State Partnership Program

State Partnership Program

The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) was established in 1993 in response to the radically changed political-military situation following the collapse of Communism and the disintegration of the Soviet Union.

The program links U.S. states with partner countries for the purpose of supporting the security cooperation objectives of the Combatant Commander. The program's goals reflect an evolving international affairs mission for the National Guard using the unique civil-military nature of the Guard to interact with both active and reserve forces of foreign countries. The State Partners actively participate in a host of engagement activities ranging from bilateral familiarization and could lead to training exercises opportunities, fellowship-style internships, and civic leader visits and medical events. All activities are coordinated through the Theater Combatant Commander and the US Ambassadors' country teams, and other agencies as appropriate, to ensure that National Guard support is tailored to meet both US and country objectives.

The value of the SPP is its ability to focus the attention of a small part of the Department of Defense (DoD)—a State National Guard—with a single country or region in support of US Government policies. This concentrated focus allows for the development of long term personal relationships and a mechanism to catalyze support from outside the DoD which otherwise would not occur but nevertheless complements US policy. The optimum SPP partnership is one in which: the Host Nation professes genuine interest in Partnership; US and Theater engagement objectives are satisfied; the Force Protection risk is acceptable; a minimum of additional resources is required to execute engagement; and National Guard core engagement competencies, particularly military support to civil authority (MSCA), and national defense are heavily incorporated.

Today, 43 U.S. states, two territories, and the District of Columbia are partnered with 50 countries around the world.

Partnerships

Alabama - Romania
Alaska - Mongolia
Arizona - Kazakhstan
Arkansas - Guatemala
California - Ukraine
Colorado - Slovenia
Colorado - Jordan
Connecticut - Uruguay
Delaware- Trinidad & Tobago
District of Columbia - Jamaica
FloridaGuyana
Florida - Venezuela

Georgia - Republic of Georgia
Guam - Philippines
Hawaii - Philippines
Illinois - Poland
Indiana - Slovakia
Kansas - Armenia
Kentucky - Ecuador
Louisiana - Uzbekistan
Louisiana - Belize
Maine - Montenegro
Maryland - Bosnia-Herzegovina
Maryland - Estonia

Massachusetts - Paraguay
Michigan - Latvia
Minnesota - Croatia
Mississippi - Bolivia
Missouri - Panama
Montana - Kyrgyzstan
Nebraska - Czech Republic
Nevada - Turkmenistan
New Hampshire - El Salvador
New Jersey - Albania
New York - South Africa
North Carolina - Moldova
North Dakota - Ghana
Ohio - Serbia
Ohio - Hungary
Oklahoma - Azerbaijan
Pennsylvania - Lithuania
Puerto RicoDominican Republic
Puerto Rico – Honduras
Rhode Island - Bahamas
South Dakota - Suriname
Tennessee - Bulgaria
Texas - Czech Republic
Utah - Morocco
Vermont - Macedonia
Virginia - Tajikistan
Washington - Thailand
Washington DC - Jamaica
West Virginia - Peru
Wisconsin - Nicaragua
Wyoming - Tunisia

External links

* [http://www.ngb.army.mil/ia/States/Forms/AllItems.aspx?RootFolder=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2engb%2earmy%2emil%2fia%2fstates%2fstates State Partnership Program]


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