 My name is Wilhann. I'm currently a trooper serving in Alleywell Troop, the Royal Lancers and we've just completed Alleywell Surge. On Operation Alleywell Surge we were awoken in the early hours of the morning and we were pushed out as a trooper to northern Poland where we were inspecting various positions to pass over to Berserker Company, US Army. From there we deployed further north throughout the Baltic States staying at various NATO camps along the way for ending up in Estonia and linking up with the rest of the British battle group there before coming all the way back down. A positive that I'm taking from operational Alleywell Surge was the sheer scale and interoperability of NATO. All these different nations coming together with a common goal, helping each other out, learning from each other, developing each other. I've learnt a lot from the Canadians, Italians, from the US Army all along throughout the operation and I think just the capabilities that we all share that we can deploy at a moment's notice is really strong. I hope that people take away from this operation the sheer scale of what's going on in Eastern Europe and how the alliance is stronger than ever and how together we can push forward to hopefully a bright future. I think what met my expectation with the operation was how we were able to complete our objectives rapidly. I mean we deployed within a moment's notice and we deployed in a really rapid time far exceeding the time that we were set. I had no doubt in my mind that we were able to do that and I had no doubt in my mind that we were able to get up there in good order either. Personally I think that I'm just enjoying working with lots of different nations and I think that everyone else should take that away too. I'm Captain Christine Hoffman, Fire Support Officer for First Battalion 9th Cavalry and this is Operation All-I-Wall Surge. During Operation All-I-Wall Surge we moved from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and then back down to Poland again. During Operation All-I-Wall Surge I've taken that from this experience stopping along at each Enhance Ford Presence battle group, their fires enterprise and how it's ran. So taking it in their capabilities and taking it for our battle group here in Poland that way we can expand our interoperability and spread it across the board. From this operation I hope soldiers take the connections that they've created and all of the contact information and give it to the next rotation so that it sets them up for success.