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  • Arizona Guard, Partner Kazakhstan Compete to be Best Warrior

    PHOENIX - Early mornings, long days and late nights were all part of the grueling three-day experience of over 30 Arizona National Guard members and Republic of Kazakhstan soldiers who competed to be Arizona’s 2023 Best Warrior at the end of April.Held annually in states nationwide, the Best Warrior

  • Hokanson: State Partnership Program Stable, Steadfast and Growing

    DENVER – The Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program — built on enduring relationships, common interests and trust — is stable, steadfast and growing, the Guard’s top leader said Thursday.The program started with 13 partnerships in 1993. It now boasts 100 nations paired

  • Sultanate of Oman Joins Growing State Partnership Program

    MUSCAT, Oman – A relationship formed almost two centuries ago – when the Sultanate of Oman became the first Arab Gulf state to sign a bilateral accord with the United States – deepened this week with the signing of a security cooperation agreement with the Arizona National Guard.With the formal

  • Arizona Guard, Oman Partner in State Partnership Program

    MUSCAT, Oman - The Arizona Department of Emergency and Military Affairs, Arizona National Guard, and the Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Defense signed a State Partnership Program agreement March 13, becoming partners in the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau program.“This is a unique and

  • Guard Continues Domestic, Global Missions in a Busy 2022

    ARLINGTON, Va. - The National Guard’s footprint on domestic and international events continued in 2022, highlighting its transformation from a Cold War strategic reserve to the combat reserve of the Army and the Air Force. “People don’t realize just how large the National Guard is,” said Army Gen.

  • Arizona National Guard, Oman Form State Partnership

    PHOENIX - The Arizona National Guard announced a new partnership with the Sultanate of Oman Oct. 13 through the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.“Arizona has extensive land, air and emergency management experience that closely aligns with the capabilities,

  • National Guard Trains with Partner Nations in Tajikistan

    DUSHANBE, Tajikistan – About 300 troops from the United States, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Mongolia and Pakistan trained together for the exercise Regional Cooperation 22 Aug. 6-18.The annual exercise, sponsored by U.S. Central Command and primarily conducted by National Guard

  • Wisconsin Airmen complete air combat training in Key West

    KEY WEST, Fla. – Approximately 150 Airmen assigned to the 115th Fighter Wing in Madison, Wisconsin, participated in joint-international training at Naval Air Station Key West May 5-18.Throughout the two-week training, Wisconsin Air National Guardsmen and their active-duty counterparts worked with

  • AZNG partners with Active Component for COVID vaccinations

    PHOENIX – The Arizona National Guard is partnering with its active-duty counterparts from the 56th Medical Group at Luke Air Force Base, Glendale, and the 355th Medical Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, to vaccinate active duty members, dependents, Department of Defense civilians and