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Video by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Young

Albanian OCS Class 001 Graduation (Speeches B-Roll)

New Jersey National Guard

July 29, 2014 | 31:02

The New Jersey National Guard graduated 24 Albanian Officers. The Albanian troops just completed 12 weeks of United States Army Officer Candidate School training that was conducted by the New Jersey Army National Guard. Albania is the first State Partnership Program country to send its officer candidates to its partner state – New Jersey – to attend Officer Candidate School. The 12-week New Jersey Army National Guard OCS program is modeled after the active-duty program at Fort Benning, Ga. and includes classroom instruction, physical and leadership training. The candidates were selected from the Albanian army, navy and air force

Speakers:

Army Colonel Dean T. Spenzos
Commander, 254th Regiment (CA)

Army Brigadier General James J. Grant
Chief of the Joint Staff, New Jersey National Guard

Major General Jeronim Bazo
Chief of the General Staff of Albanian Armed Forces

Honorable Gilbert Galanxhi
Ambassador of the Republic of Albania to the United States