State Partnership Program (SPP) Morocco - Utah / South Carolina ANG

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comme vous savez,le Maroc est le pays partenaire de l´ANG Utah depuis bien longtemps(programm d´homologation)
mtn le partenariat se renforcera,a coté du medical,Firefighters,refueling F5 etc.. au refueling des F-16

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Utah, Morocco Share Experiences through 6-Year Partnership
By Sergeant First Class Scott Faddis


RABAT, Morocco - Master Sergeant Ron Moody, Utah National Guard, works with Moroccan firefighters, running fire hoses and hooking up to a fire truck. (Photo by Colonel Mark Zodda)

RABAT, Morocco, Jan 20, 2010 — Utah and the Kingdom of Morocco have shared experiences and learned lessons from each other throughout the past six years of their alliance through the National Guard’s State Partnership Program (SPP).

In 2009, Utah and Morocco supported six different activities to include medical, engineering, disaster, and pandemic disease control.

Morocco is currently in the process of purchasing 24 F-16s from the U.S. government, and the Moroccan Air Force requested air-refueling training missions with the Utah Air National Guard (ANG).

“We need practice with the boom,” said Moroccan Major General Ahmed Boutaleb, inspector of the Royal Air Force. “We need some help from (Utah ANG) in terms of air refueling with the KC-135.”

Eighty percent of what the unit’s KC-135 crews do is boom operations, Major General Brian Tarbet, Utah National Guard’s adjutant general.

“When you get new airplanes in 2011,” Tarbet said to his Moroccan counterparts, “I hope they are following a Utah tanker across the Atlantic.”

The National Guard’s State Partnership Program links U.S. states with foreign nations to promote and enhance bilateral relations. The Guard has forged partnerships with more than 60 countries worldwide. Within the U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) area of responsibility, Utah is one of eight U.S. states partnered with an African nation’s military.

The program promotes regional stability and civil-military relationships in support of U.S. policy objectives, according to AFRICOM officials. State partners actively participate in activities that include familiarization and training events, exercises, fellowship-style internships, and civic leader visits.

The partnership with Morocco has not only experienced aircraft-related training missions, but also medical ones as well.

Utah’s partnership brought technology to Moroccans that allowed tracking of pandemic diseases and availability of up-to-the-minute information on the spread of disease at a time when Morocco had six confirmed cases of H1N1 and was concerned about the possibility of a widespread pandemic flu outbreak.

Dr. Don Wood, from Utah’s Bureau of Emergency Medical Service and Preparedness, recently discussed the latest information on H1N1 flu to the Moroccan Military’s Medical Department, including the inspector of Medical Services, Brigadier General Ali Abrouk.

The Moroccan military and the Utah National Guard share the similar responsibility of providing disaster response support, and their experiences have allowed them to share their knowledge and strengthen their relationship.

“I hope we are acting as good listeners and good students,” said Tarbet. “We have a lot to learn from our Moroccan partners.”

http://www.africom.mil/getArticle.asp?art=3890

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U.S. Army Major General Brian Tarbet, The Adjutant General for the Utah National Guard, meets with La Medicin General de Brigade Mohammed Brouk, the chief of medical services for the Morocco military, in Rabat, Morocco to discuss Task Force African Lion, on April 11, 2012.

un grand ami du Maroc qui est parti,il a reussi en 9 ans a elargir le partenariat militaire entre les 2 pays/state,esperons que son successeur sera a la hauteur.
bonne nouvelle,il a reussi aussi a rallier SCANG au SPP avec le Maroc,donc la cooperation accrue autour du F16 (SEAD) est assurée !
on profite de 2 states

US State	Partner Country
Utah / South Carolina	Morocco

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/ng-spp-partner.htm

je remarque que les FRA sont très introduit au près de l'USAF, peut être à cause de tout les anciens officiers formé labas

pas seulement,ils en profitent aussi pour l´army,ils ont par exemple jeté un coup d´oeil en 2010 sur l´organisation des facility des Helicos (chinook) US army de McEntire quand ils ont visité cette base(et piloté leur F16 CJ)
je crois que Benguerir aura aussi une composante de la sorte

http://www.dvidshub.net/image/603861/moroccan-air-force-leaders-visit-mcentire-joint-national-guard-base#.T_7U5pHugug

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Rabat : Le Général Jefferson Burton reçu à l'Etat-Major général des FAR


Rabat - Le Général de Corps d'Armée Abdelaziz Benani, Inspecteur Général des FAR et Commandant de la Zone Sud, a reçu, lundi au siège de l'Etat-Major Général des FAR, le Général de Division Jefferson Burton, Commandant la Garde Nationale de l'Etat US de l'Utah.
Selon un communiqué de l'Etat-Major général des FAR, les entretiens entre les deux responsables ont porté sur le renforcement du partenariat entre les Forces Armées Royales et la Garde Nationale de l'Etat de l'Utah.

Initié en 2004, ce partenariat couvre les échanges de visites, d'expérience et d'expertise dans le domaine médical et le développement des capacités de réaction aux catastrophes naturelles majeures, rappelle la même source.

En outre, des activités socio-culturelles et éducatives sont organisées conjointement entre le Service Social des Forces Armées Royales et celui de la Garde Nationale de l'Etat de l'Utah, particulièrement par la programmation de colonies de vacances au profit des enfants des militaires des deux parties.


http://www.lemag.ma/Rabat-Le-General-Jefferson-Burton-recu-a-l-Etat-Major-general-des-FAR_a81696.html

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SALT LAKE- Col. Brent E. Stark, Commander of 65th Field Artillery Brigade, talks with Colonel Said AMRANI ZERRIFI, crisis management branch for the Moroccan military, and Lt. Col. Abdessamad ZAHID, 5th Engineering Battalion Moroccan military, during the Vigilant Guard exercise, November 5th, 2014. (photo by Sgt. Kristin Calderwood, 65th FAB)