• MING conducts public affairs workshop with Latvia, Liberia

    More than 25 public affairs specialists from the Michigan National Guard, Latvian National Armed Forces, and the Armed Forces of Liberia teamed up April 12-22 to hold a virtual storytelling workshop under the Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program.

  • Kentucky Guard hosts senior leader engagement with Ecuador

    Kentucky National Guard leaders welcomed Ecuadorian military and political leaders last month for the most significant Ecuadorian delegation visit to the United States in over a decade. “The event was an incredible success,” said Lt. Col. Daniel Cooper, the Kentucky National Guard State Partnership

  • Hokanson: State Partnership Program critical to national security

    “We need to tell the story of the SPP,” Young said, “and continue to expand from those military-to-military engagements and include more military-to-civilian and civilian-to-civilian engagements. With this, the SPP will continue to be a two-way street where both partners win.”

  • Ukraine-California ties show worth of National Guard program

    When Russia invaded Ukraine with more than 150,000 troops Feb. 24, most people — especially Russian President Vladimir Putin — expected a Russian cakewalk. The men and women of the California National Guard knew better. The California National Guard has had a close working relationship with the

  • Swamp Fox maintenance hosts Bulgarian air force officers

    Six Bulgarian air force maintenance officers spent two days with the 169th Maintenance Group discussing maintenance best practices as a part of a subject matter expert exchange. Earlier in the week, the Bulgarian air force team visited the 134th Air Refueling Wing in Knoxville, Tennessee, discussing