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This is

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an Air Force report on Staff Sergeant

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Chris Dekker , Australian and U . S .

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Forces recently met in Hawaii for the

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command and control segment of a

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biannual exercise . Tech sergeant

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sadness reports on the opening stage of

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exercise Talisman Sabre 2007 . In

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this digital age , we use multimillion

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dollar machines and advanced computer

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technology to wage war and to

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communicate with our partners . But

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sometimes warfighters need to look

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their allies in the eye and there's

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nothing that can replace face to face

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interaction . We can't afford to do it

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all the time . And that's why these big

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exercises is so important to take

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advantage of . The idea is that this

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interaction will build on the strong

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trust and partnership between America

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and Australia and in turn that will

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make contingency operations go smoother .

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Check surgeon chris madness , Hickam ,

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Air Force Base

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Hawaii .