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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Mac Broich, an instructor with the Vermont Army National Guard’s Regional Training Institute, observes rounds for a soldier from the Senegalese Army’s 1st Paratrooper Battalion at a range July 13, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Craig Philbrick/Released)

Article | Vermont Guardsmen enhance partnership through Africa Readiness Training

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ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise that brings together U.S. and Senegalese infantry units for partnered training.
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Air Force Brig. Gen. David San Clemente, deputy director for strategy, plans and program at AFRICOM, speaks to senior leaders of ten National Guard states from across the U.S., U.S. Africa Command and U.S. Army Africa, about strategic and long-term planning at the State Partnership Program conference in Raleigh, N.C., Jan. 26, 2016. The service members met at the conference to discuss the long-term strategic plans and programs for AFRICOM. These plans include security force assistance programs, strengthening institutions and regional approaches to disaster preparedness. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Lisa Vines, Public Affairs Office/Released)

Article | AFRICOM and National Guard Leaders Meet to Discuss State Partnership Program

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Through the State Partnership Program, the National Guard bolsters the military capacity of partner nations in Africa.
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Kenya and Djibouti represent the first East Africa nations to join the National Guard Bureau’s State Partnership Program.

Article | National Guard State Partnership Program: East Africa

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This year, the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program expanded to include a partnership between the Djiboutian Armed Forces and the Kentucky National Guard, and one between the Massachusetts National Guard and Kenya Defence Forces.
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U.S. Army Gen. David M. Rodriguez, the commander of U.S. Africa Command met Ugandan Chief of Defense Forces Katumba Wamala and other senior officials of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces in Kampala Sept. 30, 2015. (Photo courtesy U.S. Embassy - Kampala)

Article | AFRICOM Commander Visits East African Partners

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A look at the commander's trip to Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda that concluded Oct. 2.
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Maj. Gen. Scott Rice, Massachusetts National Guard Adjutant General, and Kenyan Defence Principal Secretary Kiritu Wamae sign the State Partnership Program agreement during a signing ceremony in Nairobi Oct. 1, 2015.

Article | Massachusetts National Guard begins State Partnership with Republic of Kenya

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During an official signing ceremony in Nairobi, Kenya Oct. 1, the Massachusetts National Guard became the U.S. partner for the Republic of Kenya as part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which is managed by the National Guard.
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The Massachusetts National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Kenya as part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which is managed by the National Guard.

Article | Massachusetts National Guard announces new State Partnership with Republic of Kenya

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The Massachusetts National Guard has been selected as the U.S. partner for the Republic of Kenya as part of the Department of Defense’s State Partnership Program, which is managed by the National Guard.
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U.S. Air Force Capts. Vincent Levraea (left) and Jason Steinlicht, both pilots from the 317th Airlift Group at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, conduct pre-flight checklists at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Nov. 4, 2014. The pilots are preparing to fly a sortie into Monrovia, Liberia, to deliver more than 8 tons of humanitarian aid and military supplies in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to contain the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

Article | Dyess Airmen join forces with Kentucky Air Guard in Senegal, establish airlift squadron for Ebola response

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More than 35 Airmen and two C-130 aircraft from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, arrived to establish the 787th Air Expeditionary Squadron and fly humanitarian cargo into Liberia as part of Operation United Assistance, the mission to fight Ebola in West Africa.
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A delegation from Angola and Mozambique, consisting of journalists and media representatives from various media outlets, visits U.S. Africa Command as part of the AFRICOM Media Visit Program hosted by the AFRICOM public affairs office in Stuttgart, Germany, July 21-25, 2014.

Article | AFRICOM hosts media delegation from Angola and Mozambique

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Journalists from Angola and Mozambique spent a week in Stuttgart learning about U.S. Africa Command.
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The State Partnership Program is a key U.S. security cooperation tool that facilitates cooperation across all aspects of international civil-military affairs and encourages people-to-people ties at the state level.
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Arrival ceremony in honor of Ghana COD. Vice Adm. Mathew Quashie, Chief of Defence for the Ghana Armed Forces, is honored during an arrival ceremony at U.S. Africa Command at the Command’s headquarters at Kelly Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany, on April 7. Pictured left to right are U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Sprynczatyk, the Adjutant General for the North Dakota National Guard, Vice Adm. Quashie, U.S. Army Cmd. Sgt. Maj. Darrin Bohn, Senior Enlisted Leader, U.S. Africa Command, and U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Michael Kingsley, Chief of Staff, U.S. Africa Command. (U.S. Africa Command photo by Brenda Law/Released)

