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the objective of exercise atlas accord

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is airdrop operations getting goods to

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fall from a variety of aircraft at

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desired locations . Landing in good

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enough shape to be used where they're

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needed . I've done a few . That's staff

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Sergeant Jeff Lee , he's part of the

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19th Special Forces Group , an Army

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National Guard unit from West Virginia .

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Their mission is to generate pathfinder

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capability . We want to make sure if

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you need food , water , any type of

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things that you're lacking , you're

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able to receive those items in a safe

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manner to be able continue whatever

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your mission is , whether it's a

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humanitarian mission or a combat type

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of mission . The students are african

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defense forces from throughout West

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Africa in the surrounding regions ,

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their classroom , the rugged , arid

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plains of central mali which brings us

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to lesson number one train is a major

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factor when you have trees , especially

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like ones with the thorns in them and

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things like that . A lot of that can

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impact how quickly you can move off the

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drop zone . Other factors to consider

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security , proper DZ marking with the

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appropriate code And recovery . There's

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a lot of moving parts here . All the

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functions are very critical . If any of

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those three are missing , you could

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have a problem . Lee has been a soldier

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for half his life the last 10 years in

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special forces . He knows a lot but is

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always open to learning more . I can

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always learn from other people . Just

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working with different forces .

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Everyone has new information that I can

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learn from and then some information

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from other training . I've done . I can

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share with those as well . Atlas accord

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is a two week military achievement .

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Multiple nations , shared goals . Short

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turnaround . What lee calls a training

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event with pay off Gil McKay molly .