 Civil Affairs soldiers visited with Ukrainian national parks representatives to help grow the partnership between them and the soldiers training at the International Peacekeeping and Security Center, or IPSC. Captain Casey Miller, the Civil Affairs team leader, feels this partnership is vital for all soldiers training at IPSC. It's critical to the future of the training area that the training area is involved with the national park and especially the civil authorities who have the expertise to really contribute to future land management on the training area, so that's why it's just important for us to try and maintain that relationship. As a symbol of continued friendship, the Civil Affairs team and national park representatives planted a tree together at the national park in Ivano Franco. Captain Miller was very happy to be a part of the event and hopes to come back one day with his family. I think it's just one of those things you can't really pass up on. You have to take the time to support and engage with us like this, just because it's like a once in a lifetime opportunity. Like they said, when you plant a tree, this tree is going to be here for a long time. It's an enduring symbol of our partnership with the community and with the Ukrainian people. Reporting from Ivano Franco, Ukraine, Army Staff Sergeant Jonathan Norris.