The National Guard State Partnership Program
Abstract
Several states within the National Guard are participating in the State Partnership Program an international affairs mission to promote regional stability and civil-military relationships in support of US policy objectives. This program originated in the European Theater in 1993 due to the collapse of communism and the fall of the Soviet Union but has spread to the Central Command Southern Command and Pacific Command areas of responsibility. There are currently 37 states two territories and the District of Columbia partnered with 42 countries around the world. The concept of the program is to bring Hometown America to these partnership countries by establishing military to military relationships and assisting the partnered countries in organizing manning and training democratic armies. Civil military relationships are established to show how the National Guard works with civilian officials in local emergencies and disasters. The purpose of this paper is to review the background and history of the State Partnership Program and how it supports the policy of security cooperation its expansion into other theaters its program goals and objectives; its relevancy to the current global situation as it pertains to the Global War on Terrorism; and recommend alternatives to current policy.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 19, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA424181
Entities
People
- Gail A. Ross
Organizations
- United States Army War College