Paraguayan Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Defense Gen. César Augusto Moreno Landaira, left, presents U.S. Army Maj. Leonardo Gutierrez, the Massachusetts National Guard’s Paraguay bilateral affairs officer and State Partnership Program director, with the Medal of Honor, Directorate General of Information and Communications Technologies, at the Headquarters of the Armed Forces Command of Paraguay in Asunción, Paraguay, Jan. 21, 2026. This award recognizes Gutierrez’s outstanding service to the Republic of Paraguay. Massachusetts and Paraguay marked 25 years of partnership through the State Partnership Program, a joint initiative of the Department of War, the Department of State and the National Guard Bureau, reinforcing a long-standing, mutually beneficial security relationship. (Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Julia Ahaesy)
| Date Taken: | 01.21.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 01.26.2026 15:14 |
| Photo ID: | 9493204 |
| VIRIN: | 260121-Z-TS442-1692 |
| Resolution: | 4948x3292 |
| Size: | 1.75 MB |
| Location: | ASUNCIóN, PY |
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