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The purpose of conducting close air

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support exercise is to allow training

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and requalification or certifications

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for joint terminal attack controllers .

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Joint terminal attack controllers have

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to get requalified and recertified at

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least every couple of months to ensure

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that they meet their their codes and

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mission requirements .

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Simulators are some of the best ways

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you can go about learning how to do our

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job , and you take what we learn in the

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sim and then we apply it to real life

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scenarios later on where you integrate

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a joint terminal attack controller with

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a joint fires observer .

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TACP and joint terminal attack

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controller exercises maintain force

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readiness by ensuring that joint

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terminal attack controllers , joint

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fires observers , and forward observers

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all maintain a high level of readiness

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and training and qualification , and

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they know what they're doing . The main

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objective of this exercise is to gain

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control of currency across the JTech ,

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TACP , TNR .

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This training exercise in particular

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prepares us for real world missions

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because of the one for the aircraft

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that we're able to train with during

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this exercise by pulling all of M4 res

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JTACs together into one exercise and

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bringing in a bunch of aircraft

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together we can we can capitalize on

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that opportunity to meet the training

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objectives that we need to meet that

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joint standard . Exercise is probably

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one of the biggest ones that MFR has

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put on over at least the past couple of

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years . Completed more training and

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more evaluations done , more instructor

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upgrades than we have in quite a long

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time .

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This exercise shows us as reservists

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how we're able to maintain the high

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level of standards that are set for us

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as marines and as joint terminal attack

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controllers or joint fires observers ,

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and we do this not necessarily as much

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as active duty units get the chance to

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that we're still ready for the fight

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and ready for whatever comes at us .