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- Now Sentry Storm used to be an exercise

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where we really just did
aeromedical evacuation,

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and the whole idea was to
have it at the same time

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with the National Scout Jamboree,

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or the World Scout Jamboree,

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so if something really, really went wrong

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with the Scouts, we'd have
crews and aircraft available

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to come in and help with any
mass casualty evacuation.

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But this year I said, "Okay,
we're gonna use Sentry Storm

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"to build up our full-spectrum readiness,

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"and I want you all playing hard,

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"and no easy aeromedical
evacuation, and just being around.

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"I want you all bringing in our partners."

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We wanted to show what
West Virginia has to offer

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to train our Airmen, and
our Soldiers, Marines,

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all of our DOD, for the near-peer fight.

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We're gonna be practicing
like we really want to fight

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if that moment should come

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in maybe Eastern Europe, the Balkans.

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West Virginia has the terrain to really,

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really simulate that.

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I've always been one who
says, "If you're gonna be

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"training to fight, shadowboxing
is not gonna get you

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"to the championship.

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"You've gotta get hit
every once in a while

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"and know how to take a hit."

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So we brought in the 266th
Range Control Squadron

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so that they could use their emitters

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to have our Airmen simulate being shot at

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by anti-aircraft fire,
surface-to-air missiles,

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and be able to react to them,

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and react quickly in an
environment that's full

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of mountains and valleys.

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This gets our people
training for the fight more,

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and then adds a little bit more pressure

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for them to get time over target

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and drop their loads accurately.

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And everyone I've talked
to from those other units,

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they wish they could come around here

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a lot more for training.

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(plane engines rushing)