{"id":234321,"date":"2024-07-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-23T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=234321"},"modified":"2024-07-24T21:34:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T21:34:58","slug":"blue-pacific-events-keep-nevada-bilateral-affairs-officer-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=234321","title":{"rendered":"Blue Pacific Events Keep Nevada Bilateral Affairs Officer Busy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Maj. Zackary Taylor-Warren stands near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Fiji July 22, 2024. Taylor-Warren became bilateral affairs officer in the Nevada National Guard this spring and immediately faced multiple high-profile events in the strategically vital South Pacific.
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SUVA, Fiji – A glance at the packed schedule of events in July and this fall underlined the importance of a bilateral affairs officer in the Nevada National Guard.<\/p>\n

For Nevada\u2019s longtime Army aviator, Maj. Zackary Taylor-Warren, a busy summer schedule provided little time to prepare only three months after taking the new position in Fiji. Nevada has three State Partnership Program nations in the strategically crucial South Pacific: Tonga, Fiji and Samoa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a lot more going on in the Blue Pacific than most people realize,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Only three months into his new role, Taylor-Warren assisted a three-country tour for leaders of the Nevada National Guard, including Maj. Gen. Ondra Berry, Nevada adjutant general, and Brig. Gen. D. Rodger Waters, Nevada joint staff director.<\/p>\n

On the docket: a visit for the King of Tonga\u2019s 65th birthday and the 50th anniversary of the Tongan Navy and a fleet review of ships from Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Japan, China, Samoa and the United States.<\/p>\n

While in Tonga, the team met with the Chief of Defence Staff for His Majesty\u2019s Armed Forces to discuss the partnership. The group also met key leaders in Wellington, New Zealand and visited the U.S. Embassy in Fiji, the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Territorial Forces Brigade and Fiji National University.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has definitely been the new experience I was looking for,\u201d Taylor-Warren said. \u201cEvery day brings a new challenge. The days are long, but I know that the work I am doing is meaningful to our partner nations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor-Warren\u2019s primary role as the BAO is the Soldier on the ground coordinating Nevada\u2019s State Partnership Program engagements. He also serves as the deputy chief for the U.S. Embassy Suva\u2019s Office of Defense Cooperation, focused on security assistance and cooperation in the Pacific region.<\/p>\n

The Department of Defense National Guard Bureau State Partnership Program has built international relationships for more than 30 years and now includes 96 partnerships with 106 nations.<\/p>\n

\u201cNevada\u2019s State Partnership is one of a few programs with three or more partner nations,\u201d Taylor-Warren said. \u201cWe are unique, however, in that our program is regional in nature, and we can leverage that to increase our effectiveness with each partner.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor-Warren most recently worked as the Nevada Army National Guard\u2019s logistics management officer and CH-47 maintenance test pilot at the Army Aviation Support Facility in Stead, Nevada. Before that, he was the company commander of B Company, 1-189th General Support Aviation Battalion, and 2-147th Assault Helicopter Battalion\u2019s chief of operations during deployments to Iraq and Kuwait.<\/p>\n

\u201cI always knew that the State Partnership Program was active in Nevada and had even given tours of our Army Aviation Support Facility to our partners,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen the opportunity to apply for BAO came up, I jumped at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

That workload gets even busier as 56 nations prepare for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Apia, Samoa, Oct. 21-26.<\/p>\n

According to CHOGM\u2019s website, Nevada\u2019s newest partner, Samoa, will be the first small island developing state from the Blue Pacific to host the group.<\/p>\n

Additionally, the 53rd Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting will be hosted by Tonga and chaired by the Prime Minister of Tonga, Hon Hu\u2019akavemeiliku Siaosi Sovaleni, Aug. 26-30.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the moment he took over his duties as the BAO, Maj. Taylor-Warren has knocked it out of the park and done an amazing job for us,\u201d said Maj. Dustin Petersen, Nevada SPP director. \u201cThe work he and the SPP team are doing is making a difference in bridging our relationships in the South Pacific.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Maj. Zackary Taylor-Warren stands near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Fiji July 22, 2024. Taylor-Warren became bilateral affairs officer in the Nevada National Guard this spring and immediately faced multiple high-profile events in the strategically vital South Pacific. (Photo Credit: Capt. Emerson Marcus) VIEW ORIGINAL SUVA, Fiji – A glance at the packed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234323,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=234321"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234324,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234321\/revisions\/234324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/234323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=234321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=234321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=234321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}