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The Michigan–Latvia 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.nationalguard.mil/features/spp/default.aspx )〕 A partnership was established in 1993 and serves as a model SPP program for other nations. The current focus is HNS/ Reception, Staging, Orientation, and Integration (RSOI), Chemical-Biological-Radiological-Nuclear-Environmental (CBRNE) / Disaster Response, Joint Tactical Air Control (JTAC), Air Force & base development, and Contingency Operation Support.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eucom.mil/doc/24563/michigan-latvia-spp-update.pdf )〕 ==History== * EU and NATO accession in 2004 * The Economic crisis continues to affect Latvia. Their economy is the worst among the three Baltic States and one of the worst in all of Europe, but recovery is taking place. * Major concerns are collective security, defense budget and regional defense. * Latvia has close governmental ties with the Scandinavian and Nordic countries. * Latvia / MI deployed 3 Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLT’s) in 2008, 2009, and 2010. * MI ANG trained first-ever NATO JTAC ‘s for OMLT’s * OCT 2010 – Latvia hosted SABRE STRIKE, the largest ever joint US/NATO exercise in the Baltic’s, including 1,400 soldiers from Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Poland and the U.S. (USAREUR, USEUCOM, CONUS)〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Michigan–Latvia National Guard Partnership」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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