WEBVTT 00:10.540 --> 00:13.690 >> ON THIS EPISODE OF "IN THE FIGHT"... 00:13.690 --> 00:16.510 SOLDIERS TAKE TO THE HILLS AND VALLEYS OF AFGHANISTAN TO 00:16.510 --> 00:20.450 DISRUPT THE THREAT OF INDIRECT FIRE. 00:20.450 --> 00:23.450 COOPERATION AT THE KHYBER PASS HELPS COUNTRIES FIGHT THE 00:23.450 --> 00:27.750 TALIBAN TOGETHER. MILITARY PERSONNEL EXPAND THEIR 00:27.750 --> 00:31.660 SKILLS DURING EXERCISE SHARED ACCORD. 00:31.660 --> 00:34.840 SERVICEMEMBERS DRIVE THE ROADS OF AFGHANISTAN, CLEARING ROUTES 00:34.840 --> 00:39.540 OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES. AND ARMY SNIPERS FROM ACROSS THE 00:39.540 --> 00:43.210 COUNTRY COMPETE AGAINST EACH OTHER AND TEST THEIR SKILLS. 01:25.300 --> 01:28.300 INDIRECT FIRE IN THE FORM OF ROCKETS AND MORTARS IS ONE OF 01:28.300 --> 01:32.180 THE LARGEST THREATS TO SERVICEMEMBERS IN AFGHANISTAN. 01:32.180 --> 01:35.330 AS MARINE CORPORAL CAS KRUL REPORTS, SOLDIERS STATIONED IN 01:35.330 --> 01:38.840 ONE OF THE MOST HOSTILE AREAS IN WARDAK PROVINCE MUST TAKE TO THE 01:38.840 --> 01:42.330 HILLS AND INTO THE LUSH GREEN VALLEY ITSELF TO DISRUPT THESE 01:42.330 --> 01:43.810 HIDDEN THREATS. 01:46.600 --> 01:49.420 >> AS THE SUN RISES OVER THE MOUNTAINS IN CENTRAL 01:49.420 --> 01:52.750 AFGHANISTAN, SOLDIERS PEEK OUT OVER THE CLIFFS, SCANNING THE 01:52.750 --> 01:56.030 AREA FOR INSURGENT ACTIVITY AND ACTIONS AGAINST COALITION 01:56.030 --> 01:58.750 FORCES. THE EFFORT TO KEEP SOLDIERS SAFE 01:58.750 --> 02:00.690 FROM INDIRECT FIRE NEVER STOPS. 02:00.810 --> 02:04.600 >> PRETTY MUCH JUST LOOKING FOR ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY -- 02:04.600 --> 02:09.750 TRY TO PUSH THE TALIBAN BACK INTO THE GREEN ZONE AND KEEP 02:09.750 --> 02:11.870 THEM FROM DOING BAD STUFF. 02:12.090 --> 02:15.480 >> THE GREEN ZONE IS AN AREA OF IRRIGATED FARMLAND IN THE 02:15.480 --> 02:18.870 VALLEYS OF CENTRAL AFGHANISTAN. MOST OF THE ENEMY ACTIVITY COMES 02:18.870 --> 02:21.450 FROM THE GREEN ZONE, AS INSURGENTS CAN FIRE FROM THE 02:21.450 --> 02:24.750 THICK COVER OF TREES AND OVERGROWN FIELDS. 02:24.750 --> 02:28.270 BUT HAVING OBSERVATION POINTS, OR O.P.s, ON THE HIGHEST PEAKS 02:28.270 --> 02:31.270 IN THE REGION ALLOWS FOR COALITION TROOPS TO GAIN THE 02:31.270 --> 02:33.450 EDGE ON THE ENEMY. >> THEY SHOOT A LOT OF ROCKETS 02:33.450 --> 02:37.210 FROM THE GREEN ZONE, SO A LOT OF IDF. 02:37.210 --> 02:40.120 IF YOU GET IN CONTACT, IT'S MORE POTSHOTS. 02:40.120 --> 02:43.420 YOU KNOW, THEY SHOOT AT YOU A COUPLE POTSHOTS AND RUN AWAY. 02:43.420 --> 02:45.570 >> WHILE SOME CLIMB THE RUGGED TERRAIN TO GET AN EYE ON THE 02:45.570 --> 02:49.090 ENEMY, OTHERS MUST GO RIGHT INTO THE THICK OF THINGS TO FIND THE 02:49.090 --> 02:51.810 PRECISE LOCATIONS WHERE THE IDF IS LAUNCHED. 02:52.030 --> 02:55.780 >> IT PRETTY MUCH JUST DETERS THE ENEMY FROM SHOOTING MORTARS 02:55.780 --> 02:59.540 AND ROCKETS AT OUR FOB. AND THEN WE COME OUT HERE AND 02:59.540 --> 03:03.000 TRY TO EITHER FIND CACHES OR JUST DISRUPT THEIR OPERATIONS. 03:03.120 --> 03:06.330 >> CONDUCTING PATROLS FROM THIS AREA COMES WITH ITS OWN SET OF 03:06.330 --> 03:09.720 OBSTACLES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL ON THE GROUND. 03:09.720 --> 03:13.600 >> IT'S CHALLENGING. WHEN WE FIRST GOT HERE, IT WAS 03:13.600 --> 03:17.180 STILL WINTER, SO THERE WASN'T ALL THE TREES, AND EVERYTHING 03:17.180 --> 03:19.150 WAS DEAD, AND IT WAS JUST AN OPEN, FLAT AREA. 03:19.150 --> 03:21.360 BUT NOW THAT THE TREES AND EVERYTHING HAVE GROWN UP, 03:21.360 --> 03:25.180 THERE'S A LOT OF LOW VISIBILITY AREAS, AND THE TERRAIN OUT HERE 03:25.180 --> 03:28.600 IS ROUGH SOMETIMES. >> THE ROUGH, SOMETIMES 03:28.600 --> 03:32.090 DIFFICULT TERRAIN IS WHAT MAKES THE GREEN ZONE AN IDEAL LOCATION 03:32.090 --> 03:34.840 FOR ENEMIES OF AFGHANISTAN TO LAUNCH THEIR ROCKETS. 03:34.840 --> 03:38.360 SOLDIERS RELY ON TIPS FROM LOCAL FARMERS TO PINPOINT WHERE THE 03:38.360 --> 03:41.750 FIRE IS COMING FROM IN ORDER TO COUNTERACT FUTURE HOSTILITIES. 03:41.750 --> 03:45.750 SO FAR, THE U.S. PRESENCE IN THE AREA HAS REDUCED THE ATTACKS. 