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Two service members talk as they stand over a patient.

Aug. 30, 2022

New York Guard Trains With Brazilian Military

One hundred New York National Guard airmen, including 80 from the 106th Rescue Wing, are participating in exercises with their Brazilian air force counterparts.

An airman poses for a picture with flags in the background.

Sept. 11, 2018

Face of Defense: New Hampshire Airman Serves as Translator in El Salvador

NEWINGTON, N.H. — Air Force Staff Sgt. Kirsten E. Arends, a member of the New Hampshire Air National Guard, served as a translator in El Salvador as part of the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program, which has joined El Salvador and the state of New Hampshire as strategic partners since 2000.

U.S. Army Maj. Edward Figueroa (far left), Army South section chief, Command Sgt. Maj. James L. Allen, West Virginia National Guard senior enlisted leader, Lt. Gen. Oscar Reto Otero, Peruvian army chief of staff, Gen. Cesar Astudillo, Commanding General of the Peruvian army and Col. Edward Ortiz, Army Defense Attache for the U.S. Embassy in Peru, pose for a photo at the Peruvian Army Headquarters.

Feb. 6, 2018

West Virginia leaders plan engagements with Peruvian forces

LIMA, Peru - West Virginia National Guard senior leaders and members of the State Partnership Program met with Peruvian military leadership in Lima, Peru recently to develop a path forward for future engagements in the coming months and years.

Dec. 14, 2017

New PRNG leader assumes responsibility of Joint Security Forces

SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras — SOTO CANO AIR BASE, Honduras – U.S. Army National Guard 1st Sgt. Eliezer Castrodad from the 755th Military Police Company, Puerto Rico National Guard assumed responsibility of Joint Security Forces, Joint Task Force-Bravo on December 11, 2017 during a Change of Responsibility ceremony held at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras.

Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard and members of Suriname Defense Force repair a concrete foundation while renovating portions of the O.S. Majosteeg 3 School in Paramaribo, Aug. 13-24

Aug. 31, 2017

SD Guard, Suriname engineers partner together to renovate school

PARAMARIBO, Suriname – Soldiers from the South Dakota Army National Guard and the Suriname Defense Force partnered together to renovate portions of the O.S. Majosteeg 3 School in Paramaribo, Aug. 13-24.

Aug. 21, 2017

Counterdrug program trains international law enforcement partners

The National Guard Counterdrug Program conducted the first class of its newly developed course aimed at disrupting illicit drug trafficking networks July 10-Aug. 10 .The NG CDP worked closely with U.S. Southern Command to identify Suriname as the first country to send a student to attend the pilot course.

Florida Army National Guard 2nd lt. Ryan Noblitt, assigned to Delta Company, 1-124 Infantry, 53rd Brigade Combat Team, takes a selfie with schoolchildren and another Soldier in his unit, Staff Sgt. Edward Roseman during a community relations (COMREL) event on board Paragon Base. The students visited the base to participate in a Tradewinds 2017 COMREL event.

June 9, 2017

National Guard, sister services engage community during Tradewinds exercise

PARAGON BASE, Barbados - Most people envision the Caribbean as a vacation spot with sparkling waters and white sand beaches. For Soldiers, the Caribbean serves as the location for the annual Tradewinds exercise, directed by the Army's Southern Command (SOUTHCOM).