INDIANAPOLIS - Aviators with Indiana’s 38th Combat Aviation Brigade took part in Tobruq Legacy 16, a multinational exercise in Slovakia focused on interoperability and joint operational procedures among the eight participating countries.

ZLOCIENIEC, Poland -- Six members of the Indiana National Guard worked shoulder to shoulder with their Slovak armed forces counterparts while participating in Operation Anakonda 2016.

Story of Slovak Soldiers who came to Indiana to observe and participate with their counterparts from the Indiana National Guard. Soundbites include MAJ William Ward (OIC Slovak Exchange), MAJ Harmonie Foster (Commander, C. Co., 113th Med Bn.) 1LT Lubimar Muran, Slovac Engineer. Video by Staff Sgt. Lorne Neff, Indiana National Guard, Sept. 25, 2015.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana’s Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. Courtney P. Carr, visited Slovakia for the first time as the leader of the Indiana National Guard earlier this month.

Carr’s visit coincided with exchanges between the Indiana National Guard and the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic during the month of September that set new precedents in scope and scale.

INDIANAPOLIS – Indiana and Slovakia continued their longstanding military and enduring strategic partnership as part of the National Guard’s State Partnership program.

In September, approximately 120 Hoosier Guardsmen traveled to Military Training Area Lešť in Slovakia to participate in Slovak Shield that helped contribute to NATO’s European Reassurance Initiative. In return more than 70 Slovakian soldiers arrived here in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS – More than 70 soldiers with the Slovak Armed Forces arrived in Indiana Monday.

The soldiers will participate in Indiana National Guard exercises to familiarize themselves with U.S. tactics, techniques and procedures. They will also see first-hand the potent and myriad training capabilities at Camp Atterbury and Muscatatuck Urban Training Center.