 Recently, members from the 175th Wing Mission Support Group completed their annual training at Aviano Air Base in Italy. The 31st Communication Squadron has been very helpful in assisting us and making sure that we were ready to hit the ground running when we got here. This training is very important for our members to see what it is to be on an active duty air base first and foremost. Their processes are somewhat similar, but yet different. We don't have all the equipment on our base, so to be able to go where they have different equipment and see different things is tremendous to us. Working here in Aviano with my counterparts means a great deal to me. I think working with such a diverse group of people really brings us together and being able to bring that back home and share that energy makes the mission possible. Here at Aviano, we are working in the mailroom and just making sure that the mail is being sent, it's being received, and that customers are getting the mail. I think it provides a great deal of morale, members receiving their care packages and letters from their loved ones, and I think it brings a smell to their face and it makes the mission possible. It's not just about getting the training that you need, but also building relationships with the active duty here on base and getting to know how the active duty works and letting the active duty know how the Air National Guard works. I think we've got such a great group here to make a good impression for the Maryland Air National Guard. Reporting for the 175th Wing, this is Airman 1st Class, Allie Utner.