(From right) Maj. Gen. John Nichols, Texas National

(From right) Maj. Gen. John Nichols, Texas National Guard adjutant general, Maj. Gen. Daryl Bohac, Nebraska National Guard adjutant general, and Czech Lt. Gen. Jiri Baloun, first deputy chief of the Czech General Staff, talk about future exchange opportunities between the Czech Military and the Nebraska and Texas National Guard during a visit to the Czech Ministry of Defense on Oct. 26. Members of the Nebraska and Texas National Guard were the Czech Military’s special guests during the Oct. 27-28 celebration in Prague, Czech Republic, marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Czechoslovakia in October 2018. This also marks the 25th anniversary of the founding of the State Partnership Program relationship between the two Midwestern National Guard organizations and the Czech Republic, to this day the only State Partnership Program involving two state National Guard organizations and a single nation.