Georgia–Georgia National Guard Partnership
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The Georgia–Georgia National Guard Partnership is one of 25 European partnerships that make up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 88 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program.[2] The Georgia National Guard has maintained a strong State Partnership program with the Republic of Georgia since 1994. Since then, Georgia has put itself on the path of acceptance into NATO, in large part due to the State Partnership Program.
Part of the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program | |
Origin | 1994 |
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Country president | Salome Zourabichvili |
Prime minister | Irakli Garibashvili |
Minister of defense | Juansher Burchuladze |
Ambassador to U.S. | Davit Bakradze |
Ambassador to Georgia | Kelly C. Degnan |
State Governor | Brian Kemp |
Adjutant general | Thomas Carden |
2012 Engagements | 4[1] |
NATO member | No |
EU member | No |
The contributions of the Georgian Armed Forces to the Global War on Terrorism have been remarkable, with Georgia National Guard soldiers having fought side-by-side with Georgian Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2010 alone, the Georgia National Guard helped train over 2,000 Georgian Soldiers, which is one of the reasons that the Republic of Georgia continues to serve as the largest non-NATO nation provider of troops to International Security Assistance Force.[3]