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State Partnership Program
Through the State Partnership Program, the New Jersey National Guard conducts military-to-military engagements with the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Cyprus in support of defense security goals but also leverages whole-of-society relationships and capabilities to facilitate broader interagency and corollary engagements spanning military, government, economic and social spheres.
Overview
The National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) is a U.S. Department of Defense program managed by the National Guard that links U.S. States with partner countries around the world for the purpose of supporting the security cooperation objectives of the geographic Combatant Commanders. By linking U.S. states with partner countries, the SPP aims to promote access, enhance military capabilities, improve interoperability and enhance the principles of responsible governance. Currently, the SPP includes 78 partnerships with 84 nations around the globe.
All SPP activities are coordinated through the geographic Combatant Commanders, the U.S. Ambassadors' country teams, the partner State, and other agencies as appropriate, to ensure that National Guard support is tailored to meet both U.S. and country objectives. Specifically, all activities must support the Theater Campaign Plan (TCP) as well as individual U.S. Ambassador mission plans in the countries where they operate. Learn more at National Guard State Partnership Program.
Cyprus Spotlight
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Cypriot National Guard Visit
The New Jersey National Guard was honored to host Republic of Cyprus Lt. Gen. Georgios Tsitsikostas, Chief of the Cypriot National Guard and senior staff members May 1-4, 2025.
The visit featured engagements with NJNG Army, Air and Joint Staff senior leaders at multiple locations including New Jersey’s Regional Operations & Intelligence Center in Ewing Township, USS Battleship New Jersey in Camden, the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs Headquarters in Lawrenceville, multiple units locations at Joint Base McGuire-Dix Lakehurst, and the Atlantic City International Airport in Egg Harbor Township.
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Albania Spotlight
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Defender '25
More than 100 Soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard joined the Albanian Armed Forces in participation of the United States’ largest annual U.S. Army security cooperation exercise in Europe May 24-June 11, 2025.
While overseas in Albania, the Citizen-Soldiers of the 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and NJARNG's Observer Coach/Trainer Operations Group not only fulfilled their own military readiness training requirements, they strengthened NATO interoperability and enhanced a nearly 25-year relationship within the State Partnership Program.
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