Lt. Col. Todd Bartunek, the state training officer discusses different aspects of training a reserve force with Col. Adolf Jardim, deputy commander of the Suriname armed forces, left, Maj. Sieflien Grot, head of military personnel for the Suriname armed forces, and Maj. Lesley Paul Nojodipo, head of military operations in the Suriname armed forces, as part of the Reserve Forces Subject Matter Expert Exchange at Camp Rapid, S.D. July 11, 2014. Three leadership representatives from Suriname visited South Dakota as part of the State Partnership Program to gain the knowledge to establish a reserve military component in their home country. The partnership with Suriname was formally initiated in August 2006, to develop a mutually beneficial, long-term security cooperation relationship between the two partners.
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