Jamaica leaders visited D.C. National Guard (DCNG) leaders at the DCNG Armory as a part of their state partnership program (SPP) engagement initiative

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WASHINGTON - Jamaica leaders visited D.C. National Guard (DCNG) leaders at the DCNG Armory as a part of their state partnership program (SPP) engagement initiative. Nicola Barker-Murphy, deputy chief of mission for the Embassy of Jamaica, Washington, D.C., and Gloria Davis Simpson, security Attache for Jamaica, joined Maj. Gen. Sherrie L. McCandless, commanding general, Command Sgt. Maj. Ronald L. Smith, command senior enlisted leader, and Lt. Col. Serge Mettes, SPP director, DCNG, to discuss the partnership, continued vision and ways forward for the program. Jamaica is the longest of two state partners the D.C. National Guard has. The partnership began in 1999.

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U.S. Army Spc. Lafrederick Conley, a culinary specialist with the 642nd Quartermaster Detachment, leads daily dining facility operations during Annual Training at Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania, on Jun. 5, 2025. Culinary specialists and noncommissioned officers take pride in fueling the force, ensuring Soldiers receive the nutrition needed to sustain mission readiness. Throughout Annual Training, elements of the 74th Troop Command executed live-fire ranges and field exercises in a scalable Large Scale Combat Operations environment. (U.S. Army video by Sgt. Noel Williams)