 The sounds of explosions tore through the air at Draska-Pomorski training area as paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade and their Polish counterparts from the 6th Airborne Brigade set off M120A1 mortar rounds. Forward observers from the U.S. and Poland called in mortar fire from other 173rd Airborne soldiers using the mortar fire control system. 3rd, Wiskie, Victor, 4, 9, 2, 1. Working with the Polish and the Canadians allows us to identify each other's different perspectives and different training requirements and training procedures to accomplish our missions. As we've been training with our Polish counterparts, our relationships have been growing stronger and the training has been progressively getting better and more complicated as we work together. The collaboration between the United States and its Allied partners has strengthened during recent land forces assurance exercises in Northern Poland as well as Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. For the 382nd Public Affairs Detachment, I'm Sergeant Adrienne Brooks.