Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Erickson, Air Forces in Europe Band drum major, guides a three nation marching band down Khreschatyk Street to the Maidan during Ukraine’s Independence Day parade Aug. 24, 2021. Erickson was given five days to help the 120 multinational band perform and march with little-to-no errors during one of Ukraine’s largest events with over 1 million people watching.

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