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interoperability

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is a popular modern military buzzword

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and basically concerns our military's

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ability to function well with services

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from other nations as such and Dan

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Ellis introduces us to some area near

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baumholder Germany who are enhancing

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the interoperability of their

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communications in lager Allensbach near

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bomb holder Germany . More than 40

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nations military communications

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specialists have come to work out any

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bugs as it works . A other nations come

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together from NATO's partners of peace

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and other come together to do an

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operability testing communications

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equipment to simply put each

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country test their phones , computers

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and other communication devices with

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other countries to make sure they're

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able to talk to , right , this is the

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place to figure that stuff out .

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Sometimes there's issues between

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different types of equipment and they

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have to learn how to figure out what

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the problems are so that they can work

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that through here and not a it's all

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business here but there are some

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diplomatic perks . That's another

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benefit of endeavors . You meet people

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from all these nations , you never know

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when you run into a two week exercise

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is achieving what was once unachievable

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open communications and

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interoperability between nations a

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benefit to everyone involved and for

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the first time a delegation from the

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Afghan National Army is here . But they

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didn't come alone . They brought their

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U . S . Air Force mentor Captain Ian

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Ashurst , He's the signs of the group

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in Kabul and work with them from

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planning for the exercise all the way

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to completion . Actually extended his

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deployment in Kabul so he could be here

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a lot of hard work . The Afghan

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delegation myself , a lot of

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frustrations , a lot of triumphs and I

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want to see where we are .

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He spent 13 months with his team of

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mentees and says their give and take

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has come a long one . It's like any ,

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any professional relationship . We can

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agree , we can disagree , we can share

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ideas , it's about respect , trust and

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understanding a

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today in the spirit of

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interoperability . These american

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airmen in Germany are running a phone

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line to italy . Yeah it's different

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every run . It depends on how far we

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have to run and actually have to

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lift some runs we ran right around the

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corner and this one just happens to be

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almost 1000 ft open .

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No Italy is not 1000 ft from Germany

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in reality but this is

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exercise combined endeavour during

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which more than 35 countries gathered

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to test communications .

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In this case these airmen are running a

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phone line to the italian technicians

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just on the camp in case there is an

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event where Italian Italy and the

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United States and to communicate that

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our telephone systems will be able to

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talk to each other move

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some stuff . Some sandbags get cable

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where you plug it in , just complete

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but these are operability at its finest

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staff sergeant and balance lighter

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Allensbach Germany interoperability is

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also practiced in Asia the sala airbase

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in Japan offers a unique

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interoperability opportunity because

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the flight line is shared by both the

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Japanese and american air forces on

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everyday basis . Tech Sergeant Rene

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Chrysostomos shows us an example of the

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bilateral training . Technical Sergeant

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Marcus Ito , a jet engine mechanic from

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the 30 15 squadron . Two days working

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in Japan Air Self Defense Force or Jazz

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Staff engine shop . He was part of an

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exchange program that allowed Jazz

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staff and US Air Force members to

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experience their job and each other's

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work center . The exchange gave

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chairman a chance to form new

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relationships . The opportunity that my

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supervision gave us to come over here

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and spend time with the Jazz staff

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counterparts that work on the same

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engine that we work on has been very

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rewarding in the sense that first we

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can make friends and here we can see

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how they do it compared to how we do it .

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Which is quite different . One of the

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differences was having to where I had

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indoors , which for the Jazz staff is a

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safety precaution language would have

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also been a difference , but Sergeant

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Seo learned how to speak japanese

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earlier in his career because I

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understood what they were saying more

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and I understood everything that was

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going on a little bit better . I can

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give a little bit of a better input to

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the Jazz staff supervision of how the

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exchange carcass . Ito said the

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exchange is just the beginning of new

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friendship , he plans to have several

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get together which is Jazz , that

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counterpart he saw Air base , Japan

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heavy officer Shane Errington shows us

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another example of the bilateral

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training from a Japanese perspective .

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The solar air base is home to airmen of

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two different nations . The Japanese

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Air Self Defense Force or JasdaQ and

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the United States Air Force . Though

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they work on the same base is rare for

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them to actually work together . Jasdaq

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Tech Sergeant Tacoma Toyota said he

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enjoyed his time working with his

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american counterpart .

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This was my first experience working in

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an american shot during my 12 years at

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Masala . By all means I'd like to come

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back again to work here given the

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chance how Sergeant Ochoa

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admitted to being surprised that some

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of the ways the U . S . Air force work ,

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how

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we do maintenance is quite different .

