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May 24, 2021

FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — Regional army chiefs and leaders participated in the virtual Indo-Pacific Land Power Conference, May 18 - 19, 2021, hosted by U.S. Army Pacific Commanding General Gen. Paul J. LaCamera.

Wisconsin NG lays foundation for partnership with Papua New Guinea

May 19, 2021

Wisconsin National Guard Lays Foundation for Partnership with Papua New Guinea

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Army National Guard officer has spent the better part of the last year laying the foundation for the Wisconsin National Guard’s new state partnership with Papua New Guinea.

Left to right, Guatemalan Cols. Miguel Orozco, J2 intelligence director; Edgar Agustin, J3 operations director; and Romeo Nerio, training command director; examine an RQ-11 Raven unmanned aircraft operated by the Arkansas National Guard’s 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Maj. Gen. Walfre Carranza, Guatemala’s chief of defense, led a six-person delegation that toured Arkansas National Guard facilities May 13-15, 2021, under the State Partnership Program.

May 17, 2021

Guatemala, Arkansas National Guard grow SPP partnership

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The Arkansas National Guard and its State Partnership Program counterpart, Guatemala, resumed face-to-face exchanges May 12-15 after a year of virtual exchanges due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Capt. Christopher Meza, a Wisconsin Army National Guard officer, with senior leaders from the Papua New Guinea Defense Force. Meza spent nearly six months in Papua New Guinea where he represented the Wisconsin National Guard as part of its new State Partnership Program partnership with Papua New Guinea.

May 17, 2021

WING lays foundation for partnership with Papua New Guinea

MADISON, Wis. — One Wisconsin Army National Guard officer has spent the better part of the last year laying the foundation for the Wisconsin National Guard’s new state partnership with Papua New Guinea.

May 11, 2021

U.S. Military Provides Additional Php5.7 Million in PPE to Support Philippine COVID-19 Response

MANILA — On April 22, U.S. military service members in Mindanao and Luzon began the delivery of nearly Php5.7 million ($118,700) worth of personal protective equipment and medical supplies to local partners battling COVID-19 in provinces across the Philippines.

May 11, 2021

Army South strengthens cooperation in Jamaica with humanitarian assistance, disaster relief response

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Brig. Gen. Alcides V. Faria, U.S. Army South deputy commanding general for interoperability, represented the U.S. Army and conducted a walk-through of the second field hospital donated to Jamaica by the U.S. through U.S. Southern Command.

Staff Sgt. Julia Reyna, 318th Training Squadron Structures and Corrosion Instructor, uses the paint simulator during a demonstration at Joint Base San Antonio, Lackland, Texas, April 28, 2021. The newly acquired software allows mobile training teams to travel with the equipment and provide instruction to partner nation members with real-time results while eliminating expenses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

May 11, 2021

Mobile paint simulator helps expand training to partner nation students

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas — With just a few clicks, a spray gun and virtual reality goggles, instructors at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland are using new software to teach proper painting techniques – in the classroom here and across partner nation countries – without wasting a drop of paint.

May 7, 2021

SATMO commander relinquishes command during May ceremony

FORT BRAGG, North Carolina — Col. Scott J. Malone, commander of Army Security Assistance Training Management Organization, relinquished command to SATMO's executive officer, Lt. Col. Alex Duran, on May 7.

Sgt. Bradley Taylor, center, a medic with the Pennsylvania National Guard's 108th Medical Company Area Support, poses with two Lithuanian Army Soldiers on a Lithuanian Army base in Marijampole, Lithuania, where Taylor is providing medical support to U.S and Lithuanian troops. The 108th MCAS deployed to Europe in late February to provide medical support to U.S. and allied rotational forces in the region.

May 6, 2021

108th MCAS medics provide support at Lithuanian base

LITHUANIA — Two medics deployed with the 108th Medical Company Area Support – both coincidentally named Bradley – are apart from their unit serving other Soldiers and Lithuanian counterparts at a base in Lithuania.

Joe Kidwell, left, the Colombian Central Case Manager at U.S. Army Security Assistance Command – New Cumberland, along with Jason King, center, the USASAC Colombian Country Program Manager, and their Colombian military counterpart, discuss foreign military sales cases during flight to see the Tolemaida Air Base, 6 April 2021.

May 5, 2021

Security assistance enterprise trains Colombian counterparts

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Recently two U.S. Army Security Assistance Command employees trained more than 140 Colombian military and Ministry of Defense civilian personnel in how to develop and execute their own foreign military sales cases.

May 5, 2021

U.S. Army North Staff Members Complete Security Workforce Certification

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The triad of the U.S. Army North (ARNORTH) mission encompasses Homeland Defense, Theater Security Cooperation (TSC), and Defense Support of Civil Authorities. Recently members of ARNORTH’s G3 completed the Security Cooperation Workforce (SCW) certificate program to enhance the TSC mission.

May 4, 2021

Senior enlisted leaders collaborate in Colombia

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — During a recent key leader engagement visit to Colombia, Command Sgt. Maj. Sean Rice, the senior enlisted adviser at Security Assistance Command, saw firsthand how the foreign military sales process promoted greater interoperability between the Colombian military and the U.S. Army.

