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The Vermont National Guard and Senegalese Armed Forces engineers are renovating the firing range through their State Partnership Program relationship.

April 16, 2018

Vermont Guard engineers kick off range project

MOUNT ROLLAND TRAINING SITE, Senegal — Vermont National Guard Engineers kicked off a firing range project here with a team of Senegalese Armed Force Engineers Monday.

Vermont Guard members obtain medical experience in Senegal

March 20, 2018

Vermont National Guard medical personnel work in Senegal

ZIGUINCHOR, Senegal — Vermont National Guard members mobilized to Senegal Feb. 4-23 to work with Senegalese medical personnel to obtain experience providing services as part of a medical readiness training exercise.

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.

U.S. soldiers from the Vermont Army National Guard clear a room in a target house at the Krivolak Training Area, Republic of North Macedonia, May 25, 2012. Soldiers participating in Exercise Cooperative Lancer had the opportunity to train from the classroom, to the sand tables and then incorporate that training out into the field. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Sarah Mattison)

June 27, 2012

Cooperative Lancer 2012

North Macedonia — About 40 members of the Vermont Army National Guard joined a dozen other countries in the former Yugoslav Republic of North Macedonia in May for a two-week long NATO exercise that was designed to enhance interoperability between participating countries. Named Cooperative Lancer and Longbow, the Vermont Army National Guard  members worked with fellow military men and women from more than a dozen NATO countries and NATO-partner countries. Vermont has had a good relationship with North Macedonia via the State Partnership Program since 1993 which has fostered close ties between the two groups.

U.S. Army Spc. Robert Dearden, an infantryman from Georges Mills, N.H., of 4th Platoon, D Company, 3rd Battalion, 172nd Infantry Regiment mans a machine gun during a joint patrol with a platoon of Macedonian Rangers, June 5. The Macedonians are embedded with the D Company Soldiers of the Vermont National Guard as part of their state Partnership for Peace Program. They are the first state partnership involved in the program to embed and run combat operations. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Staff Sgt. Whitney Hughes)

May 30, 2010

'Always a Step Ahead' - Macedonia Rangers partner with Task Force Avalanche in Paktya

Afghanistan — True to their motto "Always a step ahead," the soldiers of the Ranger Battalion of the Macedonian army are forging new ground with their U.S. partners from the Vermont Army National Guard in the National Guard's State Partnership for Peace Program.

Sept. 18, 2009

Macedonian president visits Vermont to discuss joint deployment

BURLINGTON, Vermont — The president of the Republic of Macedonia arrived here today to further develop the nation's ongoing relationship with the Vermont National Guard that began in 1995 with the National Guard State Partnership Program.

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TAG's State of the Guard - April 2025

The above YouTube video link may not work on all government computers. Read the transcript of MG Gregory Knight's full State of the Guard here.

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Maj. Gen. Thomas Friloux, adjutant general of Louisiana, and Command Sgt. Maj. Clifford Ockman, command senior enlisted leader of the Louisiana National Guard, join city officials, federal partners and leaders from state agencies during the annual ceremonial walk down Bourbon Street marking the official close of Carnival Season in New Orleans, Feb. 18, 2026. Louisiana National Guard Soldiers supported law enforcement partners throughout peak Mardi Gras security operations as part of Operation NOLA Safe. Photo by Capt. Peter Drasutis.
Louisiana Guard Supports Law Enforcement Partners During Mardi Gras
By Capt. Peter Drasutis, | Feb. 20, 2026
NEW ORLEANS – Louisiana National Guard Soldiers supported federal, state and local law enforcement partners throughout peak Mardi Gras operations in the French Quarter, assisting with crowd management, emergency response and...
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Matthew Wright, a cyber analyst with the 267th Intelligence Squadron, poses for a photo on Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts, Feb. 18, 2026. Wright recently completed a challenging five-month fellowship program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through a unique military collaboration between the Department of the Air Force Artificial Intelligence Accelerator program and the private research university. Photo by Senior Airman Julia Ahaesy.
Massachusetts Guardsman Collaborates With Top AI Researchers in Prestigious Fellowship
By Senior Airman Julia Ahaesy, | Feb. 20, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Massachusetts National Guard Senior Airman Matthew Wright recently completed a challenging five-month fellowship program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology through a unique military collaboration...
Brig. Gen. Brad Carter, Col. Lindy White and Capt. E.J. Johnson, Oklahoma Army National Guard, are joined by Oklahoma Rep. Chris Kannady, as well as representatives from Flintco Construction, Larson Design Group and Oklahoma Army National Guard Construction and Facilities Maintenance Office, during the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Oklahoma National Guard Wellness Center in Oklahoma City, Feb. 19, 2026. The 35,000-square-foot facility is at the Oklahoma City Military Complex in Oklahoma City. Amenities within the wellness center include a fully equipped workout space for resistance training and agility, indoor and outdoor meditation spaces, a chapel, conference rooms, classroom spaces and a teaching kitchen. The facility also houses Oklahoma National Guard programs and services, including Behavioral Health; Chaplain; Equal Employment Opportunity; Family Programs; Holistic Health and Fitness; Integrated Primary Prevention; Resilience; Suicide Prevention; Substance Abuse Prevention and Risk Reduction; and Sexual Assault Prevention and Response. Photo by Staff Sgt. Anthony Jones.
Oklahoma National Guard Unveils New Wellness Center
By Leanna Maschino, | Feb. 20, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma National Guard leadership held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb. 19 for the Oklahoma National Guard Wellness Center, a nearly 35,000-square-foot facility at the Oklahoma City Military Complex."This is a...
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