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News Stories US service members act to help Surinamese partners
Actions speak more loudly than words, and this holds especially true for those in need.
Finding needy people is not hard to do in Suriname, a country with a large portion of its citizens living below the poverty line.
With this fact in mind, the U.S. military and the government of Suriname decided to partner together and take action.
08.23.11 Story by Spc. Andrew Turner
 Working together to make a difference in Suriname
In a country where an estimated 70 percent of the population is below the poverty line, the U.S. military has partnered with the Suriname government in a cooperative humanitarian mission called New Horizons, with the goal of helping to improve the quality of life for those in need in the country of Suriname.
08.8.11 Story by Spc. Andrew Turner
 New Horizons ‘Operation Clean Tide’ washes piles of clothes
Airmen participating in the New Horizons humanitarian exercise recently initiated a new project and showed local children how a little creativity could make a mundane task more enjoyable.
08.3.11 Story by Spc. Manda Walters
 Brothers serving together help renovate school in Suriname
Two small-town brothers from South Dakota grew up building a tree house in their backyard. Today, Westin and Waylon Blasius, specialists in the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 155th Engineer Company, are renovating a school as part of the New Horizons humanitarian exercise in Suriname.
08.1.11 Story by Staff Sgt. Theanne Tangen
Suriname soldiers graduate New Horizons Basic Security Course
New Horizons Basic Security Force Course Class 11-02 graduated, July 30, 2011, at Memre Buku, a Surinamese military training site in Paramaribo.
07.30.11 Story by Spc. Manda Walters
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Recent Video OCS Phase III Kicks Off
Officer Candidates involved in the 196th Regional Training Institute out of Ft. Meade, South Dakota march to their forward operating base to start their final phase of the OCS program. Produced by Spc. Jacqueline Fitzgerald
Taken: 07.19.2011
 OCS Phase 3 Obstacle Course
Package about officer candidates working through an obstacle course in the effort of developing teamwork and leadership skills. Includes soundbites from Officer Candidate Brandon Harding. Produced by Sgt. Kirby Oaks.
Taken: 07.16.2011
 New Horizons 2011 - Security Forces Training
Soldiers from the 235th Military Police Company train soldiers from the Suriname Army in Paramaribo, Suriname as part of New Horizons 2011. New Horizons is a
cooperative effort between the Suriname Government and the United States Southern Command that provides training
opportunities to Suriname and U.S. military while helping to improve the quality of life for the people of Suriname. Includes sound bites from Staff Sgt. Dusty Ginsbach, Security Forces Training Leader. Also available in high definition.
Taken: 06.27.2011
 New Horizons 2011 - Alkmaar Medical Clinic
Soldiers from the 155th Engineer Company
construct a medical clinic in Alkmaar ,Suriname as part of New Horizons 2011. New Horizons is a cooperative effort between the Suriname Government and the United States
Southern Command that provides training opportunities to Suriname and U.S. military while helping to improve the quality of life for the people of Suriname. Includes sound bites from Sgt. 1st Class Jay Spaans. Also available in high definition.
Taken: 06.25.2011
 740th Transportation Company Quick Reactionary Force
Members of the 740th Transportation Company based out of Milbank, SD and its detachment based out of Aberdeen, SD quickly got to work upon their arrival in Dakota Dunes to support the Missouri River flood protection efforts.
The 740th went from Annual Training into State Active Duty on June 23, 2011. After only one day on location in Dakota Dunes members of the QRF, or Quick Reactionary Force were called to action to shore up a section of levee.
SOT (SSgt Paula Beckler:) "Our mission as the QRF, or Quick Reactionary Force, we're staioned up in the circle right now and this what we respond to... until the contractors can get in with the equipment....Currently what we're doing here is reinforcing the back side of this levee that caved-in... Bring the dirt right up to his window."
The 740th took over the Quick Reactionary Force mission from the 153rd Engineer Battalion, Forward Support Company who had been working in Dakota Dunes since the South Dakota National Guard was called to State Active Duty in May. Some members of the 153rd volunteered to stay behind to help train the 740th, and operarate some of the heavy equipment alongside members of the 740th. The levee support mission is ongoing, and will likely last throughout the Summer.
Reporting in Dakota Dunes, I'm Air Force Senior Master Sergeant Don McLeer.
Taken: 06.24.2011
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