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Following a rigorous , uh , year-long

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predeployment training plan , uh ,

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alongside our Navy partners , we're

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prepared to go to any COCOM , maintain

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a high level of readiness , and be

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prepared to execute any of our tasking

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that was assigned to us . Throughout

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the PTP we're able to do uh many reps

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and sets uh across the different range

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of military operations that allowed us

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to prepare and buy down risk for me uh

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and the commodore as the commanders and

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the mission commanders for anything

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that was assigned . The 22nd MU and the

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IOR deployed on 14 August 2025 with

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anticipation of going to UCO and CEO ,

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but instead was turned south . Nearly a

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10 month deployment to the US SOTHCOM

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area responsibility . I felt fully

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confident along with the Commodore to

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execute our mission essential tasks in

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support of our nation's objectives .

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How is MU the force of choice going

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into underdeveloped AO ? Where you're

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dealing with uncertainty , there are

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multiple problems to solve . It's all

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in the name . It's a marine Air Grand

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task force . You've got a crisis

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response force that's got everything on

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it . You've got amphibious staging

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bases across the yard . Hundreds of

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Marines , you've got air combat element ,

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you've got a logistics battalion ,

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you've got a battalion landing team .

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We've got everything we need to

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accomplish the full range of military

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operations from major combat operations

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to precision raids to intel collections .

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We've got a multitude of collections

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apparatuses on the ship . We can

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interoperate with soft forces for we

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can do just about anything . We are

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your one stop shop for everything .

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This is the tip of the spear . The RMU

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is the crisis response force for the

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United States . We know that . We do

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not take that task and that

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responsibility lightly , so it's

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expected that we are able to deal with

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uncertainty . We are able to deal with

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anything that is asked of us . We pride

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ourselves in the ability to figure it

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out . You

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talk about why are we the force of

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choice ? Well , it's because we've

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shown that we can be so when we have

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advocates who are saying we know what

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the MU has to offer , we want them ,

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they are the partner of choice for us

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to conduct military interception

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operations . We've done more in . A

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MUSE done in two decades with the

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amount of things we've accomplished

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from all of our mission essential tasks .

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If that doesn't say to the United

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States government and the people why .

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We're the force of choice . I don't

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know what does .

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Some of the highlights of uh our

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deployment include initially sending

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Marines into Haiti for reinforcing the

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embassy in Port au Prince . We're

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conducting amphibious landing

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demonstration in Puerto Rico . Followed

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by Trinad Tobago part one in which we

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did an amphibious landing and then

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followed by a military exchange with

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those forces following her came Melissa .

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Foreign humanitarian assistance in

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Jamaica . Trinidad Tobago part 2

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we conducted another amphibious

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demonstration and worked more with

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their team . Continuous sustainment

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training .

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Modernization and experimentation

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efforts with the first person viewed

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drones in Puerto Rico .

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At my direction The United States

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Armed Forces conducted an extraordinary

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military operation in the capital

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of Venezuela .

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Overwhelming American military power ,

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air , land and sea was used to launch a

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spectacular assault . The

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MU participated in Operation Absolute

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Resolved alongside our special

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operations partners and joint

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interagency partners . Followed by the

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embassy reestablishment in Venezuela

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that ended up in reopening of the

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embassy and the flag raising .

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Ecuador bilateral exercise .

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Trey Colos and Martinique working with

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the French and Dutch . And culminated

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at the end with LZ validation of

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Ospreys for Casavac and support to

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General Donovan for a key leader

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engagement in Caracas .

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Even in month 10 , the team was very

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sharp in executing all of our mission

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sets all the way to the very end .

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What was unique about this deployment ,

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there was a lot of firsts , and we were

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constantly operational during the

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entire 10 months , but we weren't just

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doing OAIs , we were doing operation to

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operation , task to task for the entire

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10 months .

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The Bluere team seamless integration

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with this , our soft partners now

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stands as a defining element of the

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Arm's legacy throughout the SOCO AOR .

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We are flexible , scalable .

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Responsive , executing all of our Mts

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across the range of military operations .

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No one can do what the RMU can do

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together maneuver to position and then

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project power . We can do it

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organically . Across

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all war fighting functions and all

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domains . I think the most

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significant thing for this deployment

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was the team that we built , not just

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the green team , but the blue-green

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team , how we operated together , the

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attitudes of the marines and sailors ,

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what really made this deployment great .

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Everybody was all in , ready to go at a

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moment's notice to answer our nation's

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call . The forward deployed RU team

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gave us the flexibility and the depth

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that we needed to execute all missions

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simultaneously or in sequence . Again ,

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the team just excelled in every piece .

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I could not be prouder as a commander

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of the marines and sailors or part of

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the 22nd MUO or the amphibious

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readiness group as they endured two

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extensions from a 7 month to a 10 month

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deployment . And responded to every

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call that was asked of them from the

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joint force or the combatant commander .