 Saber Strike was the first major exercise of First Cavalry Division's participation in this year's U.S. military presence in Atlantic Resolve. The exercise was conducted in several locations around Eastern Europe, involving different partner nations with varying military capabilities. One partnering unit that made the wet-gap portion of Saber Strike a success for two-eight cab involved U.S. Army reserves from Arkansas. Reservists, yes, force multiplier, you better believe it. Our mission during this exercise is to facilitate maneuver across a wet-gap or in layman's terms a river or some type of body of water. Helping perform that function is the 341st Engineer Company, an Army Reserve unit out of Arkansas. They are employing an IRB, an improved ribbon bridge that is made primarily of aluminum and requires over 50 vehicles to transport. A functioning bridge that can go anywhere. Now that's something a commander of a heavy armored battalion can really appreciate. Obviously there's sometimes bridges can't support the weight of our vehicles and this helps us find opportunities to get across and put power where the enemy may not suspect that we have the capability of going. It adds to the complexity. It forces us to plan. It forces us to prepare ourselves and our equipment. We have to deal with both just the dilemma of the gap itself and also the dilemma of the enemy that could be observing. Training exercises are always a great opportunity to evaluate unit readiness. Training in Poland around other NATO partners takes the value up another notch. For a reserve component, it's a chance to show improved. We just passed a bunch of attractive vehicles over it. Some of the heaviest the Army has and we're still floating. The two aid calves successfully took advantage of web gap training and moved several of their armored vehicles across safely. The Sabre Strike and Atlantic Resolve in Europe proves this exercise has obvious training value, but it is also about collaboration across nations and also across services. Reporting from Poland for the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, I'm Army Sergeant Ron Lee.