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Afghanistan's rough terrain makes

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vehicle maintenance a constant priority

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while forward deployed , while tactical

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vehicle maintenance is done at every

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level in the Marine Corps when it comes

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to major mechanical or structural

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issues . The marines and non

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commissioned officers with motor

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transport maintenance platoon

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maintenance company . First maintenance

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battalion minus reinforced are able to

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fix these problems in country . The

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platoon conducts third echelon level

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maintenance at Camp Leatherneck

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Afghanistan to ensure tactical vehicles

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remain in the fight . Third Echelon

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maintenance is where we change out

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major components on the vehicles . We

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change the engines , the transmissions ,

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transport cases , the axles ,

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everything like that . It's uh it's

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very important to the outer lying units

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because without us , their vehicles are

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going to be able to make it in addition

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to having the ability to conduct major

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repairs here at Camp Leatherneck . The

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platoon also has a contingency of

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marines at different forward operating

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bases throughout Helmand province .

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Opportunity has marines that outlying

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fobs who also have smaller setups , les

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marines , but they're able to handle a

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lot out there . They've got uh I got a

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set up where they can take a smaller

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amount of trucks , get the vehicles in

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and out , make repairs on them by

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having the capability to conduct high

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level maintenance . The maintenance

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marines are able to get tactical

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vehicles back on the roads in a timely

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and efficient manner and third dash

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line maintenance capabilities here in

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Afghanistan is vital to what we do

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because one as a infantry regiment . We

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don't have time to sit still very much

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our trucks are on the road costly , Our

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second National mechanics fix what they

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can but um having the capability to

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have the vehicle have a engine replace

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have welding done on it and everything

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else keeps the vehicles in the battle

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space and helps us , you have supported

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the war fighter out there prior to

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getting the vehicles back to units

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across the battle space . The N . C . O .

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S of the quality control section ,

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ensure the vehicles are prepared to

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once again handle Afghanistan's rough

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terrain . These trucks are going back

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out to the battlefield so it's my

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responsibility to make sure that

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they're going to go back out the way

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they need to be so they can be reliable

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and important to me that I know that

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they're gonna have a reliable truck in

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a safe truck to go out in the

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battlefield with the maintenance

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marines and N . C . O . S work

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extremely hard to ensure the vehicles

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they receive leave their lot in the

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best possible condition . There's a lot

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of pride involved for everyone .

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There's a lot it uh it means a lot to

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myself in the marines to be able to see

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this vehicle that has to get dragged on

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our lot with another truck or come in

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on the back of the trailer and within a

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couple of days to a week long

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turnaround . It's able to roll back out

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to the only unit better condition that

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they've ever seen it . It's a lot of

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pride for us reporting from Camp

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Leatherneck Afghanistan . I'm Sergeant

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john Jackson . Yeah .