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The biggest difference is that in Jazz .

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Daph one engine maintainer does

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everything but in use if it's broken

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down into sections .

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Sergeant OTA said he hopes to have this

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chance again in the future and for

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others to have it as well . Petty

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Officer Shane Arrington Air Base Japan

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erin are sharing a flight line in

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europe as well . Sergeant submarine

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shows us a taste of italy in the heart

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of Germany

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true

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italian tornadoes are getting ready to

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hit the skies , train

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their two squadrons support to spend on

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the aim of the , this department is to

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work together uh 1 54 as a tax present

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and they won 55 as a seed spread . So

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to support the explaining doing the

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mission . We are training to coordinate

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our actions between us and the 1 55 to

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work together them . Their job is to

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suppress the enemy air defense . Our

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job to get inside the enemy territory

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and get the bombs on target on the

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right time . The teamwork will help

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them in future missions . We do an

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excellent training here in Germany . Uh ,

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we're using a polygon range , which is

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uh , an electronic warfare range

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between Germany and France . That's a

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very awesome place because it's a wide

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area , a lot of similar than real

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threats . And also it's uh , you know ,

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because we have places like spangdahlem

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close to it so we can deploy here , uh ,

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take off from here . Well , straight to

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the range Training is excellent ,

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Really upstanding and we need that

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constantly to be ready anytime to be

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important for real and when the call

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comes they'll be ready . Tech Sergeant

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Seymour release spangdahlem Air base

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Germany the C 17 Globemaster three has

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flown missions for the United States

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Air Force since the 19 nineties . But

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it's a relatively new editions . The

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Australian Air Force Senior Man David

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Clarke shows us another form of

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bilateral training and exchange program

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that helps Australian airmen learn

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about the aircraft from their

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experienced peers . This pre flight

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safety briefing may look like any other

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taking place to U . S . Air force bases

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around the world . But one of these

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airmen is not quite like the others

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meet Sergeant David Pyott . He's a load

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master in the Royal Australian Air

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Force and he's here at Hickam as part

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of an exchange program between the US

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and Australian Air forces . Exchange

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programs such as this provides the area

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and offices the chance to work with C

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17 and it's a chance to develop our

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skill sets and knowledge . C 17

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operations started its tour at Hickam

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ends in three years and for him ,

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that's just the beginning with all the

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skills and knowledge that I've

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developed to work with the pack up and

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go back to Australia and pass on those

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skills and develop my experiences C 17 .

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Not only is Sergeant Quiet gaining a

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wealth of knowledge and experience from

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this exchange , our two nations will

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reap great benefits as well . I think

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in terms of the pacific air force will

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pack up and the Royal Australian Air

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Force being close proximity to

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countries with regard to mutually being

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able to support each other in

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humanitarian and military operations in

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the region and through this exchange ,

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our nations are able to build a

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stronger , more interoperable force .

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One airmen at a time . Senior Airman

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David Clarke Hickam Air Force Base

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Hawaii . United States Air Force

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participates in a lot of bilateral

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training to prepare for the

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eventualities of working with another

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military service , john air shows us

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how the hard work can pay off

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at the beginning of Operation Iraqi

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Freedom for the people of Iraq has

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celebrated many first on their way to

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re establishing and maintaining their

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government and military US and Iraqi

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forces achieved yet another significant

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events . Have a lot of Air base on the

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Iraqi Air Force flew its first medical

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evacuation mission . They'll be able to

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remove their own patients around

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anywhere around the theater . Since

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there's more Iraqi hospitals in Iraq in

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Air Force spirit of hospitals , they'll

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be able to transport patients quicker .

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It's a closer facilities depending on

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where they're picking up the casualties

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the plates . Crew consisted of an Iraqi

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pilot , flight medic and aerial gunner ,

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each with a U . S . Military

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counterpart . People were embarking on

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the mission . The crew trained with

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airmen from the Air Force Theater

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hospitals , contingency aeromedical

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staging facility and soldiers from the

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86 Combat Support Hospital on how to on

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and off load patients . The training

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benefits them as well as us . So we

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know they're oriented oriented around

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the aircraft obviously . So

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that's why we came here today to do

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some training and to actually do a

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medevac onboard . The flight was the

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cruise first patient , a 27 year old

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Iraqi man from Baghdad who received

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injuries from an improvised explosive

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device that nation and had undergone

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several surgeries at the Air Force

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Theater Hospital .

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Thanks

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management . Thanks very much .

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Sergeant john Air a lot Airbase .

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That's it for this edition of today's

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