North Carolina–Moldova National Guard Partnership

The partnership is a bi-lateral association with planning committees in both North Carolina and the Republic of Moldova who work together in a cooperative effort to improve and enrich the lives of everyone it touches.

Overview In 1995, North Carolina had been partnered with Moldova as part of a program of military-to-military contact between the United States and emerging democracies of the former Soviet Union.

Like elsewhere in the former Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc, the aim was simple – engage the Moldovan military, enlarge America's circle of friends and provide a secure platform for freedom, prosperity and peace where the soldier is subordinate to civilian authority.

In 2000 NCNG engineers have teamed up with USMC Seabees (within the 2000 CORNERSTONE exercise) to build a much-needed medical out-patient clinic at the country's largest orphanage/boarding school in Straseni.

Other Mil-to-Civ projects included – building a playground, facilitating the donation of two dental chairs to boarding schools, encouraging a series of virtual classes between UNC and Moldova State Medical University.

In the summer of 2013 a contingent from the Air National Guard of different states are going to contribute with personnel to the construction of a Medical and Rehabilitation Center in Marculesti town, Floresti district.

During the period of 2008-2012 various contingents of the North Carolina National Guard worked side-by-side with the Moldovan Peacekeeping Force to assist them in their efforts of getting certified within the NATO Operations Capability Concept (OCC) evaluation and certification process.

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A Moldovan Soldier takes a mock bandit into custody as part of an exercise designed to help Moldovans sharpen their peacekeeping skills in advance of a 2012 NATO evaluation.
In 2012, a team of dentists from the North Carolina National Guard and a team of dentists from the University of North Carolina traveled to Moldova to provide free dental care to Moldovan children.
A North Carolina National Guard C-130 pilot talks to a Moldovan Officer during a medical evacuation check ride over North Carolina to learn medical evacuation techniques.
A contribution of medical journals donated by North Carolina medical professionals to provide current medical texts for Moldovan health care providers who don't always have access to the latest medical research.
A North Carolina National Guard Soldier observes Soldiers of the Moldovan army show off their capabilities as a unit before their NATO evaluation.