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Tennessee National Guard Band Performs in Bulgaria
July 3, 2024 — SOFIA, Bulgaria – Tennessee Army National Guardsmen assigned to the 129th Army Band partnered with former members of the 572nd Air National Guard Band to celebrate U.S. Independence Day at the U.S... MORE

Airmen and Soldiers from the Tennessee National Guard pose in front of the KC-135 Stratotanker crewed by Arizona National Guard's 161st Air Refueling Wing before departing Nashville for Sofia, Bulgaria, June 28, 2024, to support U.S. European Command’s U.S. Independence Day celebrations. The 129th Army National Guard Band, supplemented by former members of the 572nd Air National Guard Band, performed at the event.

Tennessee Guard Participates in Thracian Warrior Exercise
June 6, 2024 — HASKOVO, Bulgaria - Members of the Tennessee National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 181st Field Artillery Regiment, participated in exercise Thracian Warrior 24 at Novo Selo and Koren training areas May 28... MORE

Members of the Tennessee National Guard's 1-181st Field Artillery Regiment, headquartered in Chattanooga, plan for a fire mission June 3, 2024, while at Koren Training Ground in Bulgaria. The Tennessee National Guard is in Bulgaria participating at Thracian Warrior 24, a multinational, combat arms exercise showcasing capabilities of participating countries' armed forces.

Tennessee National Guard Soldiers Join Multinational Exercise
May 14, 2024 — NOVO SELO, Bulgaria – Tennessee National Guard Soldiers from the 117th Military Police Battalion and 269th Military Police Company joined more than 140 military police from five allied nations May 14... MORE

Capt. Eric Cheatham, operations officer for the 117th Military Police Battalion, Tennessee National Guard, meets Col. Dimitar Dimitrov with the Bulgarian Military Police Force during the opening ceremony of the multinational training exercise Beyond Horizon 2024 at Bulgaria’s Novo Selo Training Site, May 14. Nearly 20 Tennessee National Guard Soldiers from the 117th Military Police Battalion and 269th Military Police Company will train with more than 140 military police from Bulgaria, Canada, Greece, North Macedonia and Romania during the nine-day exercise.

Tennessee Guard, Bulgaria Celebrate 30-Year Partnership
October 4, 2023 — SOFIA, Bulgaria - To mark three decades of cooperation as one of the original partners in the State Partnership Program, the Tennessee National Guard and the Bulgarian Armed Forces held more than 30... MORE

Brig. Gen. Warner Ross, Tennessee’s adjutant general, presents Lt. Gen. Tsanko Stoykov, Bulgaria’s deputy chief of defense, with a plaque marking the 30-year partnership between the Tennessee National Guard and the Bulgarian Armed Forces in Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 28, 2023.

Tennessee National Guard Partners with Bulgarian Military
July 6, 2023 — SOFIA, Bulgaria – The Tennessee Army and Air National Guard collaborated with their Bulgarian Military partners for Women, Peace and Security meetings June 19-23. The event was part of Thracian Sentry... MORE

Members of the Tennessee National Guard’s Women, Peace and Security delegation pose with Col. Nevyana Miteva and the Bulgarian delegation at the Bulgarian Ministry of Defense in Sofia June 22, 2023. Tennessee and Bulgaria are partners in the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.

Tennessee Airmen Train with Bulgarian Air Force Partners
June 23, 2023 — BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria - Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing out of Knoxville, Tennessee, recently trained with Bulgarian firefighters on emergency response tactics at Bezmer Air Base,... MORE

Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing out of Knoxville, Tennessee, recently trained with Bulgarian firefighters at Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria. The training centered on emergency response tactics to various aircraft and the overall flight line.

Tennessee Guard, Bulgarian Medical Military Academy Collaborate
June 20, 2023 — SOFIA, Bulgaria – The Tennessee Army and Air National Guard collaborated with the Bulgarian Military Medical Academy June 12-19 in a series of events as part of Thracian Sentry 23.The two medical... MORE

Members of the Tennessee National Guard training team at Bulgaria’s Military Medical Academy during Thracian Sentry 23 on June 13, 2023, in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Tennessee National Guard, Partner Bulgaria Conduct Exercise
June 15, 2023 — GORNA MALINA, Bulgaria – The Tennessee National Guard partnered with the Bulgarian Military’s Joint Forces Command to command and control Soldiers, Airmen, equipment and aircraft during the Thracian... MORE

Members of the Tennessee National Guard and Joint Force Command of the Bulgarian Military pose for a photo June 14, 2023, outside Sofia, Bulgaria.

Tennessee National Guard Joins Exercise with Bulgarian Partners
June 12, 2023 — SOFIA, Bulgaria – Approximately 70 Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guard landed in Bulgaria June 11 to begin the international joint readiness exercise Thracian Sentry 2023. More than... MORE

Soldiers and Airmen from the Tennessee National Guard fly to Bulgaria to kick off Thracian Sentry 2023. Tennessee and Bulgaria have been partners under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program since 1993.

Tennessee National Guard Prepares for Joint Bulgarian Exercise
March 3, 2023 — NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Tennessee National Guard will conduct the international joint readiness exercise Thracian Sentry 2023 throughout Bulgaria June 12-30.More than 170 military personnel from the... MORE

An Air National Guard C-17 Globemaster from the 164th Airlift Wing offloads Tennessee Army National Guard Soldiers in Bulgaria as part of a multinational exercise.

Tenn. Guard Strengthens Combat Medicine Skills with Bulgaria
August 19, 2022 — SOFIA, Bulgaria - Bulgarian Armed Forces showed off their combat lifesaving training to the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria, Ms. Herro Mustafa, and key facilitators from U.S. Army Tennessee National Guard... MORE

U.S. Ambassador Herro Mustafa, Bulgarian Army Col. Ivan Popivanov, Bulgarian Air Force Col. Dimo Dimov, and U.S. Army Col. Keith Evans, observe a simulated battalion aid station at a medical tent in the Bulgarian Military Medical Simulation Training Center in Sofia, Bulgaria, 10 August, 2022.

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... MORE

Staff Sgt. Michael Fisher, aircraft structural maintenance craftsman with the 169th Maintenance Squadron, South Carolina Air National Guard, demonstrates an industrial tube bender to Bulgarian air force officers at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, South Carolina March 5, 2022. Bulgaria, a NATO partner and partner with the Tennessee National Guard under the State Partnership Program, is scheduled to receive F-16 fighter jets. South Carolina assisted with the SPP engagement by hosting maintenance officers from the Bulgarian air force.

Thriving: Tennessee, Bulgaria partnership nears 30th anniversary
November 12, 2021 — SOFIA, Bulgaria – Common values, shared purpose and a commitment to peace and security have guided a 28-year partnership between the Tennessee National Guard and Bulgaria.One of the original 13... MORE

Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, chief, National Guard Bureau, right, with Adm. Emil Eftimov, Bulgaria's chief of defense, Sofia, Bulgaria, Nov. 4, 2021.

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