Oregon Army National Guard Soldiers participate in Exercise Tiger Lightning at the Bangladesh Institute of Peace Support Operation Training (BIPSOT) near Gazipur, Bangladesh in March 2023. Tiger Lightning 2023 is a bilateral exercise sponsored by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and hosted by the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The exercise works to strengthen Bangladesh peacekeeping readiness, promote interoperability, and reinforces the partnership between the Bangladesh Armed Forces and the Oregon National Guard. Since 2008, the Oregon National Guard and Bangladesh Armed Forces have worked together as partners under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program, which supports the security operation objectives of the U.S. and the Combatant...
Physical security is imperative for the military. Oregon National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters Provost Marshall Deputy, Staff Sgt. Micah Boyll, travels to different military sites in Oregon to conduct physical security inspections ensuring the units are protected. He coordinates a time with battalion areas of operations for the inspections, advises The Adjutant General and Joint Chief of Staff on the state of Oregon National Guard’s...