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Soldiers from Hawaii's 27th Infantry

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Regiment spent a lot of time planning

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missions and preparing for war .

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They're doing that same job again this

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time down under the enemy to the north

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where the soldiers came to New Zealand

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as part of an exercise . To build

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contacts with the country's military ,

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actually working in cooperation with us .

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So working hand in hand , we're acting

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as their headquarters and giving the

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american Petunia orders for any tasks .

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So similar to any other kiwi platoon ,

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they'll be doing exactly what kiwi

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soldiers do . Engineers will pick up

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the two sides trained on mission

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planning , convoy movements and drilled

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on infantry tactics for upcoming

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training missions . Uh , we've , we've

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actually picked up a few techniques and

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tactics from , uh , from watching their

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sections and their and their platoons

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go through and I'm sure up to this

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point they've they've been watching us

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and and picking up a few things here

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and there . So we've done a couple of

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exchange type training days . So we're

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learning a lot . It is good to

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strengthen our ties with , especially

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the americans . The only other time we

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work with the americans in Afghanistan .

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And it's good to actually work with

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these guys and find out a little bit

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about their operating procedures ,

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especially before we have to walk into

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combat or on a joint operation overseas

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and one of the other goals is to pave

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the way for other such opportunities

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Between these two partners in the

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future . Tech Sergeant Michael Jackson ,

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New Zealand , get him out