 A day at the office for the engineers of Alpha Company 54th Brigade Engineer Battalion can be literally quite explosive. The demolition range conducted in Turkey by Alpha Company served as their annual certification and a show of capability for their Turkish host. More importantly, it allowed for synchronized training during FS 2016, Turkey's national military exercise, and the first time American forces participated in it. It's definitely opened the eyes of a lot of soldiers coming to Turkey, working alongside a Turkish. Turkish have been more than welcoming since we arrived. I think it's definitely going to help any future operations. We can just kind of jump right in and work alongside them without any issues. The training in Turkey, a proven NATO ally, although tough and challenging at times, seems to be just what the doctor ordered for these airborne engineers whose company model is at the breach. I think my soldiers are gaining a greater appreciation of infantry mission and understand how important it is to provide timely effects onto targets that they have for their mobility and counter-mobility missions. So they're able to see how important it is to be experts in their craft and provide those timely effects as needed and precisely where they're needed. The demo range consisted of shape, cratering, razor charges to include Bangalore torpedoes, Army Sergeant Carlos Gonzalez, Gohan Bay, Turkey.