U.S. Army Maj. Gen. David Baldwin, adjutant general of the California National Guard, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and California Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis, visit to the California Air National Guard’s 129th Rescue Wing at Moffett Air National Guard Base, Calif., Sept. 2, 2021. The California National Guard and Ukraine State Partnership Program was established in 1993 through the Department of Defense as a means to develop and strengthen the strategic partnership between the U.S. and Ukraine.