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    La. Guard, Belize officials meet to plan future training events

    La. Guard, Belize officials meet to plan future training events

    Photo By 1st Lt. Jamie Green | Officials from the Louisiana National Guard and the Belize Department of Border...... read more read more

    NEW ORLEANS, LA, UNITED STATES

    01.19.2023

    Story by Staff Sgt. Garrett Dipuma 

    Louisiana National Guard

    NEW ORLEANS – Officials from the Louisiana National Guard (LANG) and the Belize Department of Border Defence and National Security met at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans to plan State Partnership Program (SPP) training events extending through the next several years, Jan. 10-12.

    The SPP is a National Guard Bureau program meant to foster mutual interests and establish habitual long-term relationships of all levels of society. The program encourages the development of economic, political and military ties between the states and partner nations. The partnership between Louisiana and Belize was established in 1996.

    “The relationship is not client-customer, it is personal. It is a friendship. It is a brotherhood amongst the National Guard and the Belize Defence Force,” said Florencio Marin, Jr., Belize’s minister of national defense and border security. “I can tell you from personal experience our Belize Defence Force is a much stronger force and a better trained force thanks to the Louisiana National Guard.”

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    Date Taken: 01.19.2023
    Date Posted: 01.26.2023 09:11
    Story ID: 436972
    Location: NEW ORLEANS, LA, US

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