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US, Colombian Armies Fortify Partnership During Staff Talks
September 19, 2024 — BOGOTA, Colombia - The U.S. and Colombian armies reaffirmed their longstanding partnership Sept. 16 during the 15th annual staff talks at the Colombian National Army’s military academy.Delegations...

South Carolina Guard Bridging Unit Trains With Colombian Partners
July 25, 2024 — CLARKS HILL TRAINING SITE, S.C. – The sun glinted off the Savannah River as it meandered broadly along the South Carolina-Georgia border. Boats churned on the river’s otherwise placid waters while a...

South Carolina National Guard Hosts Colombia Defense Chief
March 7, 2024 — COLUMBIA, S.C. - The South Carolina National Guard hosted Colombian military leaders from Feb. 28 to March 1 during two State Partnership Program events.The three-day visit by Gen. Helder Giraldo,...

South Carolina Guard Comes to Aid of Partner Colombia
February 14, 2024 — COLUMBIA, S.C. – The South Carolina National Guard is assisting Colombia, its State Partnership Program partner, in dealing with dozens of wildfires. To help emergency responders battle as many as 30...

Florida Pilot’s Homecoming a Fitting end to Storied Career
August 8, 2023 — JACKSONVILLE AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Fla. – Florida Air National Guard Lt. Col. Daniel Schiller’s last tour of duty couldn’t be a more satisfying final act in his two-decade military career. Just...

Georgia National Guard Builds Relationships in Colombia
November 14, 2022 — TOLEMAIDA MILITARY BASE, Colombia – The Georgia Army National Guard’s Fort Benning-based Team 6120, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 54th Security Forces Brigade, 648th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade...

South Carolina Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing is Mission Ready
October 28, 2022 — WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. – From exercising air power in South America to conducting hurricane evacuations and deploying short notice to support a high-priority exercise, Airmen assigned to the South...

South Carolina Air National Guard, Colombia Wrap Up Exercise
September 15, 2022 — BARRANQUILLA, Colombia – About 100 Airmen and eight F-16 fighter jets from the South Carolina Air National Guard’s 169th Fighter Wing participated in Relampago VII, a combined Colombian and U.S...

Swamp Fox maintenance hosts Bulgarian air force officers
March 18, 2022 — MCENTIRE JOINT NATIONAL GUARD BASE, S.C. – Six Bulgarian air force maintenance officers spent two days with the 169th Maintenance Group discussing maintenance best practices as a part of a subject...

SCNG conducts 'Band-Aids not bullets diplomacy' in Colombia
September 9, 2021 — RIONEGRO, Colombia – South Carolina Army and Air National Guard medical personnel conducted a humanitarian medical mission in the remote town of Tamana, Colombia, during the regional Ángel de los...

172nd Airlift Wing brings 90 Americans home
April 24, 2020 — JACKSON, Miss. – U.S. citizens stranded in Panama and Colombia during the COVID-19 pandemic got the ride of their lives when a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 172nd Airlift Wing...

Three Components, One Army: LaNeve Stresses Guard’s Role in Army’s New Priorities

Pennsylvania Guardsmen Demonstrate Drone Innovation Project

Nordhaus, Raines Outline a National Guard Focused on the Future

Alaska Air National Guard Rescues Four From Plane Crash

Modular Airborne System Delivers One Million Gallons of Fire Retardant