PINEVILLE, La. - The Louisiana Army National Guard (LANG) welcomed 143 Belize service members to participate in a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Johnson, La.
The Belize team, consisting of 117 Belize Defence Force and 26 Belize Coast Guard, arrived at Fort Johnson to train alongside the 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, said CWO3 Allen D. West, Louisiana National Guard State Partnership Program director.
“During the rotation, units were responsible for the Foreign Service Forces mission while also providing a platoon to support an opposing force mission as part of the exercise.”
Louisiana and Belize have been partnered as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP) since 1996. The two countries have participated in nearly 300 events.
The purpose of the SPP is to foster mutual interests and establish long-term relationships across all levels of society - economic, political and military ties - between states and partner nations.
The SPP synchronizes states and countries to develop military-to-military and interagency operations. The program has been successfully building relations for 30 years and now includes 88 partnerships with 100 nations around the globe. (LANG 06/30/23) Louisiana National Guard Welcomes Partner Belize for Training > National Guard > Guard News - The National Guard
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