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  • National Guard Leaders Urge Leveraging Enlisted Force in SPP

    DENVER - The National Guard Bureau hosted its annual State Partnership Program Conference April 17-21, welcoming Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Joanne Bass, senior enlisted leaders from Air Force major commands, combatant commands and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to participate in a

  • 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

  • Air Guard Leaders Visit Fallen Malaysian Officer’s Family

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - While visiting Camp Murray in November 2021, Royal Malaysian Air Force Col. Hasnol Hisham Abu Hassan died after a medical emergency. His sudden death shocked his friends and family, especially his wife, who jumped on a plane and flew to a foreign place to lay her husband to

  • Kentucky Guardsmen Awarded New State Ribbon for State Partnership Program

    FRANKFORT, Ky. – Kentucky National Guard Soldiers and Airmen received a new joint state ribbon recognizing service with the State Partnership Program in a ceremony at the Boone National Guard Center April 13.As of the ceremony, 34 Soldiers and Airmen qualified for the ribbon. Those present were

  • Guard Names State Partnership Program Partnerships of the Year

    DENVER – Following a busy year with engagements in Europe, South America and stateside, the Pennsylvania-Lithuania and New York-Brazil partnerships were named the Department of Defense National Guard State Partnership Program partnerships of the year for 2022.The winners were announced by National

  • 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

  • 167th Airlift Wing Airman assists with Qatar intelligence training

    MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- Master Sgt. Paul Noel has devoted his 17 years of Air National Guard service to military intelligence and recently shared his expertise with the Qatari military through the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program (SPP).Noel, an intelligence specialist for the 167th

  • Kentucky National Guard, SPP Partner Ecuador Conduct Seminar

    QUITO, Ecuador - Kentucky National Guard members participated in a senior enlisted leader seminar with 21 members of the Armed Forces of Ecuador March 20–24.The engagement, the first of its kind in the almost 30-year partnership between the KYNG and Ecuadorian military under the State Partnership

  • WADS Airmen Share Knowledge with Royal Thai Air Force Partners

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - As the Washington National Guard’s State Partnership Program continues to evolve in its 21st year with the Kingdom of Thailand, the Airmen of the Western Air Defense Sector conducted a command and control battle management operations exchange in March.“During our most recent

  • Texas Best Warrior Competition Supports Partner Program

    BASTROP, Texas – The Texas Military Department’s Best Warrior Competition brought together the Texas Army and Air National Guard and Chilean and Czech Armed Forces to challenge their tactical and technical abilities and share knowledge, skills and cultures.The friendly competition at Camp Swift in