Alaska Army National Guard State Partnership Program coordinator Maj. Levi Vail, left, and AKARNG Bilateral Affairs Officer Maj. Andrew Adams stand for a photograph in front of The Chinggis Khaan Equestrian Statue at the Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex on the bank of the Tuul River at Tsonjin Boldog east of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar, June 23, 2023. Alaska and Mongolia were partnered in 2003 under the National Guard’s State Partnership Program. More than 1,500 Alaska Air and Army Guardsmen have traveled to Mongolia for training and exercises in support of Mongolia’s peacekeepers and first responders. (Alaska National Guard photo by Robert DeBerry)