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  • Partnerships a Must in Shoring Up Cyber Defenses

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – In today’s ever-changing digital landscape, cyberspace is all-encompassing, presenting new and emerging threats surpassing national borders in scale and complexity. Consequently, global partnerships will be vital in securing the pivotal battlefield of tomorrow, cyber officials

  • State Partnership Program is Enduring Answer to Global Security Threats

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.  – National Guard members, senior leaders and leaders from partner nations worldwide came together this week to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program. The SPP, which pairs Guard elements with partner nations

  • Guard, Global Partners Celebrate 30 Years of Security Cooperation

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Senior military, diplomatic and defense officials converged to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Department of Defense and National Guard State Partnership Program Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, July 17-18.Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson, the chief of the National

  • Milley Touts Successes of Guard's State Partnership Program

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff called on all nations involved in the National Guard's State Partnership Program to recommit themselves to continue training and if necessary, fighting together for the ideals that are foundational to the freedom of mankind."We are

  • Nevada Guard Partners with Samoa

    CARSON CITY, Nev. – The Nevada National Guard, the U.S. Embassy in Samoa and the Government of Samoa officials are ecstatic to announce the official collaboration between the Nevada National Guard and the Government of Samoa under the National Guard’s State Partnership Program which was signed and

  • ‘During Soviet Occupations, Latvia Has Felt All the Consequences’

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland – On Nov. 15, 1992 – the day Air Force Lt. Gen. John Conaway touched down in Riga, Latvia, hoping to establish partnerships between National Guard elements and nations newly freed in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Bloc – Ināra Mūrniece was 21-years-old.Twice,

  • Massachusetts Guard, Paraguay Partner for Cyber Training

    ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay – Two members of the Massachusetts National Guard, Army Chief Warrant Officer 4 Jeffrey Melendez and Air Force Master Sgt. Joseph Craig joined the Joint Combatant-Command Cyber Assessment Team (JCCAT) to participate in the United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM)-led visit to

  • New Hampshire National Guard Hosts Trilateral SPP Exchange

    CONCORD, NH – The New Hampshire Army National Guard hosted Salvadoran and Cabo Verdean visitors for a State Partnership Program exchange from July 9-11 in Concord. Military guests, seven from El Salvador and three from Cabo Verde collaborated with Guard aircrews at the Army Aviation Support