18 February 2025 Annual Washington, Thai exchange expands disaster response topics Focusing on wildland firefighting, CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives) response, and emergency medical operations, soldiers from the Washington National Guard and the Royal Thai Army participated in their annual Homeland Assistance Disaster Relief subject matter...
08 January 2025 Jimmy Carter and a call to action: Reflections on a lifetime of public service Landing at the Portland Air National Guard Base on May 22, 1980, just four days after the massive eruption of Mount St. Helens in Southwest Washington, President Jimmy Carter arrived to personally survey the destruction of one of the greatest volcanic events ever recorded in North America...
25 September 2024 Forging Partnerships: U.S. and Thai Forces Collaborate on Stryker Readiness The partnership between the 1st Battalion, 205th Regimental Training Institute, Washington National Guard and the 112th Stryker Regiment, Royal Thai Army, grew a little stronger during a recent Stryker Maintenance Exchange in Chon Buri, Thailand, Sept. 7 – 19, 2024...
08 September 2024 Partnership Exchange strengthens Incident Command procedures and security at Port of Laem Chabang Eight members of the Washington National Guard recently visited the Port of Laem Chabang in what has become the longest running exchange in the 22-year relationship between Washington and the Kingdom of Thailand...
12 June 2024 Bersama Warrior 2024 first week wraps up with Mission Analysis Brief Forty members of the Washington National Guard and their Malaysian Armed Forces counterparts wrapped up a successful first week of the Bersama Warrior 2024 staff exercise with a mission analysis brief on June 8, 2024, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...
05 June 2024 Malaysia, U.S. Continue to Strengthen Ties at Bersama Warrior 2024 Exercise The 10th annual Bersama Warrior exercise began June 1 with an opening ceremony led by Malaysian Armed Forces leaders and U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Kenneth Borchers, director of the Joint Staff for the Washington National Guard...