page_title: Ohio–Serbia National Guard Partnership
hierarchical_section_title: Ohio–Serbia National Guard Partnership
caption_attribution_description: English: An Ohio National Guard Special Forces Soldier briefs the Serbian 63rd Parachutist Battalion, Special Forces Brigade, June 12 on a Camp Grayling, Mich., firing range. The Serbian troops were training with the Ohio Army National Guard's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, on mission planning, weapons systems, demolitions and airborne operations through an exchange with the National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program (SPP).
context_page_description: The Ohio–Serbia National Guard Partnership is one of 22 European partnerships that make-up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 65 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program. The country of Serbia signed a bilateral affairs agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense and the state of Ohio in 2006 establishing the Ohio-Serbian State Partnership program. With a substantial Serbian-American community in Cleveland it was a natural fit to create this partnership. Since then, Ohio and Serbia have conducted over 70 SPP events in a host of security cooperation activities ranging from bilateral familiarizations, small unit exchanges, exercises, senior military and civic leader visits to the potential development of future Medical Readiness Training Exercise.
  The state partners actively participate in a host of security cooperation activities ranging from bilateral familiarization and training-like events, to exercises, fellowship-style internships and civic leader visits.
context_section_description: The Ohio–Serbia National Guard Partnership is one of 22 European partnerships that make-up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 65 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program. The country of Serbia signed a bilateral affairs agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense and the state of Ohio in 2006 establishing the Ohio-Serbian State Partnership program. With a substantial Serbian-American community in Cleveland (as well as other Ohio cities) it was a natural fit to create this partnership.  Since then, Ohio and Serbia have conducted over 70 SPP events in a host of security cooperation activities ranging from bilateral familiarizations, small unit exchanges, exercises, senior military and civic leader visits to the potential development of future Medical Readiness Training Exercise (MEDRETE).
  The state partners actively participate in a host of security cooperation activities ranging from bilateral familiarization and training-like events, to exercises, fellowship-style internships and civic leader visits. All activities are coordinated through the Theater Combatant Commanders, the US Ambassadors' country teams and other agencies as appropriate, to ensure that National Guard support is tailored to meet both U.S. and country objectives.
caption: An Ohio National Guard Special Forces Soldier briefs the Serbian 63rd Parachutist Battalion, Special Forces Brigade, June 12 on a Camp Grayling, Mich., firing range.
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