Corps of Engineers and the Center State Partnership States for Excellence in disaster preparedness be structured to facilitate plan Program with the will improvements. The State Partnership Program Country of Georgia continued to focus on working with the
In 2015, the State Partnership Program (SPP) between the state of Georgia and the Country of Georgia continued to prosper. As the Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan continues, the Georgian Armed Forces remain as the second largest contributor of forces behind only the United States. This is a mission that was just extended by the President of the United States for U.S. forces, and the Georgians immediately agreed to continue providing support at their current deployment levels. During this year, Georgia also suffered a massive flood in Tbilisi in which troops from their National Guard, active component and other ministries responded by using their national crisis action plan. In and of itself, the flooding was devastating but employing the country’s crisis action plan in a real-world scenario gave a true picture of where the plan worked and where there were opportunities to make improvements. This event is fueling how further SPP events in conjunction with the United
military police in their restructuring to become a deployable military police force along the lines of the U.S. doctrinal military police structure and functions. This year, the program was able to further the efforts of the Georgian Air and Air Defense Command on both the rotary wing and fixed wing sides. Both Georgia Army and Air National Guard personnel coordinated with U.S. Air Forces in Europe to conduct events with the Georgians to identify opportunities to improve in the face of very restricted budgets. This was also the first year family readiness group programs were introduced to the Georgians. This was a direct tie-in to the Georgian’s efforts with their Wounded Warrior programs, but also a tie to how family assistance/ integration can be done for deploying soldiers. The Inspector General function was also an area of great accomplishment in fiscal year 2015. The program was able to conduct both an in-country event and an event in the U.S. When the IG team
was in Atlanta, they were able to walk through an inspection program for a unit and conducting a mock inspection. Lastly, the SPP has been very successful this year in building new and strengthening old relationships with key leaders in Georgia. The Adjutant General was invited to attend the Independence Day celebration with the Georgian Ambassador to the U.S. and the Georgia Defense and Security Conference in Tbilisi by the Minister of Defense Through our participation in exercises like Noble Partner and Didgori, the State Partnership Program continues to expand both the SPP pure engagements as well as the SPPleveraged opportunities to advance the U.S. interests in a more secure, stable and capable partner in the region.
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