(gentle music)
- Taking part, we're in exercise Aurora.
Had a great opportunity for us to face a mechanized unit
which is pretty rare for us,
especially in countryside like we're in.
Good realist training that we're really not able to do
too often back in the States.
For operations like this,
you really get to see the logistical side
of the company coming into play in a real life situation.
Everything becomes a little harder,
especially in environment where it's as spread out
as we are, being able to coordinate
with other adjacent units.
(tanking firing)
We're doing more harassing attacks along the roads
with those mechanized units that are coming down.
The squad leaders did a great job
whenever we came into contact.
It was really their fight to run down at that level,
but they take the initiative in a number of situations.
A lot of decisions made down at the smallest level,
and that was the biggest takeaway for us today.