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原文：
The National Guard Bureau’s top leaders traveled to Finland, Sweden and Norway last week to strengthen the Guard’s security cooperation ties in the Nordic region.
Each nation hosted Air Force Gen. Steve Nordhaus, chief, National Guard Bureau, and Senior Enlisted Advisor John Raines, SEA to the CNGB, for meetings with defense and military leaders to discuss deepening longtime and new partnerships and how to continue strengthening European and global security.
Accompanying Nordhaus and Raines were the adjutants general of the states partnered with each Nordic nation through the Department of War National Guard State Partnership Program: Army Maj. Gen. James Ring, Virginia National Guard; Army Maj. Gen. Raymond Shields, New York National Guard; and Army Maj. Gen. Shawn P. Manke, Minnesota National Guard.
"These key strategic partnerships ensure we will strengthen our collective defenses along Europe’s northern flank," said Nordhaus, who visited the Nordic region for the first time as CNGB and as a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "
While Norway is a founding member of NATO, dating back to 1949, Finland and Sweden have historically adhered to a policy of military non-alignment, maintaining robust national defense capabilities while opting out of formal alliances.
中譯：
美國國民兵局高層上週前往芬蘭、瑞典與挪威訪問，強化國民兵在北歐地區的安全合作關係。
各國均接待國民兵局局長、空軍上將諾德豪斯，以及局長高級士官顧問雷恩斯，並進行國防及軍事領導人會晤，討論深化長期與新夥伴關係，以及如何持續強化歐洲與全球安全。
隨行成員包括與各北歐國家建立國民兵夥伴關係的州國民兵總司令：維吉尼亞州陸軍少將瑞因、紐約州陸軍少將希爾茲，以及明尼蘇達州陸軍少將曼克。
諾德豪斯表示：「這些關鍵的戰略夥伴關係，確保我們能共同強化歐洲北翼的集體防禦。」這是他首次以國民兵局局長及參謀首長聯席會議成員身分訪問北歐。
挪威自1949年起即為北約創始成員國，而芬蘭與瑞典歷來奉行軍事不結盟政策，雖具備堅實國防實力，但未加入任何軍事同盟。