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Kentucky National Guard visits Djibouti for State Partnership Program

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U.S. Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Benjamin Adams III (right), Kentucky National Guard deputy adjutant general, gives a miniature Louisville slugger bat to Djibouti Armed Force (FAD) Lt. Col. A. Omar during a State Partnership Program (SPP) visit to the FAD military training center at Holhol, Djibouti, Nov. 14, 2017. The SPP is a joint U.S. Department of Defense program that matches a state’s National Guard with a nation to promote enduring, mutually beneficial security relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)
U.S. Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Benjamin Adams III (right), Kentucky National Guard deputy adjutant general, gives a miniature Louisville slugger bat to Djibouti Armed Force (FAD) Lt. Col. A. Omar during a State Partnership Program (SPP) visit to the FAD military training center at Holhol, Djibouti, Nov. 14, 2017. The SPP is a joint U.S. Department of Defense program that matches a state’s National Guard with a nation to promote enduring, mutually beneficial security relationships. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)
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Kentucky National Guard visits Djibouti for State Partnership Program

As part of the State Partnership Program (SPP), U.S. Army National Guard leaders Brig. Gen. Benjamin Adams III, Kentucky deputy adjutant general, and Command Sgt. Maj. David Munden, Kentucky state command sergeant major, visited with members of the Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) at their military training center in Holhol, Djibouti, Nov. 14, 2017.

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