There are now 17 partnerships in Africa, 16 of them with nations in the USAFRICOM area of responsibility, and one with Egypt, in U.S. Central Command’s AOR.
Alaska National Guard, Mongolia conduct SPP expert exchange
February 4, 2022
The Alaska National Guard and U.S. Pacific Air Forces command conduct subject matter expert exchanges with the Mongolian Air Force during the Airmen-to-Airmen Talks program in Mongolia Nov. 15-17, 2021. Alaska Air National Guard Chief Master Sgt. Mike Keegan, Lt. Col. Richard Welch, and Maj. Nathan Pooler pose for a photo with musical performers during the cultural day of the program.