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A pairing commanders for real world
missions all or the basis

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for exercise western accord held
in the west African nation of

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Ghana deal. Mccabe has
more in this report.

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Our strategy read your general
cook or is yarn of nigeria is

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head into is new assignment as sector
commander menus not multi

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dimensional integrated stabilization
mission in mali. So we contrast

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retribution a newly created United
nations. Peacekeeping operation

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in territory described as an international
crisis is there is

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scary from yes. Well as care night
intends are back home economic

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job to draw made the cockpit and
we appleby job six strengthening

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military capabilities is the basis
of exercise westerner court

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and afrikaner program executed
by U.S. army africa developed

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to strengthen understanding between
arm force. It's not decency

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of the force the participant hill
from twelve west African nations

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the United States friends in the
Netherlands as senior military

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representatives their common concerns.
I the challenges of crisis.

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When the plans for worst record are
first introduced he was simply

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an exercise that then as like that
have a change change in what

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was a training scenario is now we
like to see the to do in the

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activities in the actions and
events that happen in mali.

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We saw the opportunity.

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Of that we can focus this exercise
on a real world mission this

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type of training is more relevant.

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The Africans represent the military
arm of echo. What's the economic

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community of west African state
in organization build done the

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strength of regional corporation backed
by military forces focused

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on maintaining stability it to the
new drawer and Sierra leone.

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In liberia.

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In quote give war.

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Can do the disown and currently
in my. Kinda we the americans

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a western accord are a joint force
active national guard reserve

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and civilian morse to veterans
of iraq or Afghanistan.

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With them the two week event is
opportunity to share lessons

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learned from combat. They are impressive
in our experience.

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I don't off all of our
experience supplies.

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But I think it they're very interested
in seeing how we solve

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palm what.

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He did spectra western accord brings
the strength of shared experiences

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and insights and different perspectives.

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Relevant tools preparation for cmdr
actually like coca recklessly.

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We did jeff event objects
of Gil McCain. So darn.

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The un mission in mali will be a force of
more than eleven thousand approximately.

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One third of the two hundred exercise
participants are the point

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to the peacekeeping mission..