Tech. Sgt. John Anderson (left), of the Air National

Tech. Sgt. John Anderson (left), of the Air National Guard's Training and Education Center TV interviews Lamure Latour, Suriname minister of defense at Camp Rapid June 15. The South Dakota National Guard welcomed dignitaries from the Republic of Suriname to South Dakota as part of the National Guard's State Partnership Program. Dignitaries were shown various military training associated with the annual Golden Coyote training exercise, which brought 2,100 National Guard soldiers and aAirmen from across the U.S. to the Black Hills for the two week training event. They were also shown ongoing missions by South Dakota's soldiers and airmen conducting flood relief related missions in the state's capitol, Pierre. The South Dakota-Suriname State Partnership Program was formally established in August 2006 to develop mutually beneficial partnerships between the two entities.