Brig. Gen. L. Mike LaPoint, deputy adjunct general of New Jersey, and Command Sgt. Maj. John Hicks, senior enlisted advisor to the assistant adjutant general visits the 104th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 44th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, New Jersey Army National Guard, and the Albanian Armed Forces during DEFENDER 25 in Bize, Albania, June 2, 2025. More than 100 Soldiers with the New Jersey Army National Guard participated in DEFENDER 25, the U.S. Army’s largest annual security cooperation exercise in Europe, held May 24–June 11, 2025. While in Albania, Citizen-Soldiers with the 104th BEB, 44th IBCT, and Observer Coach/Trainer Operations Group completed annual training requirements, strengthened NATO interoperability, and reinforced a nearly 25-year partnership with Albania through the State Partnership Program.
(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Michael Hayes)
| Date Taken: | 06.06.2025 |
| Date Posted: | 07.11.2025 16:50 |
| Photo ID: | 9175651 |
| VIRIN: | 250607-Z-PJ092-1056 |
| Resolution: | 6502x4335 |
| Size: | 15.77 MB |
| Location: | BIZE, AL |
| Web Views: | 23 |
| Downloads: | 3 |
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