 trying to do this. My name is Senior Airman Joseph McKinney. Senior Airman. 131st CES. CES is a civil engineering squadron. We are here at 14 Wing Greenwood to assist our Canadian allies as well as getting training for all of CE members to get our five levels. That's very important in civil engineering. This is a great training for me. I am a National Guardsman so I'm only able to do anything with civil engineering once a month. So to come out and do something like this is super important for my five level because I can get a signature line for roofing and maybe a little bit of leading because I am the only structures here today. So I've been leading a little bit and so that helps me in my future career. My name is Master Corporal Shantz Holman. S-H-A-N-T-Z-H-A-L-L-M-A-N. I'm with 14 MSS CE. Having our NATO allies come to the base here has been a really great experience. I've enjoyed it quite a lot. It's great to learn how the other militaries work and what their chain of command is, how they go about doing projects that we have in common and that sort of thing like the roofing that's behind me here. So it's been a great experience just to learn that because of the fact that when we do deploy we have to work together quite often and it just helps that out so we're not in a stressful situation learning that sort of thing. 14 MSS CE we're the construction engineering branch of the wing. We take care of all maintenance and small builds for the wing and we're also a force generation unit so what that means is that we also provide members to deploy overseas to do the same job as we do here just in different countries. I believe this strengthens our relationship with our American allies just in the fact that we get to experience how they work. I've been really impressed with the work ethic of the various airmen that come through on this project. We've had three rotations here and we've had airmen that have had incredible experience and work like animals and then we've also had airmen that have been working on the roof behind me here that have no experience whatsoever. It doesn't deter them at all. They just they give you 110% all the time and very quick learners and it's just really helped to get the project moved along and complete it in the in the allotted time so it's been pretty impressive. I've been impressed. I'm glad that I was able to get this experience with working with the Americans on a DFT. We don't all get that experience. It only happens at air bases so when I was at a Navy base and an Army base I didn't have that opportunity so I'm just really glad to have had to have had that in my career. My first name is Eduardo, E-D-U-A-R-D-O last name Vargas, V-A-R-G-A-S. I'm a captain. 131st CE. 131st civil engineer CE squadron is participating in a two-week deployment for training here in Canada as part of the Canadian exchange program and our mission here is to ensure our airmen are getting mission essential training completed. The training of the airmen are getting here is necessary for them to upgrade level five level seven and there are opportunities here on this base where we are able to get the skills lined off. The 131st CE unit is a prime beef unit and we're a mobile expeditionary construction force so we are able to build and repair any facility any airfield. I would say the CE is great for several reasons one the type of work that we do and the fact that we can build or fix everything anywhere but the most important thing are the people the job can sometimes get challenging and at times conflicts arise but the people will keep you in here and that's kind of why we enjoy what we do. This DFT gives us an opportunity to work with our Canadian partners in a joint environment where we can become familiar with their military structure their capabilities and their limitations and the same goes for us they can they can get to know us so when we all go downrange we know what to expect from each other. This trip we have a lot of first-term airmen that have not had a chance to practice our trade due to COVID and other reasons so in this DFT they are putting their skills to the test which sometimes leads to conflict or challenges whether technical or attitude issues and so they're forced to work out you know work it out between themselves figure it out and move forward and in the end that conflict is what builds a stronger team that allows us to perform in a strong manner when we deploy downrange. Working with our Canadian partners has been very eye-opening while we think Canadians and Americans are very similar and they are in many ways there are also some differences they have been very generous with their time materials and accommodations they have also taken the time to teach our airmen how to do things differently from a different point of view there's always a million ways to do certain things and being open and two other ideas can only help us in the long term so it's been it's been great and I look forward to more opportunities like this in the future