 Starting from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, this is Airman Carissa Menken. Texas Air National Guardsmen from the 136th Airlift Wing practice airdrops for the Falcon Leap exercise on Eindhoven Air Base, Netherlands. The Falcon Leap exercise is in commemoration of the World War II Allied Forces Operation Market Garden. This joint NATO exercise is designed to train interoperability with other nations and practice personnel airdrops at the historic location. Chief Master Sergeant Sean Ross shares his thoughts on the mission. When I first enlisted in the Air Force I wanted to see the world and I got to see the world other times, other countries and the Netherlands was, you have to be checked off my bucket list and the Texas Air Guard brought me here. They expanded on the opportunity to participate in this exercise and the Texas Air Guard is showing strong out here that we know what we're doing and we can fly aircraft and we can drop jumpers. The 136th Airman conducted over 50 drops by the end of the exercise. They helped fly groups of 25-40 U.S. Army airborne paratroopers over the Hechtel's Hided Drop Zone. Major Sean Fitzgerald elaborates on what it means to be on this mission. Yeah so coming on this trip, what it means personally is an incredible opportunity to travel abroad with the Texas Air National Guard. I haven't been in the 181st very long at this point in my career but going to Europe isn't something I really knew the Guard even did even as I was coming into the United States and into Monca. So it's a great opportunity to sharpen some skills that we need to keep ready to go out the door and it's also personally a really cool experience to go travel here. The Falcon Leap exercise is an opportunity for over 13 nationalities and military forces to continue to strengthen international partnerships and participate in NATO's largest technical airborne exercise. Coming from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, this is Airman Carissa Menken.