WEBVTT 00:09.800 --> 00:12.022 The training we're doing this week with 00:12.022 --> 00:15.060 Stalker is experimental because the 00:15.069 --> 00:16.958 Stalker is a new aircraft and the 00:16.958 --> 00:19.409 Silvis radios are part of the soccer 00:19.420 --> 00:21.559 and that's also a need to us . The 00:21.569 --> 00:23.791 curriculum that was built and developed 00:23.791 --> 00:25.958 does not encompass a lot of techniques 00:25.958 --> 00:27.569 for the stalker aircraft and 00:27.569 --> 00:29.625 incorporating the radios at the same 00:29.625 --> 00:31.791 time . So the instructors are learning 00:31.791 --> 00:33.902 some different tactics and techniques 00:33.902 --> 00:36.069 that will in turn bring back us to the 00:36.069 --> 00:38.236 school and we will start incorporating 00:38.236 --> 00:40.950 them into lesson plans . We're doing 00:40.959 --> 00:43.015 two different things . We're working 00:43.015 --> 00:45.830 with second lab to help them work on 00:45.840 --> 00:48.007 their cover and concealment . And also 00:48.007 --> 00:50.229 we're providing a target for their 00:50.240 --> 00:52.889 Stinger simulator so that they can 00:52.900 --> 00:55.860 practice acquiring a group to u as well 00:56.110 --> 00:58.459 with the aircraft and the squadrons . 00:58.470 --> 01:00.359 We are focusing on some close air 01:00.359 --> 01:02.770 support , deep air support , providing 01:02.779 --> 01:05.849 battle damage assessment and providing 01:05.860 --> 01:09.559 targeting overall for them . So what 01:09.569 --> 01:12.449 second lab is doing out here is we are 01:12.459 --> 01:15.660 tracking the drones that the US has 01:15.669 --> 01:18.480 brought out . It's really important for 01:18.489 --> 01:21.389 us just because with the evolution of 01:21.400 --> 01:24.980 the drones and the threat out east for 01:24.989 --> 01:27.100 the marines to be able to get eyes on 01:27.100 --> 01:29.790 and a visual and be able to track with 01:29.800 --> 01:32.930 our missile system is absolutely peak 01:32.940 --> 01:36.930 right now , working with the US 01:36.940 --> 01:40.680 pilots , we swap TTP , I tell 01:40.690 --> 01:42.579 them what's up and coming for the 01:42.579 --> 01:44.690 future of lad . And then they tell me 01:44.690 --> 01:46.989 about the drones so then they can start 01:47.000 --> 01:49.330 figuring out how to defend their drones 01:49.339 --> 01:51.339 in the air and then we know what to 01:51.339 --> 01:53.959 expect from the enemy as well . So our 01:53.970 --> 01:55.692 role is going to be conducting 01:55.692 --> 01:58.089 reconnaissance , surveillance and 01:58.099 --> 02:01.769 target acquisition . Pretty much having 02:01.779 --> 02:04.449 the aircraft find and acquire targets , 02:04.760 --> 02:07.510 accessing and acquiring those grid 02:07.519 --> 02:09.850 locations . So up to eight digit grids 02:09.860 --> 02:12.119 we can acquire and then pass those 02:12.130 --> 02:13.908 grids , target descriptions and 02:13.908 --> 02:16.130 elevations to the attacking platforms . 02:16.130 --> 02:18.297 Warrior . 11 , Raven , 11 is currently 02:18.297 --> 02:20.463 capture the s a threat in the Northern 02:20.463 --> 02:23.589 Bull's Eye . We are providing some 02:23.600 --> 02:25.656 additional aircraft for them to work 02:25.656 --> 02:27.860 with it gives them practice having us 02:27.869 --> 02:29.869 in their objective area . And we're 02:29.869 --> 02:32.500 also helping provide targeting data for 02:32.509 --> 02:35.539 them to prosecute the mesh network 02:35.550 --> 02:37.439 capability is absolutely critical 02:37.460 --> 02:39.860 upstairs , we just have upstairs on top 02:39.869 --> 02:41.869 of the tower , we have a long range 02:41.869 --> 02:43.925 antenna which is capable of allowing 02:43.925 --> 02:45.591 the aircraft to go out to 160 02:45.591 --> 02:47.580 kilometers via line of site . 02:49.449 --> 02:51.449 And with our short range radios all 02:51.449 --> 02:53.505 around us , we were able to actually 02:53.505 --> 02:55.505 come relay . We gave lad one of our 02:55.505 --> 02:57.727 service radios push to talk connector . 02:57.727 --> 02:59.782 So we were able to actually maintain 02:59.782 --> 03:01.782 communication . Even though they're 03:01.782 --> 03:03.727 five clicks away , we were able to 03:03.727 --> 03:05.893 maintain clear communication with them 03:05.893 --> 03:08.005 via one of our service radios that we 03:08.005 --> 03:09.949 gave to them through communication 03:09.949 --> 03:13.369 relay from the stalker . It's 03:13.380 --> 03:15.389 absolutely beneficial to me as an 03:15.399 --> 03:19.199 instructor because gaining 03:19.210 --> 03:22.000 that experience with other moving parts 03:22.009 --> 03:24.529 of the mag taf , you're really not 03:24.539 --> 03:26.483 going to be able to get it sitting 03:26.483 --> 03:28.706 behind a desk or reading through pubs . 03:28.706 --> 03:30.817 It really comes from being out in the 03:30.817 --> 03:32.817 field , being out and shaking those 03:32.817 --> 03:34.817 hands , networking , getting down , 03:34.817 --> 03:36.928 sitting down , planning , hitting the 03:36.928 --> 03:39.550 rock walks and all that to really bring 03:39.559 --> 03:42.470 the training situation to life , which 03:42.479 --> 03:44.669 for me , it's imperative so I can push 03:44.679 --> 03:46.790 that on to my students so that it can 03:46.790 --> 03:48.846 be the um the best number 3 16 as it 03:48.846 --> 03:49.846 can be . 03:53.220 --> 03:55.589 The small US school is producing a 03:55.600 --> 03:59.169 primary operator for small and aircraft 03:59.179 --> 04:01.149 systems . So everything that we're 04:01.160 --> 04:03.809 doing here today will be relayed to 04:03.820 --> 04:05.764 those students and it benefits the 04:05.764 --> 04:08.250 Marine Corps because now the infantry 04:08.259 --> 04:10.610 squad , the infantry platoon , they can 04:10.619 --> 04:12.850 focus on air task and then they have a 04:12.860 --> 04:15.779 small US operator that they can employ , 04:15.940 --> 04:18.107 to answer any questions . They have to 04:18.107 --> 04:20.162 conduct a call for fire to integrate 04:20.162 --> 04:22.339 into a close air support environment . 04:22.640 --> 04:24.696 That small s operator will also be a 04:24.696 --> 04:26.940 rifleman who is essentially employing 04:26.950 --> 04:29.359 their unmanned aircraft as their weapon .