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^- PMINT is an awesome opportunity for the Marines

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^and the leadership to become acquainted with how the

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Navy functions, as well as how the Marine Corps system

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that we had in place in garrison can be crossed over

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to a Navy platform.

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Being on ship, we're executing a lot of the same

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training plans that we would in garrison, however,

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now we're in a completely different environment

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with different friction, and different barriers that we

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need to overcome.

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Being able to get on ship, understanding the layouts,

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the people that we need to deal with, and then understanding

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the differences in schemes and maneuver, and SOP's

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between us and the Navy will make it easier in the future

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for other ship ops for us to come in and be able to

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start the training and focusing on a little bit more

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varsity things.

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PMINT's an awesome opportunity to kind of knock the basics

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out of the way, have an understanding of the big picture,

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so that later on we can focus more on the enemy

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and the mission, and less on just how to live on ship.

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^- Right here we have AAV's, and it's a 26-ton vehicle,

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^and with that we can go in land and water.

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Like I said prior, we can transport infantry, and with this

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we have two weapons systems, the 50 cal and the Mark 19

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grenade launcher, and with that we can reach up to about

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2,000 meters with that to assist the infantry.

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We can do raids, we can do route patrols, patrols,

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and just anything to further assist infantry.

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Anything they need we can do for them.

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(rotors whir)

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- How much preparation goes into it so this can go smoothly?

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I'd say an incredibly large amount of preparation,

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considering the safety, the logistics, and the coordination

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with the Navy to make training like this happen.

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I'd say one of the biggest factors is making sure that

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the weather, the time, the Navy fuel, all of the logistics

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required to prepare for training like this

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is the hardest part.

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Getting the Marines to actually move from A to B

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is the easy part.

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Having them with the right gear, the right mindset,

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and the right understanding of where they need to be

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is the difficult part.

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So having feet on a ship like this one, the Whidbey Island,

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with people who are as helpful, and ready to assist,

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and support the Marine Corps so that we can accomplish

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the new commander's mission, is absolutely critical to

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us being able to accomplish the bigger picture

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and the highers' intent.

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So without the support from the Navy like we've had,

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we wouldn't have been able to do any of this.

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So I'd say that coordination and that relationship

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is absolutely key to our success in executing the mission.

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^(shouting orders)

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