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The Minnesota–Croatia 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 )〕 The partnership began in July 1996 and has progressed from small unit exchanges to deployments as Operational Mentoring and Liaison Teams (OMLT) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The partnership continues to support overseas contingency operations; assist in the development of disaster preparedness and consequence management, and support the EUCOM Commander's Security Cooperation Objectives (military transformation, interoperability, civil-military operations, and regional military-to-military and civil security events).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eucom.mil/doc/24564/minnesotas-croatia-spp-update.pdf )〕 ==History== * The partnership began in July 1996.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eucom.mil/key-activities/partnership-programs/state-partnership-program )〕 * Croatia’s accession into NATO in 2009 was based on their participation in NATO’s Partnership for Peace exercises starting in 2000. * National elections were held December 4, 2011. There was a major transition of power from Croatian Democratic Union HDZ Party (Hrvatska demokratska zajednica) to Kukuriku (Social Democratic Party). * Croatia applied for EU membership in 2003, and is set for accession July 1, 2013〔 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「Minnesota–Croatia National Guard Partnership」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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