1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,000 the rest 2 00:00:08,740 --> 00:00:11,370 Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers 3 00:00:11,380 --> 00:00:13,213 and one Kentucky . Air guardsmen 4 00:00:13,213 --> 00:00:15,380 proficiently trained in explosives met 5 00:00:15,380 --> 00:00:17,436 with revolution shoulders to discuss 6 00:00:17,436 --> 00:00:19,491 and execute practical exercises as a 7 00:00:19,491 --> 00:00:21,324 part of the National Guard State 8 00:00:21,324 --> 00:00:23,410 Partnership program , or SPP . The 9 00:00:23,410 --> 00:00:25,632 program has become a critical component 10 00:00:25,632 --> 00:00:27,632 of defense strategy and a model for 11 00:00:27,632 --> 00:00:29,466 security cooperation in the 21st 12 00:00:29,466 --> 00:00:32,290 century . Mhm . It's very beneficial to 13 00:00:32,290 --> 00:00:34,512 share information with the jib oceans . 14 00:00:34,512 --> 00:00:36,734 They have a lot of combat experience in 15 00:00:36,734 --> 00:00:39,730 Somalia and Ethiopia and eritrean 16 00:00:39,730 --> 00:00:43,500 conflict has provided them practical 17 00:00:43,510 --> 00:00:47,070 de mining and I'd experience that is 18 00:00:47,070 --> 00:00:48,959 different from ours in the United 19 00:00:48,959 --> 00:00:51,126 States . I think there's a lot that we 20 00:00:51,126 --> 00:00:52,737 can benefit from sharing the 21 00:00:52,737 --> 00:00:54,237 information to improve the 22 00:00:54,237 --> 00:00:56,348 survivability of troops on the on the 23 00:00:56,348 --> 00:00:58,890 ground . The Kentucky National Guard 24 00:00:58,890 --> 00:01:01,001 officially established a relationship 25 00:01:01,001 --> 00:01:03,223 with the Russian military forces to the 26 00:01:03,223 --> 00:01:05,223 State Partnership Program in 2015 . 27 00:01:05,223 --> 00:01:07,279 However , this is not the first time 28 00:01:07,279 --> 00:01:09,501 the US has interacted with the demining 29 00:01:09,501 --> 00:01:11,668 company directly . In the early 2000's 30 00:01:11,668 --> 00:01:13,779 Marines assisted the country with the 31 00:01:13,779 --> 00:01:15,946 mining techniques used to rid the land 32 00:01:15,946 --> 00:01:17,890 of explosive mines . Following the 33 00:01:17,890 --> 00:01:20,001 resolve of the 1990s civil conflict . 34 00:01:20,001 --> 00:01:22,980 You gotta get up . Who's that ? I look 35 00:01:22,980 --> 00:01:26,350 forward to have more massacres 36 00:01:27,140 --> 00:01:30,550 when you and motor skills 37 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:35,260 like this . We can share our experience 38 00:01:35,710 --> 00:01:39,560 and that we get your experience that 39 00:01:39,790 --> 00:01:42,640 the Dema can grow . Mhm . While 40 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:44,862 conducting routine route clearance is a 41 00:01:44,862 --> 00:01:47,084 part of an ongoing peacekeeping mission 42 00:01:47,084 --> 00:01:48,862 in the region . For the company 43 00:01:48,862 --> 00:01:50,751 soldiers have lost their lives to 44 00:01:50,751 --> 00:01:52,918 improvised explosive devices or IEDs . 45 00:01:52,918 --> 00:01:55,084 In the last three years . Overall unit 46 00:01:55,084 --> 00:01:56,973 morale has become a focus for the 47 00:01:56,973 --> 00:01:58,918 company commander as their mission 48 00:01:58,918 --> 00:02:01,140 continues . That sense of encouragement 49 00:02:01,140 --> 00:02:00,890 comes with confidence developed during 50 00:02:00,890 --> 00:02:02,946 joint force exchanges such as this . 51 00:02:03,140 --> 00:02:05,960 Oh , thank you . 52 00:02:07,940 --> 00:02:09,662 I feel very positive with this 53 00:02:09,662 --> 00:02:11,860 particular engagement . We've had 54 00:02:11,870 --> 00:02:14,600 additional individuals request to be 55 00:02:14,600 --> 00:02:17,160 included between yesterday and today , 56 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:21,410 and these opportunities are 57 00:02:21,410 --> 00:02:23,760 quite positive and I think we've had 58 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,930 great interaction with the individual 59 00:02:25,930 --> 00:02:27,950 soldiers on the ground down to the 60 00:02:27,950 --> 00:02:31,240 lowest private Kentucky . Service 61 00:02:31,240 --> 00:02:33,129 members returned home excited for 62 00:02:33,129 --> 00:02:35,240 future missions to come . As Kentucky 63 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:37,351 continues to develop its relationship 64 00:02:37,351 --> 00:02:39,129 with Djibouti through the State 65 00:02:39,129 --> 00:02:41,296 Partnership program , we will see more 66 00:02:41,296 --> 00:02:43,351 and more opportunities like this one 67 00:02:43,351 --> 00:02:45,351 that increases our overall national 68 00:02:45,351 --> 00:02:47,240 security and potentially produces 69 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,240 lifesaving knowledge . Our soldiers 70 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:51,073 need to make it home safely from 71 00:02:51,073 --> 00:02:53,184 Djibouti . Sergeant Jesse Cobweb with 72 00:02:53,184 --> 00:02:54,184 the state . Mhm . 73 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:00,860 Before you do . Uh huh . 74 00:03:03,290 --> 00:03:07,280 Thank you very much . You help 75 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:09,700 us all time . Let's clean up and go and 76 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:10,760 shave Okay .