Haki Çako, third from right, Director General, General

Haki Çako, third from right, Director General, General Directorate of Civil Emergencies, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Albania, poses with, left to right, Lt. Col. Robert Hysenllari, Staff Officer, Search and Rescue and Civil Emergencies, General Staff, Albanian Armed Forces; U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Eugeneia Lewis, Noncommissioned Officer in Charge, State Physical Security Officer, New Jersey Army National Guard (NJARNG); Fatjona Xhaferi, Planner, General Directorate of Civil Emergencies; Maj. Ervin Buzi, Military Unit No. 3006, Albanian Air Force; Chief Warrant Officer 3 James Green, a UH-72A Lakota helicopter pilot with Charlie Company, 1-224th Security and Support Battalion, NJARNG; Sabina Mitrovasili, Office of Defence Cooperation, and Lt. Col. Greg Cerullo, New Jersey State Partnership Program Director, in front of a Lakota at the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Lawrenceville, N.J., Aug. 1, 2019. Green will be flying Haki Çako, Director General, General Directorate of Civil Emergencies, Ministry of Defence, Republic of Albania, demonstrating the helicopter’s capabilities and equipment that can be employed during natural or man-made disasters. In 2001, the Republic of Albania signed a bilateral affairs agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense and New Jersey officially establishing the New Jersey-Albanian State Partnership Program. The National Guard State Partnership Program is a U.S. Department of Defense program managed by the National Guard that links U.S. States with partner countries for the purpose of supporting the security cooperation objectives of the geographic Combatant Commanders. (New Jersey National Guard photo by Mark C. Olsen)

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