 The U.S. Air Force dropped four pallets containing more than 1,500 MREs for soldiers in the Purbati training area in Lithuania. Soldiers from the Minnesota National Guard collected the food and will take it to the delivery point. So this area will resupply, reinsert, reinsures our soldiers that the National Guard is ready and postured to provide emergency logistical support in times of crisis. The night drop was part of Exercise Saber Strike 17 and demonstrated the partnerships between active duty units and the National Guard. This helps partnership between the Air Force and the Army, every time we do one of these drops it helps us to take something away from it to improve future operations. The resupply serves as both training and real world scenarios for the soldiers involved. Well for us it's practice on my end. For the troops that are out here conducting exercises it's pretty much a real world for them because they have to be resupplied with food. Those MREs will be distributed to the U.S. soldiers who are in the field during Exercise Saber Strike 17. Reporting from Purbati, I'm Sergeant Sam Deleon.