03:45.750 --> 03:49.180 >> WHEN WE SET UP ALL THESE O.P.s AND DO THESE PATROLS, THEY 03:49.180 --> 03:52.150 NEVER SEEM TO SHOOT AT US WHEN OUR PRESENCE IS OUT HERE. 03:52.150 --> 03:55.030 IT'S WHEN WE'RE NOT OUT HERE THAT THEY ACTUALLY COME OUT AND 03:55.030 --> 03:57.360 ACTUALLY DO STUFF. >> [ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ] 03:57.360 --> 03:59.810 LET US KNOW. >> WHILE COALITION FORCES HAVE 03:59.810 --> 04:02.870 SHIFTED TO A STRICT ADVISORY ROLE, SOLDIERS HERE ARE STILL 04:02.870 --> 04:05.360 SUPPORTING THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY WITH TROOPS 04:05.360 --> 04:08.360 IN THE FIELD BEING ON SITE AS SOON AS THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY 04:08.360 --> 04:10.000 REQUESTS SUPPORT. 04:10.120 --> 04:12.030 >> THE A.N.A. ARE DEFINITELY DOING THEIR JOB. 04:12.030 --> 04:14.480 THEY'RE STARTING TO GO FORWARD AND DOING THEIR OWN MISSIONS AND 04:14.480 --> 04:18.000 TRYING TO TAKE THE FORWARD STEP. WE'RE JUST KIND OF SITTING BACK 04:18.000 --> 04:21.270 AND WATCHING AND HELPING WHEN THEY NEED IT. 04:21.390 --> 04:23.720 >> WHILE THE AFGHAN NATIONAL ARMY RELIES LESS 04:23.720 --> 04:27.390 ON THE ISAF COALITION THAN THEY HAVE IN THE PAST, SOLDIERS STAY 04:27.390 --> 04:31.510 READY AND WAITING TO ASSIST THEIR AFGHAN COUNTERPARTS. 04:31.510 --> 04:34.210 REPORTING FROM WARDAK PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, I'M 04:34.210 --> 04:38.270 MARINE CORPORAL CAS KRUL. 04:38.390 --> 04:41.780 >> THE KHYBER PASS, ONE OF THE OLDEST KNOWN MOUNTAIN PASSES IN 04:41.780 --> 04:44.840 THE WORLD, IS A REMOTE, BUT INTEGRAL CONNECTION BETWEEN 04:44.840 --> 04:49.270 PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN. AS MARINE CORPORAL JOSHUA DeFOUR 04:49.270 --> 04:52.450 REPORTS, KEEPING THIS AREA SAFE REQUIRES A GREAT DEAL OF 04:52.450 --> 04:56.120 COOPERATION AND TRUST BETWEEN U.S., AFGHAN, AND PAKISTANI 04:56.120 --> 04:59.060 TROOPS. 04:59.180 --> 05:01.600 >> NESTLED AMONG THE MOUNTAINS SURROUNDING THE KHYBER PASS, 05:01.600 --> 05:04.750 JUST SOUTH OF THE BORDER BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND AFGHANISTAN, SITS 05:04.750 --> 05:07.480 THE KHYBER JOINT BORDER COORDINATION CENTER. 05:07.480 --> 05:11.150 HERE, SERVICEMEMBERS FROM THE PAKISTAN, AFGHAN, AND AMERICAN 05:11.150 --> 05:15.120 MILITARIES LIVE AND WORK TOGETHER IN AN EFFORT TO IMPROVE 05:15.120 --> 05:18.420 BORDER RELATIONS AND SHAPE AFGHANISTAN'S PRESENT AND 05:18.420 --> 05:21.450 FUTURE. SUCH COOPERATION ISN'T BUILT 05:21.450 --> 05:24.720 OVERNIGHT, AND EVEN A NEW PHONE LINE CONNECTING THE BORDERS CAN 05:24.720 --> 05:26.750 SIGNAL HUGE PROGRESS. 05:26.870 --> 05:31.480 >> JUST RECENTLY, JUST A YOUNG CAPTAIN SAID, "LET'S HAVE A 05:31.480 --> 05:36.780 MEETING AT A CRUCIAL BORDER AREA," THAT WAS BEING ATTACKED 05:36.780 --> 05:40.090 VERY, VERY OFTEN, BOTH THROUGH THE PAKISTAN POST AND THE AFGHAN 05:40.090 --> 05:44.240 POST, WHICH GREW INTO, "LET'S GO AHEAD AND PUT IN A GROUNDLINE OF 05:44.240 --> 05:47.630 COMMUNICATION," MEANING JUST AN OLD WIRED PHONE, TAKING SEVEN, 05:47.630 --> 05:49.570 EIGHT MONTHS JUST TO GET THIS. 05:49.690 --> 05:53.570 BUT BY HAVING THIS DONE AT THE LOWEST LEVEL, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO 05:53.570 --> 05:56.390 GO AHEAD AND THWART SEVERAL ATTACKS... 05:56.390 --> 06:00.060 [ ROCKETS FIRING ] ...WHERE ROCKET FIRE HAD BEEN 06:00.060 --> 06:03.150 COMING FROM AFGHANISTAN. THE AFGHANIS WERE ABLE TO CALL 06:03.150 --> 06:07.060 THE PAK MIL, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO BRING DOWN FIRE ON THOSE 06:07.060 --> 06:09.750 INSURGENTS. THIS IS MONUMENTAL IN THE 06:09.750 --> 06:13.540 COOPERATION THAT IS HAPPENING HERE AT KJBCC, AND THIS IS JUST 06:13.540 --> 06:18.120 ONE ASPECT OF GAINING THAT TRUST BETWEEN TWO COUNTRIES. 06:18.120 --> 06:21.150 >> CONN ALSO SAYS THE SECRET TO BUILDING TRUST AND COMMUNICATION 06:21.150 --> 06:25.750 IS SIMPLE -- JUST LIVE BY IT. >> THIS IS A REALLY GOOD, GOOD 06:25.750 --> 06:28.570 ATMOSPHERE. WE TREAT EVERYBODY HERE THE 06:28.570 --> 06:31.510 SAME. AND MY DAD USED TO SAY, "TREAT 06:31.510 --> 06:34.870 PEOPLE LIKE YOU WANT TO BE TREATED," AND THIS IS THE WAY WE 06:34.870 --> 06:38.300 GO AHEAD, AND WE LIVE AND EAT AND SLEEP THAT MOTTO HERE AT 06:38.300 --> 06:41.390 KHYBER JOINT BORDER COORDINATION CENTER. 06:41.390 --> 06:43.420 >> MARINE CORPORAL JOSHUA DeFOUR, 06:43.420 --> 06:45.630 KHYBER PASS, AFGHANISTAN. 06:48.750 --> 06:50.870 >> IN THE PAST, JALALABAD AIRFIELD HAS 06:50.870 --> 06:54.630 EXPERIENCED ITS FAIR SHARE OF ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS. 06:54.630 --> 06:58.120 WITH U.S. FORCES CONTINUING TO DRAW DOWN, IT'S MORE IMPORTANT 06:58.120 --> 07:01.630 THAN EVER FOR TROOPS TO CONTINUE THEIR SHOW OF FORCE. 