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Cook North is a joint multinational

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training exercise focused on airborne

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integration for large force employment ,

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agile combat , employment ,

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humanitarian assistance and disaster

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relief training .

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The Checker Board's role in Cope North

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was to provide a V M F A and support of

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the exercise to increase

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interoperability awareness for both are

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joint partners as well as our

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multinational allies . We can't become

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too comfortable with operating

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unilaterally . The way that we're going

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to be successful when and not if we're

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called upon is by continuing to focus

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on hard training anchored against

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realistic threats with an expeditionary

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mindset while integrating with our

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joint multinational partners like we

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did here in Kok North ,

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We've been able to learn a lot from our

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partners in the exercise . It's been

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invaluable especially for our younger

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aircrew to experience the level of

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integration in the exercise . Studying

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and knowing the capabilities of other

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aircraft or nations is one thing . But

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getting into a jet launching into a

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large force exercise with up to 40

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other aircraft to accomplish a

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realistic mission and all weather is

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where you really find out the limits

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and capabilities of everyone . You're

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gonna fight alongside someday .