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I'm Colonel Pat mcclintock , the 62nd

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operations group commander here at

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mccord . I had the unique and great

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opportunity to be the 62nd air

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expeditionary wing commander . As part

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of a recent exercise we did called

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operation Kenny's return . What or was

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really about was about validating that

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we can move very quickly into the

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Pacific with a group of cross

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functional experts can operate

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immediately upon arrival . We did that

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over the course of a 40 hour max

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endurance sort where we flew to

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Townsville , Australia worked alongside

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our Australian partners to execute and

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test tactical objectives in that region

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of the world , all of the sorties and

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everything about this exercise was

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planned to test our ability to

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dynamically plan as the situation

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changes , as well as maneuver at the

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speed of relevance . So our efforts

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with planning because this was an

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organic exercise out of our wing , it

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was all hands on deck with the entire

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airlift wing to include the Airbase

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Group maintenance and operations . We

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had every military branch participate

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with us during OKR and then also had

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our partnerships with our coalition

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elements of both the Australians and

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then a few new Zealand members , one of

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our priorities was enhancing the MGFE

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and our mission ready airmen . So we

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asked people to not only explore their

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own expertise in their career field ,

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but also explore the space of others

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and focus on being able to project that

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Mr Power with a smaller footprint of

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personnel but also equipment . One of

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the priorities of the 62nd airlift wing

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is to advance our war fighting

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capabilities . So somewhere greater

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than seven firsts were accomplished in

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Kenny's return . So things like

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exploding into theater with a reduced

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deployment footprint immediately

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generating combat sorties upon arrival ,

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we got to work with the Australians to

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do the first specialized fueling

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operation using some of their fuel

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trucks ever doing a bunch of excellent

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data link things incorporating the J CS

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E and A star shield node by bringing

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mission support teams out with us that

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included security forces that included

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com that included civil engineering and

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poor support squad members . There are

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a lot of other fantastic things that we

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got to do . We were able to mission

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plan entire tactical authority on an

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airplane between two crews that were on

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separate aircraft at the time and they

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were able to communicate back and forth

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to come up with a solid safe executable

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plan and be able to execute that within

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three hours of landing in Australia ,

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something that had never been done

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before . I do want to say a big thank

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you to our leadership here at the 62nd

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airlift wing , we had their uh full

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involvement , investment and uh ability

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to go forward and push our people and

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the mission to success . I think the

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seventh earliest squadron and the

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seventh expedition Eli squadron here

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proved that we can move at the speed of

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relevant maneuver that we can fight

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leaner , lighter and faster than anyone

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has ever been able to fight in the

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world before . And that whatever the

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timeline is that is required for us to

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respond to a crisis , the seventh

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expeditionary squadron will be there

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and we will be ready . It's pretty neat

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to watch that growth and development

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happen . It gives me a lot of hope for

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what we're doing in A MC and it gives

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me a lot of hope for what we're doing

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in our military as we prepare our

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forces for the next generation of

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conflict . I think it's no secret that

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as we look at conflict in the Pacific ,

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it's going to require us to train in

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new ways and we were able to do that

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through . Ok . No .