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So when you think of training

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bilaterally with another military ,

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usually you think of shoe house

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training or field ops , but there's a

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more important piece that a lot of

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people don't see , and that's the

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maintenance side of things . It's

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important for us to be here

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participating in this training because

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in the event of a real world conflict ,

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these are some of the Marines and some

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of the leadership that we will be

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participating in that conflict with .

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Training with the Rock Marines on their

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equipment such as their weapons ,

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optics , radios , gas masks , and

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tactical vehicles , it's very important

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for us to be able to understand how

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each other's equipment works that way

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in a real world situation where we're

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deployed and we're actually fighting

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with these rock marines , we understand

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what needs to go into the maintenance

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and the repair of this equipment to

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allow that equipment to get up and in

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the fight . So during my

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time here with the Rock Marines , you

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definitely see a big interest in how

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each other's gear works because we're

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all mechanics working on vehicles and

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seeing how you know our JLTV works

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versus their armored vehicle . It

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sparks a lot of conversation . The

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warrant officer that we've been working

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with from the Rock Marines was very

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interested in the JLTVs and seemed to

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be a little bit fascinated by some of

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the components on it . And then today

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when we were working on his vehicles ,

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when we were figuring out the problem

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and understanding what it was he was

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conveying to us , I could see in his

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face that he was excited and actually

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happy that it happened . Something that

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really solidifies bilateral training

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for me . It's not just the maintenance

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that we do or learning each other's

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equipment , but it's really the

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personal relationships that we can

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build with the rock . Marines talking

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with some of them and just getting to

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know them , you know , really put the

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whole picture into perspective for me .

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It's not just about the maintenance or

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the field ops or you know , exercises

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that we do , but it is down to the

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individual and the relationships that

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you can build with them .