Adjutant General Hosts Bosnian Deputy Minister of Defense
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”1433″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeIn”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1500399759062{margin-bottom: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”]By Sgt. John Higgins, Maryland National Guard Public Affairs[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500399750880{margin-top: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}”]The Maryland Military Department greeted members of the Bosnia-Herzegovina Defense Ministry April 15, 2010, in Reisterstown, Md., under the auspices of the National Guard State Partnership Program, to discuss the state’s military and emergency response capabilities.
Brig. Gen. James A. Adkins, the adjutant general of Maryland hosted the Bosnian delegation, lead by Mr. Zivko Marjanac, deputy minister of defense for policy and planning. Marjanac is responsible for international cooperation, military intelligence affairs and security as well as command, control and communications for the Bosnia-Herzegovina Ministry of Defense.
The briefing at Camp Frettered Military Reservation gave the minister and his staff a better understanding of how the Military Department and the National Guard manage emergency situations. They discussed the recent record-breaking back-to-back snow storms in February and the department’s response to Hurricane Katrina.
The delegation had a chance for some hands-on training with Camp Fretterd’s Engagement Skills Trainer 2000. Lt. Col. Bozo Skopljakovic, Embassy of Bosnia-Herzegovina defense attaché and Mr. Sasa Konjevic, Bosnia-Herzogovina chief of cabinet of the deputy minister of defense, were able to fire air-powered M-16 assault rifles to test their skills at shooting.
The State Partnership Program was launched in Europe as part of the initial outreach by the United States to new democracies in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. The SPP brings together U.S. states and territories with partner nations through a range of military, civil-military and civil activities under the Maryland Military Department. The partnership program emphasizes civil and military cooperation with civil control of a professional military. Maryland was selected to partner with Bosnia-Herzegovina in 2003.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row]