About This Partnership

Vermont established its state partnership partnership with the Republic of North Macedonia on July 14, 1993. Their partnership has included more than 350 military-to-military activities, including collaborative events in Europe and the United States, as well as a shared deployment to Afghanistan in 2010, marking the first time a National Guard unit deployed and served with a state partner. The Vermont National Guard supported their partnership through military assistance and training to help North Macedonia meet NATO standards, leading up to North Macedonia's entry into the alliance in 2020. Vermont and North Macedonia announced in 2021 that they would expand their partnership to include civic and economic opportunities for cooperation.

Recent North Macedonia Partnership News
Macedonia officials conduct a mock press conference Sept. 20, 2018, during a flood response tabletop exercise in Skopje, Macedonia. The exercise was sponsored by the Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness Program and included the participation of first responders from the Republic of Macedonia and the United States.

Sept. 27, 2018

U.S., Macedonia participate in flood response exercise

SKOPJE, North Macedonia — A team of nine American first responders traveled to Skopje for a flood response exercise Sept. 17-21. Named Comprehensive Response Vodno 2018, the exercise is part of the U.S. Civil-Military Emergency Preparedness Program, under the Center for Civil-Military Relations.

Maj. Gen. Steven Cray and the Vermont Delegation discuss the tri-lateral engagement with the Army of the Republic of Macedonia, the Minister of Defense and his delegation, and the delegation from Senegal, Sept. 24, 2014. According to Cray, the countries of Macedonia and Senegal have come a long way to moving the engagement forward. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Dyana Allen)

Oct. 7, 2014

Vermont's adjutant general says Macedonian partnership remains strong

CAMP JOHNSON, Vermont — Returning from the Vermont National Guard’s State Partnership country, Macedonia, Maj. Gen. Steven Cray, the adjutant general, was extremely optimistic about the future of the partnership and the tri-lateral engagement between Macedonia, Vermont and Senegal, Vermont’s other State Partnership country.

North Macedonian army Maj. Zoran Milenkoski and Maj.Ljupco Karanfilovski pose for a photo with U.S. Army National Guard Capt. Mark Bowen (center) at Fort Drum, N.Y., Aug. 13, 2013. The 86th IBCT is participating in an Exportable Combat Training Center rotation in preparation for Joint Readiness Training Center rotation in 2014. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman Jeffrey Tatro)

Aug. 13, 2013

N. Macedonian army conducts combined training with 186th BSB

FORT DRUM, New York — Members of the North Macedonian army are training through combined operations with the 186th Brigade Support Battalion here, from Aug. 4 and scheduled to stay until Aug. 19.

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