 Working together can go a long way to strengthening relationships. U.S. Naval Forces Europe Africa hosted the Eurasia Partnership Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Development Workshop. It was aimed at helping six nations improve leadership skills at the NCO level. Here at today's workshop for the rest of this week, we'll be talking about how we raise in the United States Navy an E1 to E9 with additional opportunities for officer programs in many of the fields. We've also learned about petty officer training programs, the recruiting process and CPO 365. Attendees appreciated the workshop and say it will help them when they return to their country. As far as our NCO programs is still in the process of developing and that's why it's great that we have a chance to share experiences and get to know how it happens in other countries for us to be better tomorrow. Being able to interact with one another face to face can improve camaraderie and helps build long-lasting relationships. I've made friends in a different country that are in a different military and I think that's going to break down some barriers. I can go directly to them, I can call them, I can email them, Facebook them, it'll make my job easier. Participating countries are eager to use the knowledge they learned from the workshop and they look forward to coming back together for next year's workshop in 2015. The officer, Matt Wright, Naples, Italy.