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  • Thai Air Force, Washington Guard Plan Enduring Partners 2025

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - To build off the success of Enduring Partners 2024, members of the Washington Air National Guard and the Royal Thai Air Force came together Sept. 10-13 for the Enduring Partners 2025 Concept Development Conference.“This is the third Enduring Partners exercise, but it feels like

  • Maryland Airmen Test Cyber Skills in Virginia Exercise

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - Maryland Air National Guard Airmen participated in Cyber Fortress 3.0, a training exercise that tested the local, state and federal response to potential cyberattacks against critical infrastructure.The exercise, hosted by the Virginia National Guard July 7-20 in collaboration

  • Virginia Guard Enlisted Leaders Meet with Finnish Partners

    RICHMOND, Va. - Virginia National Guard senior enlisted leadership traveled to Finland Aug. 19-23 to collaborate with members of the Finnish Defence Forces on a plan for joint enlisted training and exercise and development for 2025 to 2027. Command Chief Master Sgt. Kelly B. Reich, the Virginia

  • Hawaii Guard, Indonesia Conduct Super Garuda Cyber Exercise

    SURABAYA, Indonesia - On the outskirts of Surabaya’s bustling city at a sprawling naval base, teams of multinational service members collaborated to solve perplexing challenges in cyberspace.From Aug. 26 to Sept. 5 at the Headquarters Naval Warfighting Training Center, Indonesia, 46 service members

  • Louisiana National Guard Supports Belize Wellness Exchange

    PINEVILLE, La. – “Nobody can take care of you better than you. You can’t pour from an empty cup; you need to think of ways to fill your cup. Keep in mind, sometimes your cup will go down before it fills up,” said Chaplain Col. Page Brooks, Louisiana National Guard state chaplain, during the Belize

  • North Carolina Guard Delivers Books to Botswana Children

    RALEIGH, N.C. - Airmen from the North Carolina Air National Guard’s 145th Airlift Wing worked with the North Carolina Army National Guard, the Botswanan Ministry of Education, Go Global NC, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Worldview Program to accomplish a special State

  • US, Indonesia Begin Multinational Super Garuda Shield 2024

    SURABAYA, Indonesia - The United States and the Indonesian National Armed Forces officially launched the 2024 Super Garuda Shield exercise Aug. 26 with an opening ceremony at Juanda Naval Air Base Surabaya.Super Garuda Shield is the largest annual U.S.-Indonesia training exercise. It originated as

  • Virginia Guard Tests Cybersecurity Readiness in Exercise

    VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Virginia National Guard and multinational and interagency partners executed Cyber Fortress 3.0, a water management cyber incident response, July 7-20 at the State Military Reservation.“Every organization and individual in the state is a target,” said Col. Gerald A. Mazur,

  • Washington National Guard, Thai Airmen Strengthen Ties

    CAMP MURRAY, Wash. - The Washington Air National Guard, Pacific Air Forces and Royal Thai Air Force wrapped up the 11th Airman-to-Airman talks at Camp Murray Aug. 8.“It’s been a great week and always nice to spend time with old friends and make new ones,” said Brig. Gen. Ken Borchers, commander,

  • Maryland Air Guard Joins Cyber Defense Exercise in Estonia

    TALLINN, Estonia – Maryland National Guard Airmen participated in a cybersecurity exercise at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence with their Estonian and French partners.Locked Shields 2024, the world’s largest live-fire cyber defense exercise, is designed to highlight the global