07:01.630 --> 07:06.420 ARMY SERGEANT BRITTANY ARMSTRONG FILES THIS REPORT. 07:06.540 --> 07:09.480 >> AT JALALABAD AIRFIELD, BRAVO TROOP OF 4th SQUADRON, 07:09.480 --> 07:12.780 9th CALVARY REGIMENT'S MAIN MISSION IS QUICK-REACTION FORCE 07:12.780 --> 07:15.810 IN SUPPORT OF BASE SECURITY. WHILE THE NUMBER OF COALITION 07:15.810 --> 07:18.840 FORCES STEADILY DRAWS DOWN, IT REMAINS AS IMPORTANT AS EVER TO 07:18.840 --> 07:22.030 DEMONSTRATE A SHOW OF FORCE -- WE ARE STILL HERE. 07:22.150 --> 07:24.720 >> WELL, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY SEE THAT WE ARE IN THE 07:24.720 --> 07:27.330 AREA, PRESENT, AND THAT WE'RE STILL ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN 07:27.330 --> 07:32.240 SECURITY AND THAT WE ARE SHOWING THAT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO 07:32.240 --> 07:35.480 SECURE OURSELVES AND THAT IT WON'T BE SO EASY FOR THEM TO 07:35.480 --> 07:37.330 ATTACK. >> WHILE THEIR PRESENCE IS 07:37.330 --> 07:40.090 KNOWN, THEY ALSO LOOK FOR WEAK SPOTS IN THE AREA TO HELP FIX 07:40.090 --> 07:42.180 AND BOOST SECURITY THROUGHOUT THE OUTSIDE OF 07:42.180 --> 07:44.720 FORWARD OPERATING BASE FENTY. >> MY TEAM, I'D SAY THEY DID 07:44.720 --> 07:47.480 GREAT RUNNING THE COUNTER-I.E.D. STUFF. 07:47.480 --> 07:49.330 IT WORKED WELL FOR US. 07:49.450 --> 07:52.510 WE HAD THE TERRAIN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DICTATING SOME OF THE 07:52.510 --> 07:54.690 SPOTS THAT WE GOT TO USE THAT EQUIPMENT. 07:54.690 --> 07:57.720 >> BASE PATROLS GIVE NEW DEPLOYERS A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF 07:57.720 --> 07:59.840 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE OUTSIDE THE WIRE. 07:59.840 --> 08:02.390 REPORTING FROM JALALABAD AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN, 08:02.390 --> 08:05.240 I'M ARMY SERGEANT BRITTANY ARMSTRONG. 08:07.720 --> 08:10.270 >> HI. I'M HM1 DAVADI, ALSO KNOWN AS MOM. 08:10.270 --> 08:12.600 HEY, MY LITTLE MONKEY. I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU I'M 08:12.600 --> 08:16.030 SORRY I'M MISSING YOUR BIRTHDAY, 'CAUSE I'M IN AFGHANISTAN, BUT I 08:16.030 --> 08:18.690 LOVE YOU, VERONICA, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO COMING HOME AND 08:18.690 --> 08:21.030 CELEBRATING WITH YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VERONICA. 08:21.030 --> 08:23.090 I LOVE YOU. >> I'M LANCE CORPORAL MILLER, 08:23.090 --> 08:25.600 FROM 6th COMMUNICATIONS BATTALION, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. 08:25.600 --> 08:28.540 I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS AND, 08:28.540 --> 08:31.780 ESPECIALLY, MY NIECE AND NEPHEW -- CHASE AND ZOE. 08:31.780 --> 08:33.270 I'LL SEE YOU GUYS SOON. >> HI, MY NAME IS 08:33.270 --> 08:35.510 MAJOR KEVIN FINDLEY, STATIONED WITH THE 08:35.510 --> 08:38.600 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION AT BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN. 08:38.600 --> 08:41.030 I WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY WIFE, NATALIA, AND MY 08:41.030 --> 08:45.030 DAUGHTERS, KAITLYN AND HAILEY. IT'S BEEN A WHILE, BUT I'M 08:45.030 --> 08:48.330 COMING HOME, I'LL SEE YOU SOON, AND I LOVE YOU. 08:49.300 --> 08:52.870 >> COMING UP... SOLDIERS JUMP FROM C-17s DURING 08:52.870 --> 08:57.420 TALISMAN SABER, AND MILITARY PERSONNEL EXPAND THEIR SKILLS 08:57.420 --> 09:01.630 DURING EXERCISE SHARED ACCORD. 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[ TELEPHONE RINGS ] 09:58.480 --> 10:00.210 >> THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THIS WEEK. 10:00.210 --> 10:02.690 [ BABY CRIES ] >> ...STRESS CAN AFFECT EVERY 10:02.690 --> 10:04.690 MARINE AND MARINE FAMILY. 10:04.810 --> 10:08.210 THE DSTRESS LINE PROVIDES ANONYMOUS COUNSELING FOR MARINES 10:08.210 --> 10:10.660 AND MARINE FAMILIES WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST. 10:10.660 --> 10:14.240 IF YOU'RE FEELING THE EFFECTS OF STRESS, CALL TODAY AND LET US 10:14.240 --> 10:17.660 HELP YOU WIN YOUR PERSONAL BATTLES. 10:19.840 --> 10:22.090 >> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 10:22.090 --> 10:23.810 >> I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO MY HUSBAND. 10:23.810 --> 10:25.450 >> TO MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY BACK HOME. 10:25.450 --> 10:27.420 >> I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY GIRLFRIEND. 