- [Matthew] For our mission, we conduct a company size
tilt loader insert into Syria, establish a defense,
and we're preparing to launch a demonstration.
My name is Sergeant Matt Yanick.
I'm an Infantry Squad Leader with Third Battalion,
Seventh Marines, India Company.
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We are the security for this op.
We are responsible for keeping everybody
in all our operations inside here safe.
Because you never know
if and when the attack could come.
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It comes down to from those highest levels,
right from our weapons systems
that can reach up the furthest
all the way to, as a squad being able to engage
individual targets with small arms.
And it's also about how we can integrate
all those weapons assets into our defense of riflemen.
The biggest lesson learned from
this mission in particular is:
Take the training seriously.
Of all the defenses we've dug,
I think in the back of a lot of people's minds
there's that thought of we're never
gonna go dig fighting holes in a modern war,
and here we are, in Syria.
If we're doing our job, we're doing it well.
We made sure we were ready.
We made sure to take the training seriously.
And I think that's the biggest lesson learned
is that we continue to do that.
- Evictus F-O stand by for "Fire for Effect".
(shooting)
- Fire!
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(rocket launches)
(shouting)
(explosion)
(shooting)
(machine gun fire)
(shouting)
- [Marine] We got three more!
- Fire in the hole.
- Fire in the hole!
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