WEBVTT 00:00.740 --> 00:03.050 Okay sir , why is it med ? Important ? 00:06.340 --> 00:08.590 The med is important because the 00:08.590 --> 00:10.950 commandant has said that the Marine 00:10.950 --> 00:13.520 Corps , due to the way the world has 00:13.520 --> 00:16.220 evolved , should become a middleweight 00:16.220 --> 00:18.164 force to be most effective for our 00:18.164 --> 00:20.410 nation , our nation's defense . And so 00:20.410 --> 00:23.320 the MEB really as a middleweight mag 00:23.320 --> 00:25.670 path in between um you size and the 00:25.680 --> 00:28.760 meth size helps to operationalize the 00:28.760 --> 00:31.090 commandant's vision and intent . And 00:31.090 --> 00:33.350 here in the Western pacific especially 00:33.360 --> 00:35.630 that will allow the United States 00:35.630 --> 00:37.574 Marine Corps as a forward deployed 00:37.574 --> 00:40.340 force here in Okinawa to be better 00:40.350 --> 00:43.510 positioned uh to be responsive and 00:43.510 --> 00:45.740 continue to allow the Marine Corps to 00:45.740 --> 00:47.970 be the nation's crisis response Force 00:47.970 --> 00:51.920 of choice . Roger , sir . And what 00:51.930 --> 00:54.340 are some of the capabilities that the 00:54.350 --> 00:55.660 third med will have ? 00:58.440 --> 01:00.607 Well , the third map is going to allow 01:00.607 --> 01:02.662 us to have increased capability over 01:02.662 --> 01:05.080 say , a marine expeditionary unit ? 01:05.180 --> 01:08.020 It'll be scalable anywhere from 7000 to 01:08.020 --> 01:11.140 15,000 people . So we can operate 01:11.140 --> 01:13.260 across the spectrum of military 01:13.260 --> 01:15.316 operations . Will be able to operate 01:15.316 --> 01:17.790 independently conducting amphibious 01:17.790 --> 01:20.590 operations , for example , will be also 01:20.600 --> 01:23.320 able to be an enabler for a larger 01:23.320 --> 01:24.987 force . Maybe that's a marine 01:24.987 --> 01:27.070 expeditionary force . Maybe it's the 01:27.070 --> 01:30.380 nucleus as a joint task force . And so 01:30.380 --> 01:32.750 that brings a tremendous responsiveness 01:32.760 --> 01:35.860 uh capability for command and control 01:36.040 --> 01:39.460 as well as just anything from , say , 01:39.470 --> 01:42.080 kinetic operations to humanitarian 01:42.080 --> 01:43.802 assistance , disaster response 01:43.802 --> 01:47.660 operations . And sir , how will you act ? 01:47.670 --> 01:50.003 How will the third map act with other U . 01:50.003 --> 01:52.003 S . Forces in the region as well as 01:52.003 --> 01:55.250 other countries . That's a very good 01:55.250 --> 01:57.600 question . I think the benefit of being 01:57.600 --> 02:00.010 forward deployed out here in Okinawa is 02:00.010 --> 02:02.890 that we conduct over 70 exercises per 02:02.890 --> 02:05.720 year in in the meth itself . And the 02:05.720 --> 02:07.750 MEB is a part of many of those 02:07.750 --> 02:09.660 exercises . So we're constantly 02:10.240 --> 02:12.600 partnering , engaging , interacting 02:12.750 --> 02:15.030 with not only our partner nations of 02:15.030 --> 02:17.640 which there , I mean there's 45 nations 02:17.640 --> 02:19.584 in Westpac . We've got a number of 02:19.584 --> 02:21.640 partner nations but we also interact 02:21.640 --> 02:23.870 with the other U . S . Military forces 02:23.870 --> 02:26.130 here in the U . S . Pacific Command 02:26.130 --> 02:29.250 area . So we're constantly creating and 02:29.250 --> 02:31.680 sustaining and maintaining effective 02:31.690 --> 02:34.070 relationships which allow us to be more 02:34.070 --> 02:36.181 effective when we respond to crises . 02:37.540 --> 02:39.762 Sir . Is there anything else that you'd 02:39.762 --> 02:41.929 like to add about ? The standing up of 02:41.929 --> 02:43.707 third meds or meds in general ? 