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This exercise is a great opportunity

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for us to get out as a mag to showcase

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our capabilities and really test our

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capabilities before we have to respond

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to crisis or continue to see operations .

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Right ? The largest friction point

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is that uh between the Australian

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Defense Force , the , the Marine Corps

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and the Lato Response group , all three

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of us execute slightly different . But

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the thing that always bonded us all

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together was that we were all fighting

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towards a common goal . And when you

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have that common goal and everyone

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understands that intent , clearly ,

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it's a lot easier to bypass all the

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friction that you encounter from

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working with different nations because

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we're all working towards that . One

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common goal exercise . Predator draw

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was two things . First was a war

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fighting exercise designed on the art

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of warfare , which was decision making .

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The second part was a live fire

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exercise with the same three nations

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conducting a battalion size clear of a

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designated objective area

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as a combat service support element .

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It's making sure that we can sustain

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the mag t in a distributed environment ,

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provide flexible and responsive support ,

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the combat service support . Really ,

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we have transportation support ,

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whether it's our trucks , both our MTV

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RS or logistics vehicles , support

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replacements . LVSRS . We have air

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delivery , helicopter support teams ,

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dropping stuff in . We have engineers

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with our heavy equipment . We have our

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role two capabilities and then general

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services

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cut it to run . We just wanted to be

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able to show that we could move into a

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location that has been secured , be

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able to transport all the equipment

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that comes with us and unload it and

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set it up in a timely fashion which we

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accomplish . We're here not only to

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prove a test of concept of being able

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to set up and operate in a contested

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environment , but we also are treating

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real life casualties that are occurring

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during the exercise as well .

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We could always train like this back

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home , but it's never the same as when

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you actually go to a different

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continent , a different environment ,

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things change . And so exercises like

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this help us prepare for any future

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conflicts that could arise . Working

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with the rest of the elements is one of

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the primary things we're looking to do

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during Murph D uh especially the

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integration with the ground combat

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element . That's what we're primarily

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force to support the guys on the ground .

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However , we can ,

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working with the logistics combat

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element is one of the main ways we can

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support them through aerial delivery or

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external operations . And then the

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command element finally integrating

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into that command and control is

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something we don't get to exercise a

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lot back in Hawaii . That's definitely

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one of our primary goals out here was

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to integrate with them as well

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during pre run . One of the missions

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that we executed was the seizure of an

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airfield at night . We put

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up a V 22 to provide airborne

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command and control . So what this

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gives us is an asset and a platform

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from which the commander can keep

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situational awareness and keep tabs on

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what's going on and who is able to

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track the seizure of the airfield real

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time .

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No , we also

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worked with some Royal Marines from the

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United Kingdom as well and we were able

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to fully integrate with them and our

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forces and accomplish the mission

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for exci . Predators run the ground

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combat element consisted of our three

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rifle companies , our weapons company ,

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a few c two nodes , an artillery

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battery and then first lar from First

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Marine division to camp Pendleton ,

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came across the Pacific Ocean

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disembarked , took some rails from the

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southern parts of Australia to the

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northern part of Australia and directly

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supported the ground combat element in

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operations . Do predators run

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when you're talking for my individual

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marines , you know the 311 rifleman ,

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you can be supported by artillery , you

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know , lar all the way down to

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battalion with your cat , your 80 ones

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and all that stuff . However , success

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for no 311 is always gonna rhyme with P

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CS and PC is just basic stuff and

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typically hitting what you're aiming at

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because at the end of the day , if you

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mess up P CS and PC is , if you

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ultimately can't hit what you're aiming

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at , you're never gonna be able to

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actually close and do the thing that

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they require with three loves to do ,

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which is close the last 100 m and seize

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the objective .

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We were planning this exercise for our

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entire rotation here knowing that all

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three countries were coming together to

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achieve a common goal .

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No .

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Oh .