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New York National Guard Adjutant Gen., Maj. Gen. Raymond Shield(right) presents Rear Admiral Guilherme Da Silva Costa, Chief of International Affairs at the Brazil Ministry of Defense(left), with a United States flag, on the U.S.S. Intrepid, Manhattan, N.Y., March 14, 2019. The flag was presented as a gift after the NYNG and Brazil signed a State Partnership declaration. The State Partnership program is a Department of Defense joint security cooperation program executed by the State Adjutants General in support of Combatant Commanders and U.S. Chiefs of Mission to help achieve security cooperation objectives and Department of Defense policy goals. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Andrew Valenza)
190314-Z-DP681-1291
New York National Guard Adjutant Gen., Maj. Gen. Raymond Shield(right) presents Rear Admiral Guilherme Da Silva Costa, Chief of International Affairs at the Brazil Ministry of Defense(left), with a United States flag, on the U.S.S. Intrepid, Manhattan, N.Y., March 14, 2019. The flag was presented as a gift after the NYNG and Brazil signed a State Partnership declaration. The State Partnership program is a Department of Defense joint security cooperation program executed by the State Adjutants General in support of Combatant Commanders and U.S. Chiefs of Mission to help achieve security cooperation objectives and Department of Defense policy goals. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Andrew Valenza)