Indiana Adjutant General, Maj. Gen. R. Martin Umbarger, shakes hands with in Slovak Chief of Defense, Lt. Gen. Peter Vojtek, on the steps of the Indiana War Memorial in Indianapolis, Friday, May 25, 2012. Vojtek spent Memorial Day weekend in Indianapolis after attending the NATO Summit in Chicago. Indiana has been paired with the Slovak Republic by the Department of Defense since 1994, through the State Partnership Program. The two militaries have exchanged troops, techniques and training procedures since. Indiana Guardsmen and Slovak troops are serving shoulder to shoulder in Afghanistan with the Operation Mentor and Liaison Team.
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