National Guard’s international training program needs better oversight, report finds

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National Guard’s international training program needs better oversight, report finds
By Meghann Myers
Jul 15, 02:55 PM
California Army National Guardsmen train with Ukrainian forces during a 2018 exercise. (Spc. Amy Carle/Army)

The National Guard program that pairs up states with partner countries for training needs to improve its record-keeping, according to the recommendations from a Government Accountability Office report released Wednesday.

The State Partnership Program implemented a new tracking database in 2021, according to the report, but partner countries haven’t been thorough in reporting of all of the training events they’ve completed with their National Guard counterparts. During fiscal year 2021, for example, 37 of 780 activities were marked as completed, just 5%.

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