10:27.420 --> 10:29.390 >> TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN LANSING, MICHIGAN. 10:29.390 --> 10:31.060 >> TO MY FAMILY OUT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 10:31.060 --> 10:33.270 >> MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND CHILDREN IN DES MOINES, IOWA. 10:33.270 --> 10:35.360 >> TO EVERYBODY IN TEXAS. >> IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. 10:35.360 --> 10:37.510 >> COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. >> CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 10:37.510 --> 10:39.450 >> HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA. >> ORLANDO, FLORIDA. 10:39.450 --> 10:41.390 >> OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. >> IN FORT LEONARD WOOD, 10:41.390 --> 10:43.060 MISSOURI. >> I LOVE YOU GUYS, I MISS YOU, 10:43.060 --> 10:45.060 AND I HOPE I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 11:09.540 --> 11:13.270 >> IMAGINE SITTING ON A PLANE FOR 15 HOURS, ONLY TO THEN LEAP 11:13.270 --> 11:16.780 OUT, PUTTING FAITH IN YOUR PARACHUTE TO LAND YOU SAFELY ON 11:16.780 --> 11:19.210 THE GROUND. THAT'S JUST WHAT MEMBERS OF THE 11:19.210 --> 11:21.540 4th SQUADRON, 9th CAVALRY REGIMENT DID AS THEY 11:21.540 --> 11:24.450 PARTICIPATED IN THIS YEAR'S TALISMAN SABER. 11:24.450 --> 11:27.750 ARMY STAFF SERGEANT ROBERT HAMM FILES THIS REPORT. 11:34.120 --> 11:39.180 >> WE STARTED LAST NIGHT AT 2300 ALASKAN TIME, GOT ONTO FIVE 11:39.180 --> 11:44.420 C-17s, FLEW ACROSS THE PACIFIC, 400-PLUS PARATROOPERS. 11:44.540 --> 11:49.750 WE REFUELED WITH FIVE TANKERS. THERE WERE 10 AIRCRAFT IN THE 11:49.750 --> 11:52.450 AIR AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH I THINK IS AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF 11:52.450 --> 11:53.540 RESOURCES. 11:53.660 --> 11:56.690 >> THERE'S NOTHING LIKE HAVING A FORCED-ENTRY CAPABILITY IN THE 11:56.690 --> 11:59.090 PACIFIC. AND THAT'S WHAT 425 BRINGS -- 11:59.090 --> 12:00.480 THAT CAPABILITY. 12:00.600 --> 12:05.810 THEY CAN LEAVE ALASKA, C-17s WITH THE AIR FORCE, DO AN 12:05.810 --> 12:09.780 IN-FLIGHT RIG, AND JUMP INTO AN ALLIED AND PARTNERED COUNTRY TO 12:09.780 --> 12:12.720 DO COMBAT OPERATIONS. CAN'T DO IT ANYWHERE ELSE ACROSS 12:12.720 --> 12:15.510 THE PACIFIC, AND WE WERE ABLE TO DO IT. 12:15.630 --> 12:18.090 >> THE LAST COUPLE HOURS OF THE PLANE, YOU COULD JUST KIND OF 12:18.090 --> 12:19.660 FEEL THE ELECTRICITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE. 12:19.660 --> 12:21.870 EVERYONE HAD THEIR GAME FACE ON. WE WERE READY TO DO IT. 12:21.870 --> 12:24.330 >> [ SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY ] >> YES! 12:35.840 --> 12:38.870 >> FIRST OF ALL, YOU CAN GO BASICALLY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, 12:38.870 --> 12:40.810 AS WE PROVED THIS MORNING. 12:41.030 --> 12:44.630 AND SECOND OF ALL, YOU CAN QUICKLY AMASS COMBAT POWER. 12:44.630 --> 12:48.420 YOU KNOW, WE'RE LIGHT INFANTRY IN AIRBORNE, SO WE DON'T COME 12:48.420 --> 12:52.090 WITH MUCH EQUIPMENT, BUT WE CAN GET THERE QUICKLY, ASSEMBLE, AND 12:52.090 --> 12:55.150 MOVE TO THE OBJECTIVE. I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF OUR 12:55.150 --> 12:56.720 PARATROOPERS. THEY WERE SWITCHED ON. 12:56.720 --> 13:00.030 THEY WERE MASTERS OF THE INDIVIDUAL TASKS. 13:00.030 --> 13:02.330 >> THIS IS OUR MISSION. THIS IS WHAT WE DO, SO WE'RE 13:02.330 --> 13:03.750 GLAD TO BE HERE. >> YEAH, AND HOW WAS THE 13:03.750 --> 13:06.570 LANDING? >> [ Chuckling ] I'LL LAND... 13:06.570 --> 13:08.720 ANY LANDING YOU CAN GET UP AND WALK AWAY FROM IS A GOOD 13:08.720 --> 13:09.660 LANDING. 13:13.810 --> 13:17.450 >> IN THE BIG PICTURE, EXPANDING MILITARY SKILLS IS JUST ONE 13:17.450 --> 13:20.180 COMPONENT IN INTERNATIONAL TRAINING EVENTS. 13:20.180 --> 13:22.870 ARMY BROADCASTING CORRESPONDENT GAIL McCABE OFFERS SOME 13:22.870 --> 13:27.450 ADDITIONAL INSIGHT FROM EXERCISE SHARED ACCORD. 13:27.570 --> 13:29.150 >> MAKE SURE Y'ALL STAY IN A WEDGE. 13:29.150 --> 13:31.600 KEEP YOUR SPACING. >> SERGEANT TRAVIS BURKHOLTER 13:31.600 --> 13:34.630 SAYS THIS IS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. >> DIFFERENT, BUT LEARNING A 13:34.630 --> 13:38.510 LOT, ESPECIALLY ABOUT THIS TERRAIN. 