WEBVTT 00:38.549 --> 00:40.327 The reserve integrated training 00:40.327 --> 00:42.271 exercise that we're doing over the 00:42.271 --> 00:44.438 course of this last couple of weeks is 00:44.438 --> 00:46.271 an important element to where it 00:46.271 --> 00:48.160 enables the reserve force to come 00:48.160 --> 00:50.216 together as a MAGAF and operate in a 00:50.216 --> 00:52.216 complex environment that replicates 00:52.216 --> 00:54.438 modern combat , and that's an important 00:54.438 --> 00:56.605 part of the reserve training that will 00:56.605 --> 00:58.382 enable us to act as really that 00:58.382 --> 01:00.438 strategic depth of the total force . 01:05.769 --> 01:07.936 The environment in Twentynine Palms is 01:07.936 --> 01:10.269 tough , as you can see behind me . It's , 01:10.269 --> 01:12.380 it's arid desert . We're here in June 01:12.380 --> 01:14.602 and it's , it's hot . Temperatures over 01:14.602 --> 01:16.602 100 degrees , which adds a level of 01:16.602 --> 01:18.713 complexity to what is already complex 01:18.713 --> 01:20.880 training . But if you can mitigate the 01:20.880 --> 01:23.580 heat and not only be able to survive in 01:23.580 --> 01:25.580 it , but thrive and operate in it , 01:25.860 --> 01:27.804 then you can do that in really any 01:27.804 --> 01:29.860 clime and place . So not only are we 01:29.860 --> 01:32.193 training in the desert here in the heat , 01:32.193 --> 01:34.416 but that also prepares us to be able to 01:34.416 --> 01:34.220 train in cold weather in other 01:34.220 --> 01:35.442 difficult locations . 01:44.769 --> 01:47.379 Not only can we conduct a really close 01:47.379 --> 01:49.712 live fire maneuver with live ammunition , 01:49.712 --> 01:51.379 but we can incorporate modern 01:51.379 --> 01:53.435 technologies and really kind of work 01:53.435 --> 01:55.379 within the electromagic spectrum , 01:55.379 --> 01:57.379 small UAS , a lot of things that is 01:57.379 --> 01:59.601 difficult in some of the other bases in 01:59.601 --> 02:01.657 the United States . So it's a really 02:01.657 --> 02:03.823 important base for not only the Marine 02:03.823 --> 02:05.823 Corps overall , but the total force 02:05.823 --> 02:05.510 which improves the reserves . 02:10.169 --> 02:11.947 Marine air-ground task force is 02:11.947 --> 02:13.947 composed of 4 main elements . First 02:13.947 --> 02:16.058 being the ground combat element , the 02:16.058 --> 02:18.058 GCE . That's composed of the ground 02:18.058 --> 02:20.169 forces that conduct fire and maneuver 02:20.169 --> 02:22.679 to be able to seize and hold the 02:22.679 --> 02:26.520 terrain . Next is the air 02:26.520 --> 02:28.759 combat element , all the functions of 02:28.759 --> 02:31.520 marine aviation to close air support , 02:31.750 --> 02:34.529 deep air support . All the bunches that 02:34.529 --> 02:36.751 come along with it to support the units 02:36.751 --> 02:38.140 that are on the ground . 02:41.529 --> 02:43.696 Next is the logistics combat element . 02:43.696 --> 02:45.862 That's the element that really kind of 02:45.862 --> 02:47.862 supports the MAGTA and allows it to 02:47.862 --> 02:50.029 maintain tempo through the movement of 02:50.029 --> 02:51.889 personnel and supplies that are 02:51.889 --> 02:53.945 required for the unit to continue to 02:53.945 --> 02:57.149 operate for time . And then finally , 02:57.350 --> 02:59.949 the commando . That's the part that 02:59.949 --> 03:01.990 really ties it all together and it 03:01.990 --> 03:04.046 allows them to operate at one single 03:04.046 --> 03:05.768 unit across multiple domains . 03:13.110 --> 03:14.943 I'm extremely proud of the , the 03:14.943 --> 03:16.554 Marines and the sailors that 03:16.554 --> 03:18.554 participated in this exercise . The 03:18.554 --> 03:20.610 performance and the effort that they 03:20.610 --> 03:20.300 put into it . It really kind of brought 03:20.300 --> 03:21.967 home , as I think about MACTA 03:21.967 --> 03:23.967 operations , the , uh , the Kipling 03:23.967 --> 03:26.179 saying . Strength of the wolf depends 03:26.179 --> 03:28.460 on the pack . Strength of the pack 03:28.460 --> 03:30.720 depends on the wolf . We got a lot of 03:30.720 --> 03:31.440 wolves out here .