Three National Guardsmen instructing mine safety in Mongolia - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports -: "The three are taking part in an Alaska National Guard partnership program with Mongolia that has been in effect since 2003, in which National Guard personnel in various fields of expertise are sent to Mongolia for brief periods of time to train government and civilian personnel.
"This opportunity came up through conversations with our Mongolian partners," said Maj. Wayne Don, Alaska National Guard partnership officer. "Since Alaska doesn't deal with coal mining that often, I started communication with the West Virginia National Guard to request support from them."
The West Virginia Army National Guard followed through by recommending Poling, Sinsel and Wolford, who are coal miners in civilian life, to help give instruction on coal mine safety."
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