Multi-national military leaders to discuss state partnership at Camp Lincoln

SPRINGFIELD, IL (04/07/2016)(readMedia)-- The Adjutant General of Illinois will host a delegation of military leaders from Poland, as well as Ukraine and Lithuania, to discuss the ongoing partnership between the Illinois National Guard and Poland. The Adjutant General and visiting delegates will be available to media for questions and answers at the Illinois State Military Museum on April 8, 2016.
WHO: • Maj. Gen. Richard Hayes, Jr., The Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard

• Polish Brig. Gen. Adam Joks, Commanding General of Multinational Brigade LITPOLUKRBIG

• Polish Brig. Gen. Tadeusz Mikutel, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces Operational Command

• Ukrainian Col. Volodymyr Yudanov, Deputy Commander of Multinational Brigade LITPOLUKRBIG

• Lithuanian Lt. Col. Eligijus Senulis, Chief of Staff of Multinational Brigade LITPOLUKRBIG

• Illinois National Guard
WHAT: • The Illinois National Guard has been a partner with Poland since 1993 as part of the State Partnership Program (SPP). The SPP focuses on sharing information and building relationships to promote world stability.

• The international military leaders conducted site visits and met with emergency management officials in Chicago to discuss best-practices in preparation for the 2016 NATO Summit to be held in Warsaw, Poland. The Illinois National Guard supported the NATO Summit in Chicago in 2012.

• Maj. Gen. Hayes and multinational military leaders will be available to media to discuss the SPP.
WHEN: Friday April 08, 2016 at 03:30PM Central Time (US & Canada)
WHERE: Illinois State Military Museum
1301 N. MacArthur Blvd.
Springfield, Illinois 62702
NOTES: • Media personnel attending the event should arrive 20 minutes early and RSVP to the Illinois National Guard Public Affairs Office at ng.il.ilarng.list.staff-pao@mail.mil or 217-761-3569 no later than 12 p.m. on April 8, 2016.

• Media kits will be made available to include biographies and photos/videos from previous joint US-Poland exercises.

• Attendees may enter the museum’s public entrance, one block north of the security gate to Camp Lincoln.

• Additional parking is available behind the museum if the front parking lot it full.