13:38.510 --> 13:42.150 >> EXPOSING U.S. SOLDIERS TO DIFFERENT TERRAINS, LIKE HERE IN 13:42.150 --> 13:45.450 SOUTH AFRICA, IS PART OF U.S. MILITARY STRATEGY. 13:45.570 --> 13:48.510 >> LEARNED A LOT OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS -- MOVEMENT'S GOOD, 13:48.510 --> 13:50.360 COMMUNICATION, A LOT OF LEADERSHIP. 13:50.360 --> 13:53.630 THAT'S WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE. >> LEARNINGISAN IMPORTANT 13:53.630 --> 13:57.000 COMPONENT -- HOW TO SHOOT, MANEUVER, FUNCTION IN A FOREIGN 13:57.000 --> 13:57.840 LAND. 13:58.060 --> 14:02.030 BUT THERE'S MORE. THE U.S. MILITARY OPERATES SIX 14:02.030 --> 14:05.270 GEOGRAPHICAL COMBATANT COMMANDS. THEIR PRESENCE ENABLES THE 14:05.270 --> 14:09.450 SERVICES TO SHARPEN SKILLS WHILE SIMULTANEOUSLY STRENGTHENING 14:09.450 --> 14:12.690 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS ON A REGIONAL LEVEL. 14:12.690 --> 14:17.210 THE PRIMARY TOOL FOR THIS ARE EXERCISES LIKE SHARED ACCORD. 14:17.210 --> 14:20.300 >> IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEIR CHALLENGES ARE. 14:20.420 --> 14:22.750 IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND HOW THEY OPERATE. 14:22.750 --> 14:26.060 IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE MIGHT OPERATE TOGETHER IN THE 14:26.060 --> 14:27.240 FUTURE. 14:27.360 --> 14:30.810 >> AND THE FUTURE IS THE KEY. IT'S ACKNOWLEDGED THE 14:30.810 --> 14:33.720 UNITED STATES HAS THE MOST MODERN MILITARY AND IS 14:33.720 --> 14:37.390 COMBAT-TESTED, BUT RECENT HISTORY MAKES IT CLEAR IT 14:37.390 --> 14:40.150 DOESN'T STAND ALONE. >> BANG, BANG, BANG, BANG! 14:40.150 --> 14:43.000 >> BRINGING SOLDIERS TO A FOREIGN LAND IN ORDER TO BETTER 14:43.000 --> 14:48.150 UNDERSTAND HOW TO FIGHT WITH AN ALLY IS KNOWLEDGE TO LIVE BY. 14:48.150 --> 14:50.720 GAIL McCABE, SOUTH AFRICA. 14:52.660 --> 14:55.780 >> A FIRE-SUPPORT TEAM IS CAPABLE OF TARGET ACQUISITION 14:55.780 --> 14:59.030 UNDER REDUCED-VISIBILITY CONDITIONS AND HAS BOTH 14:59.030 --> 15:03.000 LASER-RANGE FINDING AND LASER-DESIGNATING CAPABILITIES. 15:03.000 --> 15:06.750 ARMY SERGEANT P.J. DORAN CAUGHT UP WITH THE BULLDOG BRIGADE'S 15:06.750 --> 15:10.420 COMBAT OBSERVATION LASE TEAM DURING IRON FOCUS TO SEE THESE 15:10.420 --> 15:13.480 SOLDIERS IN ACTION. 15:13.600 --> 15:17.660 >> AS TWO AH-64 APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTERS CIRCLE THE DESERT 15:17.660 --> 15:21.000 SEARCHING FOR A TARGET, A TEAM OF SOLDIERS PREPARES TO PROVIDE 15:21.000 --> 15:23.600 THEM THAT TARGET. THE SOLDIERS ARE THE 15:23.600 --> 15:26.360 3rd INFANTRY BRIGADE COMBAT TEAM, 1st ARMORED DIVISION'S 15:26.360 --> 15:29.300 COLT SECTION. [ INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER ] 15:29.300 --> 15:31.750 >> THIS IS THE BRIGADE COMBAT LASING TEAM. 15:31.870 --> 15:34.390 WE'RE CURRENTLY OUT HERE OBSERVING FOR CLOSE-COMBAT 15:34.390 --> 15:36.780 ATTACK AND AVIATION. WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING OVERWATCH 15:36.780 --> 15:39.390 FOR THE ARTILLERY SO THEY CAN CONDUCT THEIR REGISTRATION 15:39.390 --> 15:40.330 MISSIONS. 15:40.450 --> 15:44.060 >> THE APACHE HELICOPTERS TURN TOWARDS A SMALL PATCH OF DESERT 15:44.060 --> 15:47.000 AND BEGIN THEIR RUN. WITHIN SECONDS, THE SOUND OF 15:47.000 --> 15:50.540 ROCKETS AND CANNON FIRE FILLS THE AIR AS TARGETS DESIGNATED BY 15:50.540 --> 15:54.060 THE COLT ARE DESTROYED. SPECIALIST HUNTER CASEY, A 15:54.060 --> 15:57.300 FIRE-SUPPORT SPECIALIST, EXPLAINS WHAT EXACTLY THE COLT 15:57.300 --> 16:00.060 TEAM DOES TO HELP GUIDE THE APACHES TO THEIR TARGET. 16:00.060 --> 16:03.150 >> WHEN THE BIRDS COME ON STATION, YOU CHECK THEM IN. 16:03.270 --> 16:05.480 THEY'RE GONNA CHECK IN, LET US KNOW WHAT TYPE OF BIRDS THEY 16:05.480 --> 16:07.600 ARE, WHAT KIND OF MUNITIONS THEY'RE USING, HOW LONG THEY'RE 16:07.600 --> 16:09.510 GONNA BE ON STATION. WE UPDATE THEM ON WHAT'S GOING 16:09.510 --> 16:13.180 ON ON OUR SIDE AND THEN PASS THEM A FIRE MISSION, WHICH 16:13.180 --> 16:16.090 CONSISTS OF STARTING THE FIRE MISSION, AND THEN IT'LL HAVE OUR 16:16.090 --> 16:19.120 LOCATION, GRID LOCATION, OR A DISTANCE AND DIRECTION TO THE 16:19.120 --> 16:22.330 TARGET, AS WELL AS A TARGET DESCRIPTION, AND LET THEM KNOW 16:22.330 --> 16:24.510 WE'RE GONNA BE MARKING WITH A LASER, GIVE THEM A CODE, AND 16:24.510 --> 16:25.750 THEN FIRE THE LASER. 