 Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade participated in a unique jump today in Latvia as part of the NATO Land Forces exercise. My name is Michael Charles Henry. I am the battalion command sergeant major for 1st Battalion 503rd Infantry Regiment. What we're doing here today is we're doing a paratroop operation over here on Unity DZ, over here in Latvia. Today we're doing it with UH-60s from 12th Combat Aviation Brigade. So the UH-60, it gives you a smaller platform with a smaller footprint so you jump less paratroopers. But it's a lot of fun, so it's very different from a regular fixed wing aircraft. You have to jump out of the doors or over the ramp. This one you're just sitting there right in the doors and so it's a unique experience for the guys is you put six to eight paratroopers in there with a jump master and they get to sit out there and they're flying over, you know, flying over terrain waiting to approach the DZ and you have the wind in your face. It's a pretty neat experience for guys in a unique one that I'll remember. They're doing great. You can see it from here. Everyone's watching their buddies jump. As we go chalk by chalk, the guys are doing great. They're doing the right thing and most importantly is they're having fun and they're enjoying themselves with their Latvian and Canadian counterparts. It's training we need to do. It's fun and we're demonstrating commitment so you can't ask for more. Reporting for the 116th Public Affairs Detachment, I'm Army Sergeant Tyler Slutton.