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Soundbites in English:
TC 00:00 - Commander Graeme Spence. Commander Officer of 847 Naval Air Squadron. Tailor Air Group Commander Officer and Deputy Commander of Joint Helicopter Force 2 (DCOMD JHF2)
“Amphibious landings are probably the most complex evolution, because it combines all aspects, it brings together the ships, the landing craft, the aircraft, the troops, and they all have to come together in a synchronised fashion and the right time at the right place. So it can be very complex, especially when you try and mitigate all of the threats both environmental and from our enemies, potentially. That’s what makes them so difficult to achieve.”
TC 00:31 -Captain Travis Posey of the USMC (United States Marine Corps) 3rd Batallion, 8th Marine Regiment.
“The first time I’ve had the opportunity to work with the Royal Marines on an exercise. Gives us an opportunity as Marines to get back to our amphibious roots we’ve kind of pulled away from during the last decade, in the desert. Been a great opportunity to integrate with the Royal Marines, learn capabilities and learn how we can integrate for the future.”
TC 00:55 - Marine Simon Alcroft from 45 Commando of the Royal Marines
“When assault stations is called, me and my troop, prepare all kit. We’ll then muster in a hangar. This vehicle, which is called the LCVP (Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel), a specialist in amphibious landing. You can see by the ramp at the back, so when it gets to the beach, the ramp goes down, the troops go out.”
“ The vehicles are designed with flat bottoms. When they get to the beach, they get as close to where we’re going to be assaulting as possible. That also does make it slightly unstable when you’re in the water, but when you hit the beach, it pays dividends.”
TC 01:30 - Captain Steve Moorhouse. Commanding Officer of the HMS OCEAN -The fleet flag ship commanding and controlling exercise Trident Juncture from sea.
“The Royal Navy stands continuously. Outside of this exercise Ocean is at high readiness to respond to wherever our government wishes and that will not change. Clearly what goes on in the world, we’re alive to that and we have to make sure we’re ready to respond, be that anything from high end warfare through to disaster relief or evacuation operations. And part of my job as the Captain is to make sure that my team are ready to respond in five days notice to go anywhere in the world to do that and that could well be as part of a NATO task group.”
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