16:25.870 --> 16:29.480 THEY CAN TRACK THE LASER AND PUT LASER-GUIDED MUNITIONS ON IT IF 16:29.480 --> 16:31.450 NECESSARY. >> THE PAIRING OF THESE TWO 16:31.450 --> 16:34.300 TEAMS MAKES FOR A DEADLY COMBINATION THAT NO ENEMY CAN 16:34.300 --> 16:38.510 HIDE FROM. REPORTING FOR THE 16:38.510 --> 16:41.570 BULLDOG BRIGADE, I'M SERGEANT P.J. DORAN. 16:44.120 --> 16:47.120 >> THROUGH HEAVY DARKNESS AND HOT AFTERNOONS, U.S. 16:47.120 --> 16:50.750 SERVICEMEMBERS DRIVE THE ROADS OF AFGHANISTAN FOR HOURS ON END, 16:50.750 --> 16:54.780 CLEARING ROUTES OF IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND ENEMY 16:54.780 --> 16:57.660 FIGHTERS. MARINE CORPORAL JOSHUA DeFOUR 16:57.660 --> 17:01.330 BRINGS US THEIR STORY. 17:01.450 --> 17:04.690 >> IT'S 2:00 A.M., PITCH BLACK. A CONVOY OF HEAVILY ARMORED 17:04.690 --> 17:07.180 TRUCKS TEST-FIRE THEIR .50-CALIBER GUNS BEFORE SETTING 17:07.180 --> 17:10.300 OUT FOR THE DIRT ROADS OF EASTERN AFGHANISTAN. 17:14.060 --> 17:16.750 THIS ISN'T A PLEASURE CRUISE. THESE U.S. SOLDIERS WILL BE 17:16.750 --> 17:19.480 DRIVING FOR THE NEXT EIGHT HOURS TO CLEAR THEIR ROUTE OF 17:19.480 --> 17:22.180 IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICES AND VARIOUS OTHER DANGERS. 17:22.180 --> 17:25.420 IN AN ODD WAY, THEY'RE ALMOST HOPING TO FIND SOMETHING. 17:25.540 --> 17:28.720 >> ANY DAY THAT YOU FIND IT -- I MEAN, THE I.E.D.s, THEY HAVE TO 17:28.720 --> 17:30.810 BE FOUND. IT MAKES ME FEEL REAL GOOD TO 17:30.810 --> 17:33.750 KNOW THAT I'VE CLEARED THE ROUTE FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. 17:33.750 --> 17:36.600 >> YEP. >> NOT FINDING SOME, IT KIND OF 17:36.600 --> 17:39.090 MAKES ME THINK THAT THE ROAD'S A LITTLE MORE CLEAR. 17:39.090 --> 17:42.030 THAT MEANS WE'RE DOING OUR JOB IN MAKING THE ROAD STAYS CLEAR. 17:42.030 --> 17:45.120 BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF WE FIND SOMETHING, I WOULD RATHER IT BE 17:45.120 --> 17:48.090 US THAN SOMEBODY ELSE, BECAUSE THEN IF SOMEBODY ELSE HITS IT, 17:48.090 --> 17:50.810 AND WE DIDN'T IT, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT DOING OUR JOB 17:50.810 --> 17:51.750 CORRECTLY. 17:51.870 --> 17:54.540 >> AFTER LONG HOURS SPENT COOPED UP IN A TRUCK, RIDING THROUGH 17:54.540 --> 17:56.810 RISKY VALLEYS AND SUSPICIOUS MOUNTAINSIDES, A LITTLE 17:56.810 --> 17:58.780 DISCOMFORT WOULD BE UNDERSTANDABLE, BUT THE 17:58.780 --> 18:01.540 SHARED EXPERIENCE WITHIN EACH TRUCK CREATES A BOND THAT KEEPS 18:01.540 --> 18:03.030 THE TEAM FOCUSED. 18:03.150 --> 18:05.420 >> IT'S LIKE A ROAD TRIP, SO, YEAH -- LET'S SEE -- IT'S EITHER 18:05.420 --> 18:08.630 MAKING FUN OF EACH OTHER OR THE STORIES. 18:08.630 --> 18:11.750 IT'S LIKE YOU'RE WATCHING OUT OVER YOUR FAMILY, AND YOUR 18:11.750 --> 18:14.510 FAMILY IS THE CREW THAT'S IN THE VEHICLE. 18:14.630 --> 18:17.540 YOU GOT TO WATCH OUT FOR THEM, AND YOUR JOB IS PRACTICALLY TO 18:17.540 --> 18:21.360 TAKE CARE OF THEM, LOOK OVER THEM. 18:21.360 --> 18:24.150 >> I'M JUST HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET HOME TO THEIR 18:24.150 --> 18:27.660 FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, ROUTE CLEARANCE IS 18:27.660 --> 18:29.840 JUST SLOW. I MEAN, THE DELIBERATE MISSIONS 18:29.840 --> 18:33.390 TAKE HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S 18:33.390 --> 18:37.600 A GRATIFYING FEELING TO KNOW THAT THE ROUTE IS CLEAR AND 18:37.600 --> 18:40.540 EVERYBODY IS GOOD TO GO. >> THOUGH THE MISSION DID NOT 18:40.540 --> 18:42.810 TURN UP ANY I.E.D.s, THE FAMILIES THESE SOLDIERS WILL 18:42.810 --> 18:46.780 EVENTUALLY GO HOME TO WILL TAKE THAT AS A JOB WELL-DONE. 18:46.780 --> 18:49.210 REPORTING FROM KUNAR PROVINCE, AFGHANISTAN, I'M 18:49.210 --> 18:51.360 MARINE CORPORAL JOSHUA DeFOUR. 18:55.210 --> 18:59.390 >> I'M CAPTAIN ALIDA JOHNSON WITH THE 101st AIRBORNE DIVISION 18:59.390 --> 19:03.150 IN BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN. I'D LIKE TO WISH MY HUSBAND, 19:03.150 --> 19:08.180 GINO JOHNSON, IN SIERRA VISTA, ARIZONA, A HAPPY BIRTHDAY. 