Command Sgt. Maj. Eric C. Dostie, Army Central’s senior noncommissioned officer, talks with Command Sgt. Maj. Temirbek Khalykov, the command sergeant major for Kazakhstan's armed forces, during a tour of the NCO academy at Schuchinsk, Kazakhstan Aug. 28. Dostie was among a delegation of senior NCO’s that visited Kazakhstan to attend an NCO Symposium. Dostie and Khalykov both attended the Army Sergeants Major Academy together at Fort bliss, Tex. in 2008.

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