Minnesota–Croatia National Guard Partnership
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The Minnesota–Croatia National Guard Partnership is one of 25 European partnerships that make up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 88 worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program.[2] 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).[3]
Part of the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program | |
Origin | 1996 |
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Country president | Zoran Milanović |
Prime minister | Andrej Plenković |
Minister of defense | Mario Banožić |
Ambassador to U.S. | Josko Paro |
Ambassador to Croatia | Kenneth Merten |
Adjutant general | MG Shawn P. Manke |
2012 Engagements | 9[1] |
NATO member | Yes (2009) |
EU member | Yes (2013) |