WEBVTT 00:36.950 --> 00:38.894 One of the most interesting things 00:38.894 --> 00:40.894 about a Marine Expeditionary unit , 00:40.894 --> 00:42.894 it's , it's a slice of almost every 00:42.894 --> 00:45.117 capability or component that the Marine 00:45.117 --> 00:44.970 Corps has . So it's got everything from 00:45.229 --> 00:47.062 an infantry battalion to an F-35 00:47.062 --> 00:50.509 squadron to V-22s to Hueys and Cobras 00:50.509 --> 00:51.459 to 53s . 01:09.040 --> 01:12.110 BLT 17 is the ground combat element for 01:12.110 --> 01:14.550 the 31st muse . So , our responsibility 01:14.550 --> 01:17.839 is to deliver combat power ashore in 01:17.839 --> 01:19.783 support of the MU objectives . Our 01:19.783 --> 01:22.117 headquarters is here on the USS America , 01:22.117 --> 01:24.117 which is the flagship . We've got a 01:24.117 --> 01:26.172 small boat company that's located on 01:26.172 --> 01:28.400 the USS San Diego , and we have our 01:28.400 --> 01:30.622 mechanized and motorized elements which 01:30.622 --> 01:33.639 are on the USS Rushmore . ACDs and the 01:33.639 --> 01:35.959 Rushmore are able to move that vehicle 01:35.959 --> 01:37.959 platform in a place where it can go 01:37.959 --> 01:40.126 ship . To shore , move inland at rapid 01:40.126 --> 01:42.348 rate of speed and close with objectives 01:42.348 --> 01:44.550 simultaneously to San Diego has small 01:44.550 --> 01:47.430 boats and LAs leaving the well deck , 01:47.639 --> 01:50.000 going over the horizon 25 plus nautical 01:50.000 --> 01:51.879 miles to achieve objectives for 01:51.879 --> 01:54.101 adversaries , even though that we're in 01:54.101 --> 01:56.639 the theater . America can operate even 01:56.639 --> 01:58.639 greater extended range based on the 01:58.639 --> 02:00.629 legs of the B-22 . And the F-35 02:00.860 --> 02:03.540 launching helliborne rate packages into 02:03.540 --> 02:05.849 deep inland objectives and rapidly 02:05.849 --> 02:08.220 closing with whatever adversary it is 02:08.220 --> 02:10.331 that we find on the deck there . That 02:10.331 --> 02:12.553 is really how the Navy AG enables us to 02:12.553 --> 02:14.979 work by across domains in multiple 02:14.979 --> 02:17.830 theaters and move the positions more 02:17.830 --> 02:19.997 rapidly than our adversary can deliver 02:19.997 --> 02:21.552 their combat forces there . 02:50.869 --> 02:53.070 My name is David Evan Moore , first 02:53.070 --> 02:55.126 sergeant , uh , unit senior enlisted 02:55.126 --> 02:57.320 leader for Animal Company Battalion 02:57.320 --> 03:00.059 Landing Team 17 . And what company's 03:00.059 --> 03:02.226 mission sets within the BLT and the MU 03:02.226 --> 03:04.460 construct is to provide an aerial 03:04.460 --> 03:06.500 platform for amphibious insertion , 03:06.580 --> 03:08.802 amphibious operations , uh , being able 03:08.802 --> 03:11.250 to go from ship to shore and conduct , 03:11.309 --> 03:13.420 you know , anything that might be Neo 03:13.420 --> 03:15.729 related , um , obviously combat 03:15.729 --> 03:17.951 operations or anything else that we get 03:17.951 --> 03:19.062 called upon to do . 03:24.940 --> 03:26.773 You know we bring a whole lot of 03:26.773 --> 03:28.996 lethality to that and we bring a lot of 03:28.996 --> 03:31.329 uh capability um and so that , you know , 03:31.460 --> 03:33.571 we could be placed into any situation 03:33.571 --> 03:35.627 and , and then expected to execute . 03:35.699 --> 03:38.330 The mu is special . The purpose of the 03:38.330 --> 03:40.339 mu , the mission of the you in a 03:40.339 --> 03:42.617 sentence or two , it's , it's day zero , 03:42.617 --> 03:44.740 it's first night of the war readiness 03:44.740 --> 03:46.684 that when the nation calls , we're 03:46.684 --> 03:48.629 ready to do anything that were man 03:48.629 --> 03:50.684 trained and equipped to accomplish . 03:50.684 --> 03:52.851 We're here , right ? We've got skin in 03:52.851 --> 03:51.809 the game .