Article | Ghana Defence Chief visits AFRICOM

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Vice Adm. Mathew Quashie, Chief of Defence for the Ghana Armed Forces, traveled from Accra to meet with leaders of U.S. Africa Command on April 7 at the Command’s headquarters at Kelly Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany. Accompanying
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Frederick Kafui Agbleze (far left) in Geographic Information System training, sponsored jointly by U.S. Africa Command and Ghana’s National Disaster Management Office (NADMO), works through an exercise scenario while experts from FEMA and the City of Fargo, North Dakota look on. The training was conducted in Accra, Ghana, September 16-28. Left to right are participant Frederick Kafui Agbleze, a research analyst who specializes in statistics and works for NADMO; Gene Longnecker, a senior physical scientist and manager of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) for FEMA Region IV, Jesse Rozelle, risk analyst/GIS coordinator for FEMA Region VIII and Brady Scribner, strategic national stockpile and city readiness coordinator for the city of Fargo, ND. Longnecker, Rozelle and Scribner were recruited by the North Dakota Army National Guard, to develop and conduct GIS training in Ghana. A state partner for the past ten years, North Dakota has been active in partnering with Ghana to plan, develop and execute programs and training that build capacity in Ghana’s ability to conduct disaster management operations. (U.S. AFRICOM photo by Brenda Law)

Article | AFRICOM Partners with Ghana to Build Capability at Disaster Management Workshop

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Members of the North Dakota Army National Guard and staff members at U.S. Africa Command are part of a training team that worked with the Ghanaian team in Accra to help develop and conduct Geographic Information System (GIS) training September
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Article | Going Farther by Going Together: Building Partner Capacity in Africa

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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Issue 67, 4th Quarter 2012, of the Joint Force Quarterly, a military journal published by the National Defense University for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to inform members of the U.S.
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Article | Going Farther by Going Together: Building Partner Capacity in Africa

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Editor's Note: This article originally appeared in Issue 67, 4th Quarter 2012, of the Joint Force Quarterly, a military journal published by the National Defense University for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to inform members of
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RENO, Nevada - General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, addresses the 134th National Guard Association of the United States General Conference in Reno, Nevada, September 10, 2012. (National Guard Bureau photo by Jim Greenhill)

Article | Ham: National Guard Essential to Africa Command

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The National Guard is essential to U.S. Africa Command, the combatant commander said in Reno, Nevada Monday, September 10, 2012. "We in Africa Command rely on members of the Army and Air National Guard every day to accomplish our mission," Army
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THEBEPHATSHWA AIR BASE, Botswana - U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Chris Choate, center, shows members of the Botswanan military how to properly secure a litter on a C-130 Hercules aircraft as part of an aeromedical evacuation exercise, August 11, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Lausanne Morgan)

Article | Ham to Seek More National Guard Partnerships in Africa

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As the North Carolina National Guard builds on successes of the Southern Accord 12 exercise that wrapped up last week with Botswana, the commander of U.S. Africa Command said he'll press to expand the State Partnership Program on the
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Article | State Partnership Program Supports AFRICOM's Theater Engagement

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When a pro-democracy revolution swept Tunisia, launching what became known as the Arab Spring, the Tunisian military looked to its U.S. partner, the Wyoming National Guard, for help in teaching democratic values to the country's youth.
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Article | 2012 POSTURE STATEMENT: Statement of General Carter Ham Before House Armed Services Committee

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See PDF version with maps/illustrations: 2012 Posture Statement

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Page | TRANSCRIPT: U.S. AFRICOM, EUCOM Commanders Testify Before Senate Armed Services Committee

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General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. Africa Command, and Admiral James Stavridis, commander of U.S. European Command, testified as part of the Senate Armed Services Committee's annual budget hearings, March 1, 2012.

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Article | State Partnership Program Emphasizes Building Relationships

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A small, but innovative, program demonstrates the U.S. military's "very agile and flexible" capabilities in working with partners, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said recently.

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ACCRA, Ghana - Sergeant 1st Class Tony Duben, of Devils Lake, N.D., works with Staff Sergeant Quave, a soldier in the Ghana Army, to prepare explosives for detonation in February 2011. Duben and Sergeant 1st Class Paul Deegan, both instructors with the North Dakota National Guard's 164th Regional Training Institute, traveled to Ghana as part of a combat engineer instructor exchange. Two Ghanaian instructors have spent the past two weeks in North Dakota as part of the latter half of the exchange. (North Dakota National Guard photo by Sergeant 1st Class Paul Deegan)

Article | Ghana Engineer Instructors Visit North Dakota

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Ghanaian Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Afful grinned as he spun around in the turret of a military weapon system called an Avenger Pedestal-Mounted Stinger. Having never been exposed to such a machine, he enjoyed seeing how it worked, spinning
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