WEBVTT 00:00.129 --> 00:03.500 So in defender 22 we deployed the uh 00:03.509 --> 00:07.349 the early entry command post to Germany 00:07.500 --> 00:09.989 to test how we would do that . Should 00:10.000 --> 00:13.289 we ever have to enter into an armed 00:13.300 --> 00:16.260 conflict in Europe ? It was a success . 00:16.270 --> 00:18.610 We did it , we , we , as we went 00:18.620 --> 00:20.731 through all of the repetitions on our 00:20.731 --> 00:23.079 staff work , uh We realized some gaps 00:23.090 --> 00:25.989 of capability gaps which we fixed this 00:26.000 --> 00:28.340 past year . So we walked out of there 00:28.350 --> 00:31.010 with a new understanding of how we 00:31.020 --> 00:33.979 would operate with our allied partners . 00:34.189 --> 00:36.500 We got a good internal look at 00:36.509 --> 00:39.689 ourselves and we've built on those 00:39.700 --> 00:42.200 successes last year into the exercise 00:42.209 --> 00:44.229 we're doing right now . So this 00:44.240 --> 00:47.569 exercise , we moved both our tactical 00:47.580 --> 00:49.469 command post and our early injury 00:49.469 --> 00:52.330 command post into theater . Um Once we 00:52.340 --> 00:54.396 got here , we had a bit of a mission 00:54.396 --> 00:56.284 change . We expected to do purely 00:56.284 --> 00:58.229 detention operations , but we also 00:58.229 --> 01:00.062 picked up a rear area , security 01:00.062 --> 01:02.173 mission . So for the , what does that 01:02.173 --> 01:04.173 mean for our command post ? For our 01:04.173 --> 01:06.173 command post , we had to be able to 01:06.173 --> 01:08.396 integrate and do police operations . We 01:08.396 --> 01:10.507 had to be able to do maneuver support 01:10.507 --> 01:12.340 operations , security , mobility 01:12.340 --> 01:14.507 support area security operations . And 01:14.507 --> 01:16.784 of course , our core detention mission , 01:16.784 --> 01:19.169 the staff moved incredibly quickly and 01:19.180 --> 01:21.470 they were incredibly flexible uh in 01:21.480 --> 01:23.480 doing those different missions . Uh 01:23.480 --> 01:25.702 People is always our biggest strength . 01:25.702 --> 01:27.758 Uh our opportunity to , to integrate 01:27.758 --> 01:29.480 with one another uh within our 01:29.480 --> 01:32.139 formations as well as our brothers and 01:32.150 --> 01:34.370 sisters and in uniform and our , our 01:34.379 --> 01:36.699 multinational partners . And the 01:36.709 --> 01:38.820 opportunity to get to know each other 01:38.820 --> 01:40.987 better personally and to work with one 01:40.987 --> 01:43.209 another . Identify in those areas that 01:43.309 --> 01:45.420 we know we already are strong at when 01:45.420 --> 01:47.269 we come in and to build on those 01:47.279 --> 01:49.390 strengths and develop a more cohesive 01:49.390 --> 01:51.557 team that is ready to really fight and 01:51.557 --> 01:53.709 win for our nation . Well , what I've 01:53.720 --> 01:56.059 seen is that uh at least from the 01:56.069 --> 01:58.291 enlisted perspective is we are the glue 01:58.291 --> 02:00.513 that kind of holds the staff together . 02:00.513 --> 02:02.625 We're the continuity piece between uh 02:02.625 --> 02:04.736 the staff officers from the different 02:04.736 --> 02:06.870 sections . Uh And uh everyone being 02:06.879 --> 02:09.020 able to work as a unified um 02:09.429 --> 02:12.300 organization with , with a one stand 02:12.309 --> 02:15.240 front to uh any mission or task that 02:15.250 --> 02:17.550 we're given . I'm incredibly proud of 02:17.559 --> 02:19.503 the men and women that two are the 02:19.503 --> 02:21.670 military police command and the threat 02:21.670 --> 02:24.003 of military police brigade with us here . 02:24.003 --> 02:26.115 Also , they have just done an amazing 02:26.115 --> 02:30.070 job being flexible , fighting the 02:30.080 --> 02:32.080 good fight and making sure that the 02:32.080 --> 02:33.858 coalition forces land component 02:33.858 --> 02:35.969 commander is successful in everything 02:35.969 --> 02:36.529 he needs us to do .