PRINTER'S NO. 1868
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
389
Session of
2018
INTRODUCED BY VULAKOVICH, COSTA, ARGALL, AUMENT, BAKER,
BREWSTER, BROWNE, DINNIMAN, FOLMER, FONTANA, HUGHES, MENSCH,
RAFFERTY, SABATINA, STREET AND YUDICHAK, JUNE 12, 2018
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, JUNE 12, 2018
A RESOLUTION
Designating November 23, 2018, as "State Partnership Program
with Lithuania Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On April 27, 1993, the Pennsylvania National Guard
established a State Partnership Program (SPP) with the Republic
of Lithuania; and
WHEREAS, The SPP began with simple senior leader visits and
low-level familiarization exchanges and quickly grew to
cooperative participation in large-scale exercises and joint
deployments to Afghanistan; and
WHEREAS, Since the inception of the SPP, the Pennsylvania
National Guard and the Lithuanian Armed Forces have conducted
more than 600 security cooperation engagements and participated
together in numerous exercises; and
WHEREAS, Soldiers and airmen of the Pennsylvania National
Guard and Lithuanian Armed Forces have fought side by side in
Afghanistan during 18 joint deployments; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania National Guard and the Lithuanian
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