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mm hmm , 

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mm hmm , mm hmm mm hmm . Yes . 

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Okay , mm hmm . Yeah . 

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Yeah . 

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Mhm . Mhm . Yeah 

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como on is Polynesian for ocean warrior 

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Task force coma wanted 21 began forming 

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in january 2021 . Some of our 

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preparations included , most 

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importantly covid . So in our current 

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operating environment everyone had to 

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get vaccinated before we deployed . 

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Task Force Komwong consists of over 200 

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personnel which included Marines , 

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sailors , airmen , coast guardsman and 

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a few Australian defense force 

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observers . As far as preparations for 

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our actual operations activities and 

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investments , we ended up doing full 

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mission rehearsals for everything we 

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would do and pull out . Mhm . Yeah . 

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But mhm 

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mm hmm , mm hmm , mm 

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hmm , 

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mm hmm 

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mm hmm mm hmm , mm hmm . 

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So all the projects that we started 

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with engineering company , we began 

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with building a road in Peleliu to help 

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support um the improvement of the 

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residential roads from there . We moved 

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into the project that we have at the 

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range complex which began with a road 

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construction , developing a parking lot 

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and then a concrete masonry building 

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and then the firing range to help 

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support training of the local police 

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forces in any D . O . D . Personnel 

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that would train on our firing range 

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from there . We moved into some of the 

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community relations projects of 

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rebuilding some of the infrastructures 

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within the local schools and facilities . 

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The biggest challenge would have to be 

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the environment that we're working in 

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here and pull out . This has to deal 

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with the constant rain . The heat , the 

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humidity and the soil that were working 

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in the soil played a major factor and 

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being one of the challenges that we 

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faced uh just due to , you know , the 

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harshness that it played on our 

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equipment . Mhm . Being a part of task 

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force co marijuana has been a learning 

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curve . I've seen just how far 

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engineering can be taken to accomplish 

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the mission . And that's exciting for 

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me . I've learned a lot from my platoon 

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and my peers which I can definitely use 

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later in my career comb wanna teaches 

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marine to work with the locals and the 

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efficient capacity and to adapt to the 

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ever changing work environment . Mhm . 

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Mhm . The ordinance is inherently 

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dangerous as it is , especially when 

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you're dealing in certain environments 

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where deterioration can weed away at 

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the fusing systems . So being able to 

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come out here and help safely dispose 

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of the unexploded ordinance . We're 

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really doing big things here for the 

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community coma . One is a demonstration 

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of the U . S . Government's commitment 

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to the compact of free association and 

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more so it's a clear and undeniable 

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example of a commitment of people 

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equipment and time to build tangible 

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concrete and lasting capabilities that 

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are mutually used to the Republic of 

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palau . In the United States , the 

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people plowed were instrumental in 

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ensuring task force co marijuana was 

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successful . Everything we did was by 

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with and through our partners . We are 

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inseparable from day one . 

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Okay , 

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okay . Us 

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marines are see soldiers and we are 

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ocean warriors . The name coma . One is 

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a source of inspiration to me and 

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inspired me to push my task force to 

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thrive in uncertainty . Just as ocean 

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warriors and voyagers needed to when 

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they set out on an expedition 

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navigating just by the stars and 

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currents , 

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I asked every 

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service member on task force to get 

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comfortable in chaos and thrive in 

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uncertainty because that's what marines 

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do . We thrive on uncertainty , make 

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decisions and take decisive action 

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towards an end state based on intent . 

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well that was part of the Marine Corps 

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story and always will be a few miles to 

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the south of here . About an hour by 

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boat is Peleliu on 15th september 1940 . 

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For marines commenced landings at White 

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Orange beach . What was supposed to 

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take four days lasted 2.5 months where 

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the U . S . Marines and U . S . Army 

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fought a determined japanese force . 

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Today you can walk the same ground as 

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chesty puller and E . B . Sledge where 

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they fought 77 years ago . Many U . S . 

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Service members still await recovery on 

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Peleliu or in the water surrounding us . 

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Plow is and always will be part of the 

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U . S . Marine Corps story . Task Force 

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Como on 21 . End goal is not just to 

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maintain relationships but improve 

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relationships with our partner nations , 

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increased partner nation capabilities 

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and demonstrate the U . S . Commitment 

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to a free and open indo pacific region