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on a clear day near the waters of

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Kuwait Naval base . A strange sound can

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be heard . It's the sound of a Navy

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hovercraft coming ashore . Today we

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have the equity back load . We came

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today to pick up a tank and are some

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tanks and our uh , M88 and we're back

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loading them right now on these attacks ,

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L CACS or landing craft , air cushion

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vehicles , shuttle marines and their

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equipment back and forth from ships

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anchored just miles offshore . Navy's

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big hovercraft . We're here to drive

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around the marines , take them where

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they want to go , where they need to go .

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It's an absolute blast . We've been

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doing it . I've been doing about seven

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years And a lot of 22 years in the Navy .

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It's the best job I've had yet moving

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like a well oiled machine . These

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marines and sailors worked together to

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get the equipment loaded and back to

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the ship as quickly and safe as

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possible . Well , luckily today , our

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operations were very smooth . No

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hiccups at all . Uh , usually we have

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problems with calm and vehicles kind of

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turning over other than that .

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Everything is done by LCAC operators .

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We work every day . We don't get up

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every day . Uh , days , we get opera

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are fun days because it is a blast to

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do this . Um , today's , we're not

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often , we're fixing them As the Elcock

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operators load the last pieces of

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equipment for the last ride back to the

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ship . Marine Corporal David Powell of

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the 11th Combat Logistics Battalion

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reminds everyone of his unit's

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preparedness . Plain and simple . Is

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that The 11th Meu always ready for

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business anywhere , so we'll just got

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them on ship . That way we're back in

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full potential For 3rd Army are sent

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public affairs . I'm army Sgt . Ian

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Morales Kuwait Naval Base Kuwait .

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Mhm . Yeah .