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NATO Military Leader Press Availability - Dubrovnik, Croatia,
EMBASSY OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Public Affairs Section
Zagreb, Croatia
NATO MILITARY LEADER PRESS AVAILABILITY - DUBROVNIK, CROATIA
Zagreb, May 8, 2007 -- Lt. Gen. Slavko Baric, deputy chief of Defense (DCHOD), Croatia and Lt. Gen. H Steven Blum, Chief, National Guard Bureau, USA will be available for news correspondents at 11:00 a.m, Thursday, May 10 2007 at the Hilton Hotel in Dubrovnik, Croatia at the conclusion of a National Guard State Partnership Program (SPP) Regional Workshop.
The workshop is a regional effort to identify the most effective ways SPP can contribute to building and maintaining military capabilities to meet NATO standards and participate in NATO-led operations; define the SPP's most productive approaches to strengthening capabilities for military support to civil authorities, including border security and port security activities; and, to assess the effectiveness of SPP's civilian-to-civilian activities, including business, education, medical, science and legal exchanges.
Also expected to attend are these senior military representatives from the Ministries of Defense of participating nations and the U.S adjutants general (TAG) of their partner states.
Col. Agim Lala, DCHOD, Albania
MG Vlado Dzoic, Commander, Operation Command, Bosnia and Herzegovina
BG Hamza Visca, International Cooperation LNO, Joint Staff, Bosnia and Herzegovina
MG Galimir Pehlivanov, DCHOD, Bulgaria
BG Ferenc Palast, Chief, Department of Personnel, Hungarian CHOD
BG Zoran Dimov, Director of General Staff, Army, Macedonia
Mr. Vuk Boskovic, National Security Advisor to the President, Montenegro
LTG Ioan Sorin, DCHOD, Romania
MG Dragan Kolundzija, Chief J-3, SAF General Staff, Serbia
BG Alojz Zavrsnik, Commandant of the Doctrine, Development, Training and Education Command, Slovenia
MG Crayton M. Bowen, TAG, Alabama, USA
Brig Gen William Hudson, Asst TAG, Air, Colorado, USA
Col Donald McCormack, Chief of Staff (Air), Maine, USA
Maj Gen. Bruce F. Tuxill, TAG, Maryland, USA
MG Larry W. Shellito, TAG, Minnesota, USA
MG Glenn K. Reith, TAG, New Jersey, USA
MG Gregory L. Wayt, TAG, Ohio, USA
MG Gus L. Hargett Jr, TAG, Tennessee, USA
Maj Gen Michael D. Dubie, TAG, Vermont, USA
National Guard State Partnership Program fact sheet is attached.
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