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Colonel Lucas Hightower and the

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commander of the Second Infantry

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Division sustainment brigade . Over the

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next two weeks , our brigade has a

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combined F T X with our rock army

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partners . And the location of that F T

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X is a considerable distance away from

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Camp Humphreys . The army requires all

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of its units to have some fundamental

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capability to deploy themselves by rail .

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We have access to the Korean

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National Railroad Network and the army

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in fact has its own rail cars here in

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Korea that are forward deployed and ,

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and managed here specifically for these

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purposes . Um As you can see here today ,

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our brigade is deploying . We got all

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our battalions out here , DS TB one

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94th and then 23rd Kim as well . Uh

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currently conducting railroad

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operations and preparation for warrior

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strike our deployment . So during

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contingency operations , being able to

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deploy at a moment's known as is one of

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the things we have to get after here .

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But this exercise , this railroad

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training helps us get after that fight

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tonight mentality model here with

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second I D specifically with the

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Sustainable Gade as a mobility officer

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for the brigade . My role is to make

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sure that all the equipment that we

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designate to move forward by train .

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It's here preparatory stage up to the

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railroad S O P , the Standard . Um So

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that way they can move without losing

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any piece of equipment , anything

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falling off of the train and overall

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safety while we're conducting this

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operation . So this whole operation

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gets us ready for a fight tonight . If

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we have to move via rail , if we have

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to get equipment across the whole

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peninsula to a certain location , this

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has been good . This has been months in

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the planning as in preparation for

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warrior strike , the battalions have

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done an awesome job along with the

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brigade for a team here to get all our

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vehicles on the rail . And as we

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continue to move forward and started

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exercise and they continue to do a

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great job . So all four of our

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battalions are going to be in northern

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locations here in South Korea for

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warrior strike for various ft

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exes and other operations . As a

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brigade commander , I decided that this

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would be a good opportunity to exercise

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our ability to deploy by rail . And I

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think deploying by rail also gives us

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to break up the uh what would otherwise

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be a very , very long um and

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potentially risky road movement . So by

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getting to camp Casey , um by rail , we

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can actually focus on conducting

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tactical convoys to a a solid army

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standard between camp Casey and our

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field sites