 The Iron Spirit exercise that we're conducting here today, this is to really build camaraderie and engage with our NATO allies to build trust and friendship and to promote that unity that NATO represents. All the nations that we have here today would be the United States, the British, the Italians, the Germans, the Dutch, and the Polish as well. So we're here to again see who's the best of the best. It's a really neat opportunity and a unique opportunity to see what the other countries can do and show them what we can do as well as just to get to know how the other countries operate, get to talk with their soldiers, their NCOs, and their officers that are all here, getting to build relationships with them because if we do get called on by NATO to fight we're going to be fighting together so we need to know what each other can do and that we can work together. The benefit of this competition is twofold. Firstly to reassure the Baltic states that we're here and we're serious about defending their sovereign territory, but also to deter any potential enemies and show them that we are ready to fight at a moment's notice and to destroy anyone that needs to be destroyed. I came out here for Iron Spirit to shoot a little competition with NATO countries. We ended up taking first place in my crew, Cogro 1-2. We made some friends with the other allies, had some good times, some laughs, and got to check out the rest of the units that were out here and seeing what our NATO partners have to offer us basically. So it was a really good time and it was a pleasure to be out here and shooting with these guys. This team has to work together. Staff Sergeant Brent Ross came out here for Iron Spirit to shoot a little competition with NATO countries. Competition wasn't what we actually thought it was going to be like, thought it was going to kind of be a little bit of a gunnery style for us, but it was actually one target engagement so we kind of had a really solid advantage over the rest of the countries and crews. We ended up taking first place in my crew, Cogro 1-2. So a really good time and it was a pleasure to be out here and shooting with these guys. It's this team that has to work together!