19:08.180 --> 19:10.030 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY LOVE. I LOVE YOU. 19:10.030 --> 19:12.060 >> I'M SPECIALIST JONATHAN WALSH, WITH THE 19:12.060 --> 19:15.030 200 MILITARY POLICE COMPANY FROM CATONSVILLE, MARYLAND, CURRENTLY 19:15.030 --> 19:17.570 DEPLOYED IN BAGRAM, AFGHANISTAN. I'D LIKE TO SAY HELLO TO MY 19:17.570 --> 19:20.090 BEAUTIFUL WIFE, KATIE, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW, PAT, MY 19:20.090 --> 19:22.630 FATHER-IN-LAW, RICK. I LOVE YOU, MISS YOU GUYS, AND 19:22.630 --> 19:23.870 SEE YOU SOON. >> MY NAME'S 19:23.870 --> 19:26.300 SERGEANT DERRICK FORD. I'M WITH THE 338th QUARTERMASTER 19:26.300 --> 19:28.240 FIELD SERVICE COMPANY, FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, 19:28.240 --> 19:30.600 INDIANA NATIONAL GUARD. I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO 19:30.600 --> 19:33.330 MY WIFE AND MY SON, ZACHARY, WHO ARE BACK HOME IN WHITESTOWN, 19:33.330 --> 19:34.780 INDIANA. I WANT TO SAY I LOVE YOU GUYS, 19:34.780 --> 19:36.750 AND I'LL SEE YOU ALL IN A COUPLE WEEKS. 19:38.000 --> 19:41.180 >> COMING UP... ARMY SNIPERS FROM ACROSS THE 19:41.180 --> 19:45.330 COUNTRY TEST THEIR SKILLS. AND WE'LL SHOWCASE SOME OF THE 19:45.330 --> 19:47.510 BEST PHOTOS FROM OUR SERVICEMEMBERS, AS 19:47.510 --> 19:51.060 "IN THE FIGHT," PRESENTED BY DVIDS, CONTINUES. 20:02.750 --> 20:05.330 THE ANSWER WHEN WE RETURN. 20:38.540 --> 20:40.690 >> TRAINING IS ABOUT MORE THAN MUSCLE. 20:40.690 --> 20:44.630 IT'S ABOUTINNERSTRENGTH, SO I PUSH MYSELF. 20:44.630 --> 20:48.030 THAT'S WHY I SERVE IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD. 20:48.030 --> 20:52.180 I TRAIN WITH THE BEST -- A TEAM THAT SHARES MY DRIVE AND 20:52.180 --> 20:56.330 COMMITMENT. WE COLLECT INTELLIGENCE, GUARD 20:56.330 --> 20:59.630 OUR SHORES AGAINST DRUG SMUGGLERS, AND KEEP OUR 20:59.630 --> 21:03.090 WATERWAYS SAFE, BECAUSE OUR NATION EXPECTS MORE. 21:03.090 --> 21:05.810 >> IF YOU EXPECT MORE, MAYBEYOU WERE BORN READY. 21:05.810 --> 21:07.810 FIND OUT AT gocoastguard.com. 21:09.390 --> 21:12.750 >> WITH THE NEW MILITARY 24/7 APP FROM DVIDS, YOU TURN YOUR 21:12.750 --> 21:16.450 FAVORITE MOBILE DEVICE INTO A WINDOW TO THE FRONT LINES. 21:16.570 --> 21:19.510 CONNECT WITH YOUR NATION'S FINEST MEN AND WOMEN THROUGH OUR 21:19.510 --> 21:22.480 VIDEO AND PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVES AND STAY UP TO DATE WITH NEWS 21:22.480 --> 21:24.600 REPORTED DIRECTLY FROM SERVICEMEMBERS. 21:24.600 --> 21:27.810 QUICKLY SHARE INFORMATION AND BREAKING STORIES WITH FRIENDS 21:27.810 --> 21:32.060 VIA FACEBOOK, TWITTER, OR E-MAIL. 21:32.060 --> 21:37.810 NEWS. PHOTOS. VIDEO. YOUR MILITARY, 24/7. 21:58.720 --> 22:02.390 >> OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF DIAGNOSED TBI, OR 22:02.390 --> 22:06.000 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, HAS STEADILY RISEN. 22:06.000 --> 22:08.750 AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT JASON SHAMBERGER SHOWS US HOW A 22:08.750 --> 22:11.720 NEW CARE CENTER IS GREATLY HELPING SERVICEMEMBERS ON THEIR 22:11.720 --> 22:16.300 ROAD TO RECOVERY. >> SERVICEMEMBERS SUSTAINING 22:16.300 --> 22:19.150 HEAD INJURIES FROM ACCIDENTS OR EXPLOSIONS OFTEN SUFFER FROM 22:19.150 --> 22:23.390 WHAT IS KNOWN AS MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY OR TBI. 22:23.390 --> 22:25.810 IN ORDER TO COMBAT THESE INJURIES, CONCUSSION CARE 22:25.810 --> 22:29.180 CENTERS ARE IN PLACE TO EVALUATE AND TO TREAT SOLDIERS SUFFERING 22:29.180 --> 22:31.360 FROM MILD TBI. >> YEAH, THE GOAL OF THE 22:31.360 --> 22:34.480 CONCUSSION CARE CENTER IS TO PROPERLY ASSESS THE SOLDIER, GO 22:34.480 --> 22:38.120 THROUGH A STANDARDIZED, PHASED RECOVERY PROCESS, MAKE SURE THAT 22:38.120 --> 22:41.090 SOLDIER'S SYMPTOMS HAVE RECOVERED, MAKE SURE THAT THAT 22:41.090 --> 22:43.540 SOLDIER DOESN'T HAVE SYMPTOMS EVEN WHEN HE'S STRESSED. 22:43.660 --> 22:45.750 >> SO, I'M GONNA PUT THIS IN YOUR MASTOID BONE IN THE BACK. 22:45.750 --> 22:48.540 >> THE CENTERS PUT THE MEMBER THROUGH A VARIETY OF TESTS IN 22:48.540 --> 22:51.390 ORDER TO SEE IF THE SYMPTOMS APPEAR UNDER EITHER MENTAL OR 22:51.390 --> 22:54.180 PHYSICAL STRESS. HOW A PATIENT RESPONDS 22:54.180 --> 22:57.540 DETERMINES THE TIME FRAME FOR THEM RETURNING BACK TO DUTY. 22:57.540 --> 23:00.360 >> ANY TIME ANYONE HAS A CONCUSSION, THE FIRST PHASE IS 23:00.360 --> 23:03.420 SIMPLY REST. THE NEXT STAGE, YOU'RE STARTING 23:03.420 --> 23:06.030 TO ADD SOME CHALLENGES COGNITIVELY. 23:06.030 --> 23:08.480 THE NEXT STAGE, YOU'RE TRYING TO ASSESS PHYSICALLY. 23:08.480 --> 23:12.090 IN THE FINAL STAGE, YOU'RE GETTING THE FULL ASSESSMENT OF 23:12.090 --> 23:14.600 WHETHER YOU CAN RETURN TO DUTY. >> YOU GOT 30 SECONDS. 23:14.600 --> 23:17.690 >> CONCUSSION CARE CENTERS ARE NOT ONLY HERE TO DIAGNOSE BUT 23:17.690 --> 23:20.210 ALSO TO HELP SOLDIERS RECOVER QUICKLY. 