Through the State Partnership Program, the National Guard bolsters the military capacity of partner nations in Africa.

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.

A look at the commander's trip to Djibouti, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda that concluded Oct. 2.

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.

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.

Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group provide support in carrying and transporting supplies at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 22, 2014. The supplies are being sent to Liberia to support U.S. troops deployed for Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

141018-Z-VT419-205: U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Gary J. Volesky (right), commanding general of the 101st Airborne Division, speaks with Lt. Col. Bruce Bancroft (left) and Col. David Mounkes of the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group Oct. 18, 2014, during a tour of the Joint Operations Center for Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The JTF-PO is funneling humanitarian supplies and military support into West Africa as part of Operation United Assistance, the international effort to fight Ebola. Volesky will serve as the new commander of the U.S. military’s Operation United Assistance Joint Forces Command, headquartered in Liberia, where the Army is sending 3,000 Soldiers to support the USAID-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

141019-Z-VT419-207: A group of 30 U.S. military personnel, including Marines, Airmen, and Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division, board a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal, Oct. 19, 2014. The service members are bound for Monrovia, Liberia, where troops will construct medical treatment units and train health care workers as part of the Operation United Assistance, DoD’s support the USAID-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Maj. Dale Greer/Released)

AFRICOM and international efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.

Kentucky Air Guard unit establishes cargo hub in Senegal for Ebola Response

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More than 60 Airmen from the Kentucky Air National Guard deployed Oct. 2 to Senegal to establish a cargo-processing hub in support of Operation United Assistance, the international effort to battle Ebola in West Africa.

To prepare for participation for Exercise Central Accord 14, 369th Sustainment Brigade Commander Col. Reginald Sanders from the New York Army National Guard traveled to Vicenza, Italy recently to share lessons learned from their participation in

The scream of the C-130 engines filled the air as it taxied, while next to it soldiers ducked beneath the churning blades of a Bell 206 helicopter to unload a simulated patient, simultaneously the crew of Puma Eurocopter readied the aircraft for

Opening ceremony for exercise Central Accord 2013

U.S. Army Africa along with Tennessee National Guard officers provided African Deployment Partnership Training, known as ADAPT, for Malawi Defense Force troops in Salima, Malawi recently. (Photos by Capt. Brad Copas)