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- [Male Narrator] Welcome to another edition

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of The Reserve Report.

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Here's what's happening around the reserve.

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Marines from across Marine Forces Reserve

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join NATO allies and partners following

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a strategic mobility exercise to support Saber Strike 17.

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^- Exercises like Saber Strike are important for our Marines

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^because one of the things that our commander at MarForRes

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wants is a ready force, a force ready to fight tonight,

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to be ready to leave at a moment's notice,

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and when we come out here, it provides the Marines

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the opportunity to get ready to go.

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When they're here they actually get the training

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that they need and they get to integrate

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with other services as well as other nations.

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- The culminating phase of the exercise

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was the field training exercise, the force on foot.

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^It enabled us to integrate with the Norwegian battalion

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^and really to train alongside and to fight alongside

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not only developing and enhancing our ability together,

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but really bridging some gaps that we may have,

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and going forward in support of any

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multi-national contingencies, we're better prepared,

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because exercises like Saber Strike, we set the conditions,

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so that when we do cross the line of departure together,

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we'll be successful in any mission.

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- [Male Narrator] Reporting from Adazi training grounds,

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Latvia, I'm Corporal Devon Alonso Barnett.

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- [Female Narrator] Today reservists with Fourth Marine

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Logistics Group and service members of the

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Air National Guard began setting up

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for Innovative Readiness Training Louisiana Care, 2017.

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This training opportunity provides the military

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with hands-on readiness training while at the same time,

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providing direct and lasting benefits

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to the residents of Louisiana.

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^- The Dental Battalion will be providing basic

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^dental services, fillings, simple extractions,

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screenings for oral cancer,

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and examinations for sports physicals as well.

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- [Female Narrator] Services will be offered

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in the St. John the Baptist Parish, Assumption Parish,

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and Tangipahoa Parish at no cost to the patients.

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Community members will have the opportunity

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to receive medical, dental, and optometry services,

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starting July 12th and ending July 21st.

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For more information,

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you can go online to www.marforres.marines.mil.

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- ITX is Integrated Training Exercise that brings together

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the regiment with all of the supporting components and units

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^that can sustain us during a combat exercise,

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^so we come together here at 29 Palms to make sure

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that all of our sister units are working well together,

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and that we're able to accomplish the mission when tasked.

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Our reserve is improving themselves throughout

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combat operations during our combat tours on the war on

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terrorism, in Iraq and Afghanistan and all over the globe.

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So without a doubt our reserve Marines

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have proven themselves in the ability to work

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with active duty units, and an exercise like this

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continues to prove their capabilities,

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and shows that they're ready to fight.

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Bringing Marines to a training area like 29 Palms

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gives them a real chance to see, one,

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how the active duty components come together at 29 Palms

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and increase their capabilities and war fighting skills,

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and the same can be said

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for the reserve units that are here.

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One ITX is an extended training evolution.

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For many of the Marines that are here for six-plus weeks.

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It really kind of drives home the importance

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of being ready to fight and also giving them

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some stellar training opportunities here at 29 Palms.