02:46.140 --> 02:48.450 Well the US based on the world 02:48.450 --> 02:50.561 situation has said that it's going to 02:50.561 --> 02:52.580 become a pacific nation . It is a 02:52.580 --> 02:54.691 pacific nation . It's going to orient 02:54.691 --> 02:57.180 on the pacific region . We see the 02:57.180 --> 02:59.490 military posturing to do that . And the 02:59.490 --> 03:01.700 Marine Corps is a very key player in 03:01.700 --> 03:03.890 the pacific region to enable the 03:03.890 --> 03:06.270 nation's defense to enable the nation 03:06.270 --> 03:10.200 to engage and engage in the security 03:10.200 --> 03:13.160 of the region . And so third MEB as 03:13.160 --> 03:15.260 part of three forward deployed in 03:15.260 --> 03:17.920 Okinawa , Japan is going to allow us to 03:17.920 --> 03:20.450 remain as a Marine Corps . The crisis 03:20.450 --> 03:22.940 response force of choice by being able 03:22.940 --> 03:25.160 to rapidly respond to any number of 03:26.340 --> 03:28.507 contingencies that could arise in this 03:28.507 --> 03:30.451 in this region . And it's going to 03:30.451 --> 03:32.673 allow us then as they come not has said 03:32.673 --> 03:34.670 to be the nation's crisis response 03:34.670 --> 03:37.120 force of choice by being a middleweight 03:37.120 --> 03:40.220 force that's responsive but then also 03:40.220 --> 03:43.440 able to do something effective and pack 03:43.440 --> 03:45.440 a little bit of a punch when we get 03:45.440 --> 03:48.200 there . And so just one final question , 03:48.210 --> 03:50.377 um like we had talked about earlier um 03:50.377 --> 03:52.488 in the Asia pacific region , we see a 03:52.488 --> 03:54.488 lot of natural disasters and things 03:54.488 --> 03:56.488 like that . What are the um kind of 03:56.488 --> 03:58.710 things do you , do you expect the third 03:58.710 --> 04:00.877 uh MEB to see um while they're there ? 04:02.140 --> 04:04.196 Well , I think there's any number of 04:04.196 --> 04:07.460 missions or or crises that we could 04:07.460 --> 04:09.516 respond to . But you bring up a good 04:09.516 --> 04:11.460 point . Uh and that is that in the 04:11.460 --> 04:13.620 Pacific region that's very prone to 04:13.620 --> 04:16.090 natural disasters . And so even since 04:16.100 --> 04:19.100 uh about 2004 alone , we've responded 04:19.100 --> 04:22.210 to 12 natural disasters . And so If you 04:22.210 --> 04:24.432 look back in recent history , the third 04:24.432 --> 04:27.260 med responded in 2007 2 Operation Sea 04:27.260 --> 04:29.550 Angel after the tropical cyclone hit 04:29.620 --> 04:33.050 Bangladesh 2009 , we 04:33.050 --> 04:34.994 responded in the Philippines after 04:34.994 --> 04:37.500 tropical cyclones hit those areas in 04:37.500 --> 04:39.444 northern Philippines . And then of 04:39.444 --> 04:41.640 course , most recently , Operation 04:41.640 --> 04:43.862 Tomodachi , which was a response to the 04:43.862 --> 04:46.084 earthquake and devastating tsunami that 04:46.084 --> 04:48.580 hit mainland Japan . And so the third 04:48.580 --> 04:51.400 MEB throughout its time has responded 04:51.400 --> 04:53.622 to natural disasters . And I think that 04:53.622 --> 04:55.760 threat , which is mother nature that 04:55.760 --> 04:57.704 comes every year is something that 04:57.704 --> 04:59.871 we're going to continue to address and 04:59.871 --> 05:01.982 respond to as third MEB stands up and 05:01.982 --> 05:05.500 moves forward and one last questions . 05:05.500 --> 05:07.620 Their promise , what do you expect ? 05:07.630 --> 05:09.830 How do you expect the uh third MEB to 05:09.840 --> 05:11.951 to perform since they've done so many 05:11.951 --> 05:14.062 exercises already and they're they're 05:14.062 --> 05:16.062 gonna be participating so much more 05:16.062 --> 05:17.951 with the muse and um the mets and 05:17.951 --> 05:20.173 things like that . Um How do you expect 05:20.173 --> 05:23.050 them to to do in the future ? The 05:23.050 --> 05:25.460 benefit of having a standing MEB 05:25.460 --> 05:28.280 command element , is that by the end of 05:28.280 --> 05:31.910 2013 you'll have 90 plan anyway , is 05:31.910 --> 05:35.660 95 personnel to act as a standing 05:35.660 --> 05:39.300 ready force that can plan for these 05:39.300 --> 05:41.411 kinds of exercises and these kinds of 05:41.411 --> 05:43.570 contingencies . And so I think that's 05:43.570 --> 05:46.170 only going to enhance our capability as 05:46.180 --> 05:49.850 a three meth to then better respond in 05:49.850 --> 05:53.760 the form of a third neB roger that sir , 05:53.900 --> 05:55.789 Anything else that you think I've 05:55.789 --> 05:58.011 missed or you would like to add , sir ? 05:59.130 --> 06:01.241 No , no , I think that's good . Thank 06:01.241 --> 06:03.297 you very much . No , thank you sir . 06:03.297 --> 06:06.250 Have a great morning . Right you two 06:07.140 --> 06:07.560 bye bye .