Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program written by Rhoda K. Daniel and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Current U.S. National Strategy highlights the importance of shaping activities with nations and cultivating partnerships around the world. One Diplomatic Tool -- The National Guard State Partnership Program or SPP -- has been an effective program to establish and strengthen relationships with other nations. This paper reviews National Strategy Documents, Defense and Service Guidance, SPP History and Lessons Learned and reviews and analyzes the findings of The GAO 2012 Study of the SPP. The GAO Study serves as the reference point to measure and determine gaps in the current National Guard State Partnership Program, with a specific focus on how to grow the SPP. This paper contrasts what has been done at the Guard Bureau level since the GAO study and its effects in the field using case studies of long standing SPPs. Recommendations for new SPPs and how best to develop the SPP program are developed from these perspectives. The impact of Regional alignment of Forces or RAF as an emerging concept is examined. Comparisons of RAF and SPP are addressed. This paper concludes with findings and recommendations to continue SPP evolution.

Download or read book National Guard s State Partnership Program written by Dave Pruitt and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State Partnership Program (SPP) is a Department of Defense security cooperation program run by the National Guard. It also serves as a mechanism for training National Guard personnel. Since the program began in 1992, it has expanded to the point where nearly every state National Guard participates, including Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the District of Columbia. The SPP relates to several areas of potential interest to Congress, including improving the capabilities of partner nations to protect their citizens; strengthening relationships with partners to facilitate cooperation, access, and interoperability; improving cultural awareness and skills among U.S. military personnel; and fostering the integration of reserve and active component forces into a "total force." This book provides an overview of the origin and development of the program; summarizes its unique aspects; and outlines its statutory basis, funding mechanisms, organization, and activities; with a focus on recent legislative and executive branch actions.

Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program written by James N. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the nation confronts its current economic crisis, the Department of Defense faces budget reductions between four hundred billion and one trillion dollars over the next ten years. Yet in spite of constrained resources the United States must continue to meet National Security challenges in this "era of persistent conflict". The strategy to meet these challenges and overcome diminished capacity will rely more heavily than ever on security cooperation, engagement and building partner capacities. Gaining security cooperation and aiding partner nations to develop themselves is a way to shape the environment, deter conflict and assure access and assistance in the event of conflict. For nearly two decades, the National Guard State Partnership Program has done all of this and more. Since long before the term "smart power" was coined, the State Partnership Program has evolved, almost imperceptibly, as a means to employ a "whole of society" approach to building partner capacity. This paper will demonstrate that the State Partnership Program is an effective and economical tool that facilitates a bridge between military engagement and civilian diplomacy in support of the National Security Policies of the United States.

Download or read book State Partnership Program written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-04 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The National Guard's State Partnership Program is a DOD security cooperation program that matches state National Guards with foreign countries to conduct joint activities-including visits between senior military leaders and knowledge sharing in areas such as disaster management-that further U.S. national security goals. The program has partnerships between 52 U.S. state and territory National Guards and 69 countries. In fiscal year 2011, program expenditures were at least $13.2 million. The 2012 National Defense Authorization Act directed GAO to study the program. GAO determined (1) the extent to which State Partnership Program activities are meeting program goals and objectives; (2) the types and frequency of activities and funding levels of the program; and (3) any challenges DOD faces in the program's implementation. GAO collected written responses to questions from State Partnership Program Coordinators at the state level, Bilateral Affairs Officers at the U.S. embassies in the partner nations, and officials at the combatant commands, reviewed documents, and interviewed DOD officials."

Download or read book State Partnership Program written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-01-11 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: State Partnership Program: Improved Oversight, Guidance, and Training Needed for National Guard's Efforts with Foreign Partners

Download or read book National Guard State Partnership Program written by Christopher F. Lawson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States must re-emphasize engagement operations in the world by building and cultivating the sources of our strength and influence to enhance partnership capacity to maintain international order and balance. The challenge is to fulfill persistent requirements for engagement forces with a range of military and civilian skills, local knowledge and relationships sustainable and affordable over time. This paper discusses a little known program, the National Guard State Partnership Program (NG-SPP), that is tailored to meet this challenge and assist the United States in achieving a favorable system of order (ends), through phase zero "engagement" operations (ways) to create a "Woven System of Order" (means). The paper also points out that the NG-SPP is sustainable, cost effective, capable and connected. Lastly, this paper will evaluate and compare phase zero operation enablers and suggest networking, commonality theory and connectedness as a new means of statecraft and an instrument of national power.

Download or read book State Partnership Program written by Us Government Accountability Office and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-08-12 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State Partnership Program grew from the former Joint Contact Team Program, a program comprised of active component personnel that sought to establish professional contacts between the U.S. military and the militaries of newly independent nations of the former Soviet Union. The Joint Contact Team Program was intended to promote subordination to civilian leadership, respect for human rights, and a defensively oriented military posture.

Download or read book National Guard State Partnership Program written by John J. Jansen and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The State Partnership Program (SPP), a National Guard (NG) supported initiative, is one of the many successful Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) programs available that the six Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC) use to meet their objectives. However, has it reached its full potential as a "Whole-of-Government" tool for establishing enduring civil-military relationships while building partnership capacity across all levels of society to promote international stability and security? If not, what recommendations could be made for areas requiring improvements? Before the research questions can be adequately explored and answered, it is essential to present the foundations of the SPP to include exploring its history, goals and objectives, and the benefits achieved by using the program.

Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program written by William B. Boehm and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Leveraging the National Guard s State Partnership Program SPP in the United States Rebalance Toward Asia Security Cooperation Relationships Pairing Air and Army NG Troops With Partner Nations written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-15 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China's rise over the past decade has corresponded with the decline of the United States in the liberal international system, both economically, and after two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, diplomatically. From the 2010 National Security Strategy to the 2011 National Military Strategy, the highest levels of national power within the United States recognize the importance of forging and strengthening new and existing alliances. A critical component of the November 2011-announced "rebalance" to Asia is the insistence that partner nations shoulder a larger portion of their security burden in the future. The challenge for American diplomats, in and out of uniform, is to reassure our allies in the Asia-Pacific region without emboldening them toward confrontation with China. Likewise, American diplomacy should not irresponsibly challenge China's inevitable ascent within the region. The National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP), with a robust 20-year track record of cementing regional alliances, is a low-cost, high-yield initiative that should be expanded in PACOM, particularly during this period of resource constraints in American history. The SPP, flowing from the demise of Communism in the early 1990s, establishes enduring theatre security cooperation relationships by pairing state Air and Army National Guard (NG) troops with partner nation counterparts. Utilizing an innovative and small footprint methodology, the SPP targets repetitive engagements, between two to three times per year, to establish partnerships of trust and reciprocity that simply cannot be achieved on a larger scale, or within the active duty military, where leadership swap-outs are routine. In an almost "under the radar" fashion, SPP relationships hedge against uncertainty by laying soft power steps that can lead to a hard power path if required in the future.

Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book Leveraging the National Guard s State Partnership Program in the United States Rebalance Toward Asia written by Brian K. Bergeron and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The National Guard's State Partnership Program (SPP), with a robust 20-year track record of cementing regional alliances, is a low-cost, high-yield initiative that should be expanded in PACOM, particularly during this period of resource constraints in American history. The SPP, flowing from the demise of Communism in the early 1990s, establishes enduring theatre security cooperation relationships by pairing state Air and Army National Guard (NG) troops with partner nation counterparts. Utilizing an innovative and small footprint methodology, the SPP targets repetitive engagements, between two to three times per year, to establish partnerships of trust and reciprocity that simply cannot be achieved on a larger scale, or within the active duty military, where leadership swap-outs are routine. In an almost "under the radar" fashion, SPP relationships hedge against uncertainty by laying soft power steps that can lead to a hard power path if required in the future."--Abstract.

Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program written by Ellen J. Reilly and published by . This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis assesses the U.S. National Guard State Partnership Program through a review of the current and historic interaction between two of thirty -four State: the California National Guard and Ukraine partnership and the Missouri National Guard and Panama Partnership. The two sets of Partnerships are critically analyzed in light of arguments in favor of and arguments against utilizing the U.S. National Guard to conduct the State Partnership Program. Ultimately, it is determined that the National Guard is the only entity capable of bringing together all the key civilian and military players necessary to make the State Partnership Program a success. The thesis presents lessons learned iron the last decade along with recommendations for future interaction and research.

Download or read book The National Guard s State Partnership Program written by Dave Pruitt and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The National Guard State Partnership Program Is It Still Relevant written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now more than ever the National Guard has an opportunity to take an active part in shaping the U.S. National Security Strategy. The State Partnership Program provides a mechanism by which Guard members can hone there Major Occupational Skills (MOS) related skills and demonstrate to foreign citizens what democracy really means. The National Guard State Partnership has paired 24 states with foreign partners in Europe, Central, and South America. Through this effort the countries involved receive humanitarian assistance to improve living conditions in their respective countries. The Guard members involved gain the experience of an overseas deployment and learn to overcome the hardships of accomplishing their missions under the most austere conditions. In this paper I examine the Kentucky - Ecuadorian partnership in hopes of highlighting the successes and making recommendations for improvement of future operations.

Download or read book 21st Century Manufacturing written by Committee on 21st Century Manufacturing: The Role of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program of the National Institute of Standards and Technology and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2013-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) - a program of the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology - has sought for more than two decades to strengthen American manufacturing. It is a national network of affiliated manufacturing extension centers and field offices located throughout all fifty states and Puerto Rico. Funding for MEP Centers comes from a combination of federal, state, local and private resources. Centers work directly with manufacturing firms in their state or sub-state region. MEP Centers provide expertise, services and assistance directed toward improving growth, supply chain positioning, leveraging emerging technologies, improving manufacturing processes, work force training, and the application and implementation of information in client companies through direct assistance provided by Center staff and from partner organizations and third party consultants. 21st Century Manufacturing seeks to generate a better understanding of the operation, achievements, and challenges of the MEP program in its mission to support, strengthen, and grow U.S. manufacturing. This report identifies and reviews similar national programs from abroad in order to draw on foreign practices, funding levels, and accomplishments as a point of reference and discusses current needs and initiatives in light of the global focus on advanced manufacturing,