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 British soldier works with South Dakota Guard unit during flood operations By Army Spc. Andrew Turner
                South Dakota National Guard
 DAKOTA DUNES, S.D. - With the help of a foreign exchange program, the South Dakota National Guard  received assistance from British troops during the Missouri River flooding  operations taking place in southeastern South Dakota. Among those troops  was Cpl. Arseny Barkovskiy, a British soldier with the Allied Rapid Corps’  Military Police Battalion, who traveled from his home in London June 10, to  work with the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 235th Military Police Company  for two weeks at Dakota Dunes as part of the U.S. Army’s Personnel Exchange  Program. The purpose of this  program is for soldiers of participating nations to share military skills,  experience different cultures and form friendships with the people they work  with. “I was integrated  into the unit and did everything my U.S. counterparts did,” Barkovskiy said,  who performed security and checkpoint operations with the 235th Soldiers, as  well as military driver’s training. Upon arrival to the  flood operations in Dakota Dunes, Barkovskiy said he was impressed by the  amount of assets involved in the operation. “It’s been  fascinating to see the resources you have at your disposal, especially at the  state level with federal backing,” he said. Reserve forces in  the U.K. are not used for civil emergencies, such as flooding, but are designed  to supplement the regular British forces overseas. Army Spc. Caleb  Fousek, a military policeman with the 235th, said his English counterpart was a  great help to their operations. “He has a very acute  sense of what to look for,” Fousek said. “He’ll spot little details others  might miss.” One such detail was  when the British soldier reported the description of a civilian cameraman who was filming in a restricted area, and was later found at a  checkpoint based on that description. This experience was  only one of several that Barkovskiy said he shared with the Soldiers of the  235th during his two weeks in Dakota Dunes. After working with  South Dakota’s Soldiers, he said there are more similarities than differences  between the National Guard and the British Reserves, with only subtle cultural  variations distinguishing each force. In the end, what  impressed him the most was the kindness of the unit he worked with, Barkovskiy  said. “I’ve been blown  away by the hospitality of [the 235th], the U.S. Army and South Dakota,” said  Barkovskiy. “I can’t say enough good things about them.”
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