Members of the Michigan National Guard celebrated the 100th anniversary of Latvian independence with friends and colleagues in the National Armed Forces of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, Nov. 18, 2018. Michigan and Latvia have been aligned under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 1993. The day included a ceremonial wreath laying at the foot of Riga's Freedom Monument, attended by dignitaries including Lt. Gen. (ret.) Raimonds Graube, former commander, Latvian National Armed Forces and (L-R, front) Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, chief of defense of Norway, Lt. Gen. Leonids K

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Members of the Michigan National Guard celebrated the 100th anniversary of Latvian independence with friends and colleagues in the National Armed Forces of Latvia, Riga, Latvia, Nov. 18, 2018. Michigan and Latvia have been aligned under the National Guard Bureau's State Partnership Program since 1993. The day included a ceremonial wreath laying at the foot of Riga's Freedom Monument, attended by dignitaries including Lt. Gen. (ret.) Raimonds Graube, former commander, Latvian National Armed Forces and (L-R, front) Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, chief of defense of Norway, Lt. Gen. Leonids Kalnins, chief of defense, National Armed Forces of Latvia, Lt. Gen. Stephen Twitty, deputy commander, European Command, Maj. Gen. Gregory Vadnais, adjutant general, Michigan National Guard, and Maj. Gen. Leonard Isabelle, assistant adjutant general, Michigan Air National Guard (Air National Guard

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