Two Israeli F-35 “Adirs” fly in formation and display the U.S. and Israeli flags after receiving fuel from a Tennessee Air National Guard KC-135, Dec, 6, 2016. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Israeli partners recently celebrated the delivery of additional hardened hangars and associated facilities that support the Israeli Air Force’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets. The United States has partnered with Israel for several years on its F-35 program through the Foreign Military Finance, or FMF, program where the two nations partner on construction of strategic facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Erik D. Anthony)

May 3, 2021

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues to deliver on F-35 program in Israel

ISRAEL — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District has delivered an additional secure home for part of the Israeli Air Force’s fleet of F-35 fighter jets, with a small ceremony marking the completion of another Hardened Hangar project on site earlier this year in March.

Three men in military uniforms and one in civilian clothes pose in front of a shipment of supplies covered with a protective sheet adorned with the flags of the U.S. and Paraguay.

April 30, 2021

DLA, SOUTHCOM partnership provides humanitarian support for COVID-19 relief

PHILADELPHIA — The Defense Logistics Agency partnered with the U.S. Southern Command to deliver $1.3 million worth of life-saving pharmaceuticals to the Paraguay Ministry of Health for urgent treatment of intensive care patients with COVID-19.

April 30, 2021

CJCS Hosts Republic of Korea, Japanese Counterparts for Trilateral Discussions

CAMP H.M. SMITH, Hawaii — Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark A. Milley hosted a trilateral meeting in Hawaii with Chairman of the Republic of Korea Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Won In Choul, and Japanese Chief of Staff, Joint Staff Gen. Koji Yamazaki yesterday.

A woman looks at a laptop screen; a U.S. flag is in the background.

April 29, 2021

Defense Official Says Partnerships Vital to Holding Russia Accountable in Eurasia

WASHINGTON — A Defense official says Russian influence and meddling in nations around the Mediterranean and the Middle East have been characterized as destabilizing and opportunistic and pose concerns for regional security and stability.

U.S. Army 5th SFAB and Philippine Army Conduct Bilateral Training in Nueva Ecija

April 28, 2021

U.S. Army 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade and Philippine Army Conduct Bilateral Training in Nueva Ecija

MANILA, Philippines — U.S. soldiers from the 5th Security Force Assistance Brigade (SFAB) arrived in the Philippines last month to conduct their first-ever partner training rotation with the Philippine Army, with bilateral training events taking place April to June 2021, in strict adherence to Philippine government COVID-19 safety protocols. Engagements will take place primarily at Fort Magsaysay in Nueva Ecija.

View of work on a new helicopter landing zone at the primary hospital in Karlovac, Croatia in March 2021

April 27, 2021

U.S. Army-delivered helipad projects at hospitals in Croatia to hasten emergency medical care and save lives

ZAGREB, Croatia — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is delivering three modern helicopter landing zones at hospitals across Croatia to help reduce transportation times in emergency situations and ultimately save lives.

April 26, 2021

Security enterprise sees Colombian capabilities firsthand

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Brig. Gen. Douglas Lowrey, commander of the Security Assistance Command, and six staff members, traveled to Colombia to engage in one of the most wide-sweeping key leader engagements for the USASAC team since the pandemic hit in early 2020.

Belize Defence Force members train Louisiana National Guardsmen on constructing a hasty shelter during a jungle-warfare training exercise in Cayo, Belize, July 1, 2014. The training, part of the National Guard’s State Partnership Program, included jungle navigation, jungle survival, river and obstacle crossing and a culminating battalion-level jungle exercise.

April 26, 2021

Louisiana, Belize State Partnership Program marks 25 years

NEW ORLEANS — The Louisiana National Guard and the Belize Defence Force marked the 25th anniversary of their State Partnership Program (SPP) April 23. The program links a unique component of the Department of Defense - a state's National Guard - with the armed forces or equivalent of a partner country in a cooperative and mutually beneficial relationship.

April 22, 2021

JTFB donates foggers to fight dengue in La Paz

La Paz, Honduras — Joint Task Force-Bravo, in coordination with the Security Cooperation Office at the U.S. Embassy in Tegucigalpa, donated 15 thermal foggers with maintenance kits to fight dengue in the department of La Paz, Honduras, April 15, 2021.

Airmen, shown from behind, sit in the darkened cockpit of an aircraft in flight.

April 15, 2021

Partnerships Are Vital to U.S. Military, Security Challenges in Europe

WASHINGTON — U.S. partnerships and alliances are critical to combatting unwelcome actions by adversaries, such as those stemming from Russian aggression, two key defense officials told the House Armed Services Committee.

April 15, 2021

Ghanaian officer earns her blue cord

FORT BENNING, Ga. — Medal of Honor recipient retired Capt. Florent “Flo” Groberg, a graduate of the Maneuver Center of Excellence Officer Candidate School and Infantry Officer Basic Course, spoke at the IBOLC graduation of Class 01-21.

April 15, 2021

Expanding the Reach

WASHINGTON — Today, representatives of the Institute met with the President and Vice President of the Association of Police Attachés from Latin America (APALA) to formalize an agreement between the two entities.

April 14, 2021

DOD Modernization Can't Happen Alone, Defense Official Says

WASHINGTON — Technology development that's competitive with that of adversaries is something the Defense Department can't accomplish on its own. It must be done in partnership with academia, partner nations and the U.S. private sector technology industry, said the DOD official who's performing the duties of the undersecretary of defense for research and engineering.