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| August 08, 2003
| By Diane Tsimekles
Posted on 08/15/2003 10:12:13 AM PDT by comnet
Edited on 05/07/2004 10:17:15 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: Prodigal Son
State Partnership Program (SPP)
US European Command's SPP background info paper
Information Paper
The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) links US states with partner countries defense ministries and other government agencies, primarily through the vehicle of the States National Guards, for the purpose of improving bilateral relations with the US. The programs goals reflect an evolving international affairs mission for the National Guard, and are to promote regional stability and civil-military relationships in support of US policy objectives.
The SPP was established following the National Guard Bureaus (NGB) proposal in the Spring of 1993 to pair State National Guards with the Baltic Countries of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The NGB proposal was prompted by CINCEURs Jan 93 decision to staff the Military Liaison Teams (MLTs) in the Baltics with Reserve Component personnel, in order avoid sending a provocative signal to the Russian Federation that might have been caused by assigning Active Duty soldiers. The SPP thus began as a bilateral military-to-military contact program with which to engage the countries of central and eastern Europe, and is a direct outgrowth of US European Commands (USEUCOM) Joint Contact Team Program (JCTP): It since has grown far beyond JCTP and become a hybrid engagement tool, allowing interaction in social and economicas well as militaryspheres. The SPP actively supports the National Military Strategys mandate to shape the international security environment.
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 Guardon 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 low; a minimum of additional resources is required to execute engagement; and National Guard core engagement competencies, particularly military support to civil authority (MSCA), are heavily incorporated.
Today, a total of 30 US states and one territory are partnered with 29 countries around the world.
The 17 State Partnerships in the USEUCOM Area of Responsibility (AOR) are:
Alabama Romania
California & Kansas Ukraine
Colorado Slovenia Georgia Republic of Georgia
Illinois Poland Indiana Slovakia
Maryland Estonia Michigan Latvia Minnesota Croatia North Carolina Moldova
Ohio Hungary Pennsylvania Lithuania
South Carolina Albania Tennessee Bulgaria
Utah Belarus Vermont Macedonia
Texas & Nebraska Czech Republic
The four State Partnerships in the US Central Command (USCENTCOM) AOR are:
Arizona Kazakhstan Louisiana Uzbekistan
Montana Kyrgyzstan Nevada - Turkmenistan
The eight State Partnerships in the US Southern Command (USSOUTHCOM) AOR are:
Florida Venezuela Kentucky Ecuador
Mississippi - Bolivia Missouri Panama
Puerto Rico Honduras West Virginia Peru
Louisiana & New Hampshire Belize
Washington, D.C. - Jamaica
The one State Partnership in the US Pacific Command (USPACOM) AOR is Hawaii Philippines.
The State Partners actively participate in a host of engagement activities, ranging from bilateral training and familiarization events, to exercises, to fellowship-style internships, to civic leader visits. All activities are coordinated through the Theater Commanders-in-Chief and the US Ambassadors country teams, and other agencies as appropriate, to ensure that National Guard support is tailored optimally to US and country requirements.
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08/18/2003 1:58:59 PM PDT
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comnet
To: Chuckster
Correction-- Air Force personnel DO have to iron and starch their uniforms, ESPECIALLY for Security Forces. We have to have perfect creases, black mirror boots, the whole nine yards. And as a member of a security forces squadron in the North West, I can assure you blue tiger stripes aren't going to camoflauge jack in a primarily woodland environment (the 142nd Fighter Wing is located here, as well as a couple others in Oregon (ANG)). So some camo IS needed for AF members.
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