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The North Dakota Guard is hosting NGRF

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training . It stands for National Guard

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Response Force . The State is providing

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a 400 man team to the president's

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direction to get after civil services

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in the future . So we're training in

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DMOs tasks , which include riot control ,

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pepper spray , and taser . Taser ,

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taser , taser . National Guard Bureau

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has provided resources to outfit the

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nation with National Guard Response

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Force capabilities , which is basically

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a very versatile force that's able to

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support law enforcement in a variety of

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different mission sets . Training this

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week has been fantastic . It's bringing

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together almost 400 individuals from

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both the Army and the Air National

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Guard here in North Dakota . And the

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soldiers and airmen through

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interactions from previous missions

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know each other so there's a lot of

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proficiency and collaboration that's

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happening between each of the

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components sharing experiences ,

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sharing techniques , understanding a

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common language , and really just

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getting a chance to develop

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relationships as professionals . I love

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integrating with soldiers . It's great

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seeing the soldiers and airmen team up

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in a truly joint environment . In the

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past we've done just in time training ,

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getting the train . Before the incident ,

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rolling out there and figuring out on

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the fly during a real world situation ,

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getting together now helps us

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standardize tactic techniques and

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procedures . So there are some

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differences in the way the Air Force

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and Army train , uh , specific tactics .

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So here we can start to sort out the

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differences . So we roll up on a

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situation we're all doing things the

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same way , minimizing differences and

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increasing our team abilities . It's

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great working with the 119th SFS as

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well . It's the first time since I took

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command back in October that the 119th

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and 219th SFS worked together . So

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seeing what y'all doing in Fargo in

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terms of law enforcement and uh base

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defense mission down there versus what

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the 219th is doing in terms of nuclear

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security and maximizing feeding off

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each other's strengths has really been

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a great opportunity . So with our motto

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of always ready , always there , we

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don't know when the call is going to

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come that our civil authorities need us .

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So having a baseline of knowledge that

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we can apply to whatever situation

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whenever and wherever it's necessary ,

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uh , helps us to be a combat multiplier

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in the time of need . I got it I got it

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I got it .

