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The continued response is here at

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Dugway and grounds , Utah to integrate

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and engage with air force special

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operations command as we shift focus to

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great power competition . The team here

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has been able to integrate and advance

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techniques , tactics and procedures

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when it comes to airbase opening

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missions . So once the team arrived

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here at Dugway proving grounds , we

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were able to do an airfield handoff

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from the seizure force . In this case ,

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sts from there , we established coms ,

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we established command and control and

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we established the team and the bed

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down area here at Dugway proving

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grounds . Once we were up and rolling ,

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the team was able to facilitate

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integration with the joint forces

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supporting rotor wing and fixed wing

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type missions here . In addition to

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that , we were able to send out an

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Alpha three team to go assess an LZ

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located here in Utah to get a lot of

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our folks trained up and spun up with

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the assessment team in the alpha three .

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We've also been able to marshal do MDG

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type operations at one point , we

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pushed out the response team who

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arrived on station with us here at W

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preview grounds and we sent them down

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to Colorado , specifically P canyon

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landing zone where we were able to

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coordinate with AOC to continue their

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training and conduct missions out of

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there . What I view the airfield as is

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simply a cell and within that cell is a

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nucleus . That's how I view the cr

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where that nucleus we are controlling

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and ensuring operations are going

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smoothly in the air on the airfield and

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in the airspace surrounding the

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missions here at Dugway proving grounds .

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That is why the is here to help

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facilitate command and control , to

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reach out , talk to all of our joint

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partners as well as the sister units

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that are out here conducting missions

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to make sure we're all talking with one

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another so we can help facilitate their

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mission and provide command and control

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to this area . The model of the 521 CRS

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is deeds not words . And I can promise

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you that the actions of the airmen out

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here today and the actions of the

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airmen of the 521 CRS in the future

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will speak louder than anything you can

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put into fine print or anything that

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you can record . So why is it

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significant for the 521 CRS and some

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members from our sister squadrons ?

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When before we arrived here at w

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proving grounds , I asked my airmen ,

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how many people have actually lived in

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a tent for more than a week ? Not many

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hands were raised in fact , most of the

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folks have actually never lived in a

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tent for more than a week . So coming

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out here establishing a LS A or a bed

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down area for our folks to live and

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engage with one another for more than

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one week was significant to build their

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connectedness , build their hardiness

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and overall just introduce them to the

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cr mission and what may or may not come

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in the near future . The airmen here

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have been able to not only come to work

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every single day with each other , but

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they go to the gym , they eat , they

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breathe and they simply live with one

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another , which I think is critical to

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the overall culture of the 521 CRS and

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what we're trying to get after as we

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look at the near pure fight .