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- Nibbler training is a...

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it's an opportunity for us to,

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^as the Marine Coprs, take something that's open source

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^and modify it to our needs.

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^ISIS, right now, is currently using off-the-shelf drones

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^to harass us and get ISR on us.

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With a program that we can use and make ourselves

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and send another cheap UAS up in the air,

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we can gain a lot of the same advantages that they have.

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^- Nibbler training, for us, it's just the first time

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^being able to actually get our hands on

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^and put together the Nibbler, as well as employ it.

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The Nibbler itself holds, you know,

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a pretty good significance.

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It's the first time a drone's actually been

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put in the hands of, you know, a line company,

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and it, you know, it holds the ability to

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open up all kinds of avenues operationally.

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The Nibbler allows me to identify targets faster,

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and with less confusion, on the battlefield,

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as well as allowing my brothers to the left and right of me,

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specifically mortars and machine guns,

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to effectively employ their jobs faster

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and with less confusion by allowing the Nibbler to

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identify certain things on the battlefield

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that they need to know so that they can,

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you know, do their job.

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- Nibbler training is new technology,

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^and it's an opening way to start brainstorming new ideas,

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^how to take this technology

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^and move it to the next best thing.

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A lot of new marines from different MLSs

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have gotten the opportunity to be able to learn

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not only how to build these drones, but how they operate.

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This could open up a whole new field

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of drone mechanics, drone operators,

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field experts on these specific machines,

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and it's a whole new world.

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