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- This week was focused
on the final preparations

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for the field training exercise,

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which consist of 14
difference Armenian agencies

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and is a joint effort between DTRA

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and the government of Armenia.

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- So the field training exercise
will be out in the field

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where we'll physically
see a lot of processes

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and procedures within the biosecurity

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and biosafety capacities

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that the biological threat
reduction program has built.

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And for our weapons of mass destruction

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proliferation prevention program,

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we can focus on a lot of the
chemical, radiological, nuclear

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and dubious items threats that
emanate across the border,

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as well as look at the crisis

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and steady state inter-agency
communication coordination

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across all first line
and second line defenses.

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(Mher speaking in Armenian)

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- This week was focused
on logistics, resources,

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shared roles and responsibilities.

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- It is imperative that we
have identified by Friday

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who is providing the equipment.

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So it's not just what equipment we need,

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but if it needs to be provided by DTRA

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or if it's going to be

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provided by the government of Armenians.

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(traffic roaring)

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- [Christen] One of the main things

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that we were focused on this week

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was ensuring the safety
of our participants.

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So we went to every site.

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- We'll do actual site visits to make sure

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that the preparations from
the Armenian side are ready,

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and then we will start procuring
supplies and staging them

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at the regional sites.

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- You have a water source to fill up

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your trucks to be able to dilute.

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(crew member speaking in Armenian)

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- My vehicle has got
at least 2,700 liters.

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- The hydrants have
good pressure for that?

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(translator speaking in Armenian)

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- We have had painstakingly
detailed conversations

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on building realistic scenarios,

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what are the requirements behind it

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and what is necessary from
the exercise perspective

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for both partners to support.

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- There's a lot of information
that's either not available

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or it's still being developed.

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So we're trying to
tease out the details so

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that we have everything
we need to do in order

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to make the exercise realistic
and get after our objectives

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that we're trying to reach.

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- We have the Platoon of Suppers.

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- Okay, so engineers or rescue search?

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(both speaking in Armenian)

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- Yes, rescue service, yeah.

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(Nerses speaking in Armenian)

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(aid speaking in Armenian)

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- They definitely are hungry to learn

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how to plan an exercise,

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how to conduct an exercise,

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and how to evaluate

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and find those gaps that
we always talk about

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so that they can, you know,

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make their processes better in the future.

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(Mher speaking in Armenian)

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- First day of FTX
execution will take place

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on Thursday, 19th September.

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We did site visits at all
of the locations working

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with the local governmental heads.

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Each scenario will have

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a specific list of instructions
or coordination requests.

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- The exercise is quickly approaching,

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but I think we are in a great place.

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We've had active engagements

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and an active partnership
with them for over 15 years,

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so we're definitely committed

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to keeping this relationship going

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and strengthening this
partnership through this exercise.

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