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- [Lt. Col Baker] The exercise
that we're participating in

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is Resolute Sun 19.

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It's a Army and Navy
combined joint logistics

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over-the-shore operation.

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We took a, really, a company minus animal,

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Motor C Alpha Company from 2nd TSB

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and we did a long-range convoy from

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Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
to the Joint Naval Base

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in Charleston, and from
there we did an on-load

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of the equipment onto USNS Watkins.

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(energizing music)

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And then they sailed from Charleston

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up here to the Norfolk area.

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So what we're doing today is exactly how

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we're gonna go to another place
and fight when we need to.

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So what we learn from the
skill from this is one,

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landing support operations
and how to do those,

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how to operate on a beach.

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It's not easy to drive a truck on a beach.

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And another thing is
the Marine Corps is not

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gonna fight alone, so we're working with

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the Army and the Navy.

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Just like we're not gonna
fight alone as a nation,

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we'll go as a coalition.

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More importantly, how
do we do this jointly.

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So hammering out those TTPs,
building relationships,

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and for us to get to do a JLOTS,

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because we don't own any
of the JLOTS equipment,

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is really special, I
think, for 2nd MLG, II MEF

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and the greater Marine Corps.

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The purpose of transportation
for battalion participating

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in it is we provide throughput
for the MEF in a scenario

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where we have to come from
the sea, but you'll see,

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within the exercise landing
craft from the Navy and the Army

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doing beach operations,
bringing things into the beach,

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creating an actual pier at the beach.

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Those connectors can
link up with the pier,

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then you can roll right
off on a long pier.

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The other thing that you may see is

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what's called the elevated causeway.

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And the Navy Seabee Unit is
the only unit in the world

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that actually owns and
operates the elevated causeway.

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It's important for us to really
work with these different

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connectors, basically
bringing our own port with us,

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and providing a throughput
for the MEF to hit the beach

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and go and fight as soon as possible.