 Transporting soldiers into action is a challenge all commanders must face. For Latvian Lieutenant Ernest Mezels, exercises like Saber Strike allows his troops to train with resources they don't often see. The good thing I was given three Black Hawk helicopters to insert my troops wherever I wanted to go, wherever I wanted to land in order to execute this operation. I was given a task to seize a key terrain which was an intersection overwatched by a large piece of high ground behind me. So the task was to seize here. These soldiers are training on one of six situational training exercises or sticks lanes, and each nation is taking part in multiple lanes with different objectives. I participated in Saber Strike last year and this year the exercise has grown in both scale and complexity and is distributed through multiple countries. So it's wonderful to see all of our NATO allies and partners coming together for this and each year improving on the exercise. The sticks lanes are merely preparation for the larger field training exercise, putting the Baltic nations to the test in the final days of the exercise. Senior Airman Zachary Boyer, Adage Latvia.