23:20.210 --> 23:23.030 >> IF WE DO THINGS RIGHT, SOLDIERS RECOVER. 23:23.030 --> 23:24.570 THEY GET BETTER. THEY FEEL BETTER. 23:24.570 --> 23:26.810 THEY FUNCTION BETTER. THEY CAN RETURN TO DUTY AND GET 23:26.810 --> 23:29.150 BACK TO THEIR UNITS. >> DO YOU USUALLY RUN EVERY DAY? 23:29.150 --> 23:31.450 >> AND RETURNING SOLDIERS BACK TO DUTY IS WHAT THE 23:31.450 --> 23:34.330 CONCUSSION CARE CENTERS ARE HERE TO DO. 23:34.330 --> 23:36.630 FROM BAGRAM AIRFIELD, AFGHANISTAN, I'M AIR FORCE STAFF 23:36.630 --> 23:38.600 SERGEANT JASON SHAMBERGER. 23:40.720 --> 23:44.780 >> BEING A MILITARY SNIPER REQUIRES STRONG WILL, PATIENCE, 23:44.780 --> 23:47.480 ENDURANCE, AND BEING A PERFECT SHOT. 23:47.480 --> 23:49.810 THESE SKILLS WERE PUT TO THE TEST RECENTLY AT THE 23:49.810 --> 23:52.390 WINSTON P. WILSON SNIPER CHALLENGE, WHERE COMPETITORS 23:52.390 --> 23:55.150 WERE TESTED IN REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS. 23:55.150 --> 23:59.690 ARMY SERGEANT CHAUNCEY REID BRINGS US THIS STORY. 23:59.810 --> 24:04.390 >> THE WORDS "AMERICAN SNIPER" BRING IMAGES OF ELITE SOLDIERS, 24:04.390 --> 24:06.870 HIGHLY TRAINED TROOPS WITH A HISTORY THAT GOES BACK TO THE 24:06.870 --> 24:08.450 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. [ GUNSHOT ] 24:08.450 --> 24:12.270 THE SNIPER IS A UNIQUE INDIVIDUAL, A FORCE MULTIPLIER 24:12.270 --> 24:15.240 CAPABLE OF CARRYING OUT COVERT MISSIONS WITHOUT ALERTING THE 24:15.240 --> 24:18.690 ENEMY OF THEIR PRESENCE. THE SNIPER TEAMS AT THIS YEAR'S 24:18.690 --> 24:21.270 WINSTON P. WILSON SNIPER CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH AT 24:21.270 --> 24:25.420 FORT CHAFFEE, ARKANSAS, ARE NO EXCEPTION. 24:25.420 --> 24:28.360 >> CENTER. DEAD SHOT. >> OVER THE COURSE OF THE 24:28.360 --> 24:31.210 FIVE-DAY COMPETITION, SNIPER TEAMS FACE A WIDE RANGE OF 24:31.210 --> 24:34.720 EVENTS, TO INCLUDE A DIFFICULT NIGHT LAND-NAV COURSE AND 24:34.720 --> 24:38.870 MULTIPLE TARGET-ENGAGEMENT MATCHES, SUCH AS A STRESS-FIRE 24:38.870 --> 24:41.780 SCENARIO AND A FOB-SECURITY NIGHT FIRE... 24:41.780 --> 24:44.270 >> GRAB THAT TARGET. >> ...ALL WHILE CONTENDING WITH 24:44.270 --> 24:46.780 SLEEP DEPRIVATION. SNIPER INSTRUCTOR 24:46.780 --> 24:51.420 SHANNON O'KIEFFE WALKS US THROUGH THE FOB-SECURITY MATCH. 24:51.540 --> 24:54.240 >> SO, WE DROPPED A GRENADE, SO TO THEM IT SIMULATES THE BASE IS 24:54.240 --> 24:57.000 UNDER ATTACK. THEY'RE LAYING IN THEIR BEDS. 24:57.000 --> 25:00.540 THEY JUMP UP AND THEN GRAB THEIR EQUIPMENT AND RUN TO THEIR POST. 25:00.660 --> 25:04.210 THEY'LL FOLLOW THESE LITTLE ChemLights OUT TO THEIR TOWER 25:04.210 --> 25:08.120 AND THEN ENGAGE TARGETS OF UNKNOWN DISTANCE. 25:08.120 --> 25:12.570 >> IT'S ON YOU. >> THEY KNOW THAT THERE'S FIVE 25:12.570 --> 25:15.450 TARGETS. >> THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT, SNIPER 25:15.450 --> 25:18.390 TEAMS PUSHED ON IN SPITE OF THE EXHAUSTION -- EXHAUSTION THAT 25:18.390 --> 25:20.690 WAS EVIDENT IN SPECIALIST CHRIS NAVA AND 25:20.690 --> 25:23.750 SPECIALIST JOSEPH GONZALEZ, A SNIPER TEAM FROM THE 25:23.750 --> 25:25.870 CALIFORNIA NATIONAL GUARD. 25:26.090 --> 25:30.240 >> I LIKE HOW EVERYTHING'S REAL-WORLD ORIENTED, YOU KNOW, 25:30.240 --> 25:32.390 ESPECIALLY THIS EXERCISE HERE. [ GUNFIRE ] 25:32.390 --> 25:34.810 YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL TASKS THAT -- THAT WE'RE TOLD THAT A 25:34.810 --> 25:36.450 SNIPER HAS TO BE ABLE TO DO. 25:36.570 --> 25:39.180 THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD EXERCISE. >> ALTHOUGH THIS IS A 25:39.180 --> 25:42.060 COMPETITION, THE NATIONAL GUARD MARKSMANSHIP TRAINING CENTER'S 25:42.060 --> 25:46.420 MAIN FOCUS WHILE HOSTING THIS EVENT IS SNIPER TRAINING. 25:46.420 --> 25:49.210 THIS PRESENTS SOLDIERS AND AIRMEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO 25:49.210 --> 25:53.300 EXPERIENCE REAL-WORLD SCENARIOS, HELPING TRAIN THEM TO REACT 25:53.300 --> 25:55.420 QUICKLY TO UNPREDICTABLE SITUATIONS. 25:55.420 --> 25:57.420 >> ALL RIGHT, STOP. UP. 25:57.420 --> 25:59.690 RIGHT THERE. IS THAT A TARGET? 25:59.690 --> 26:02.540 DOWN. DOWN A LITTLE BIT. LEFT. >> IN THE END, FROM THE 26:02.540 --> 26:05.600 IOWA NATIONAL GUARD, SERGEANT JAMIE KOOPMAN AND 26:05.600 --> 26:09.390 SERGEANT JEREMY HENRY CAME OUT ON TOP AS THE FIRST-PLACE SNIPER 26:09.390 --> 26:11.720 TEAM. 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