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- [Matt] The mission of the 211th

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Engineering and Installation Squadron

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is to engineer, install and relocate

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fixed command control communications

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and computer systems and facilities.

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Their mission isn't always
at an established base.

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Today, airmen go head to head,

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proving they can set up
a point-to-point system,

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sending files from one
location to another.

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The backdrop of this training,

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dubbed the E & I Olympics,

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is the International Guard
Schoolhouse located at

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Fort Indiantown Gap,
Anville, Pennsylvania.

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- [James] Today is an
exercise where we're involving

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the whole entire unit with all the AFFCs

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and that goal was to get everyone engaged

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and identify our weaknesses
and our strengths.

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In doing so, we're building
a local area network.

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- [Matt] The location
added a real-world element

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to the exercise as the
airmen encounter obstacles

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almost as soon as they broke ground,

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whether drilling holes or

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trench digging for their PVC conduit.

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Getting through different types
of rock in their locations

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added needed critical
thinking to the exercise.

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- They are encountering
challenges and finding solutions,

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so that's what we're looking for,

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problem solvers and critical thinkers.

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- [Matt] Tasks as simple as sinking

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an eight foot copper bar into soil,

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turned into using their ingenuity

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to get grounding wires into the ground.

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Boring six foot holes
to erect telephone poles

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to mount equipment on added to
the realism of the exercise.

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Both teams took on each
obstacle in different ways,

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and one team was going to come out on top

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of the friendly competition, but-

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- [James Callahan] The goal of today is

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a comprehensive exercise
to demonstrate that

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our airmen are trained to
support the war fighter.

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- [Matt] Reporting from
Fort Indiantown Gap,

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I'm Airforce Master
Sergeant, Matt Schwartz.