WEBVTT 00:06.450 --> 00:09.690 >> ON THIS EPISODE OF "IN THE FIGHT"... 00:09.690 --> 00:13.240 A MULTINATIONAL EXERCISE BRINGS TOGETHER U.S. MARINES AND NATO 00:13.240 --> 00:18.060 ALLIES IN BULGARIA... AIRMEN AT LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE 00:18.060 --> 00:21.720 PREPARE FOR A FRIGHTENING SCENARIO... 00:21.720 --> 00:24.720 SOLDIERS TEST OUT A NEW TECHNOLOGY WHICH LINKS UNMANNED 00:24.720 --> 00:29.750 AIRCRAFT TO PILOTS IN THE AIR... THE COAST GUARD PRACTICES 00:29.750 --> 00:33.480 WHALE-RESCUE TECHNIQUES OFF THE COAST OF HAWAII... 00:33.480 --> 00:37.480 AND A HUMANITARIAN PROGRAM SETS OUT TO SAFELY REMOVE EXPLOSIVE 00:37.480 --> 00:39.510 REMNANTS OF WAR. 01:21.660 --> 01:24.660 PLATINUM LION BRINGS U.S. MARINES TOGETHER WITH ALLIES 01:24.660 --> 01:27.810 FROM THE BULGARIAN AND ROMANIAN ARMIES, WITH THE FOCUS ON 01:27.810 --> 01:30.810 PEACEKEEPING AND COUNTERINSURGENCY TRAINING. 01:30.810 --> 01:33.510 AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT JOHN ARCHIQUETTE SHOWS US HOW 01:33.510 --> 01:38.330 THIS YEAR'S EVENT BRINGS A FEW NEW TOYS TO THE FIGHT. 01:38.330 --> 01:42.090 >> THE U.S. MARINES AND NATO ALLIES RACE ACROSS THE NOVO SELO 01:42.090 --> 01:45.690 TRAINING AREA IN M1 ABRAMS TANKS AND LIGHT-ARMORED VEHICLES. 01:45.690 --> 01:48.840 THIS DEMONSTRATION BRINGS PLATINUM LION 16 TO A CLOSE, 01:48.840 --> 01:52.540 SHOWCASING THE TRAINING EFFORTS BY THE MARINES AND BULGARIAN AND 01:52.540 --> 01:55.180 ROMANIAN ARMIES. >> THIS EXERCISE GIVES US AN 01:55.180 --> 01:58.270 OPPORTUNITY TO WORK MECHANIZED ASSETS OUT HERE IN THE GREAT 01:58.270 --> 02:00.690 TRAINING AREAS THAT ARE AVAILABLE. 02:00.690 --> 02:04.270 AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PRACTICE INTEROPERABILITY WITH 02:04.270 --> 02:07.330 OUR STRATEGIC PARTNERS. >> WHILE MARINES FROM THE 02:07.330 --> 02:10.300 BLACK SEA ROTATIONAL FORCE HAVE WORKED IN THE REGION FOR SEVERAL 02:10.300 --> 02:13.150 YEARS, THE INTRODUCTION OF THE COMBINED ARMS COMPANY BRINGS A 02:13.150 --> 02:15.480 NEW ELEMENT TO THE TRAINING THIS YEAR. 02:15.480 --> 02:21.780 >> WHAT THAT FORCE DOES IS IT BASICALLY BRINGS A MECHANIZED 02:21.780 --> 02:27.150 COMPANY WITH A TASTE OF EACH UNIT FROM OUR MARINE AIR-GROUND 02:27.150 --> 02:31.420 TASK FORCE OUT HERE, AND THAT INCLUDES THE TANKS AND THE BMPs 02:31.420 --> 02:34.330 AND THE ARTILLERY. >> FIRE! 02:34.330 --> 02:37.330 >> THIS IS THE FOURTH ANNUAL PLATINUM LION EXERCISE, BUT THIS 02:37.330 --> 02:40.630 YEAR BROUGHT A NEW EXPERIENCE TO MANY VETERAN PARTICIPANTS. 02:40.630 --> 02:46.600 >> IT WAS MY FIRST TIME WHEN WE TRAINED TOGETHER WITH TANKS, 02:46.600 --> 02:49.840 MOTORIZED TEAMS, MECHANIZED INFANTRY, AND ARTILLERY 02:49.840 --> 02:52.840 INFANTRY. OUR MECHANIZED INFANTRY AND 02:52.840 --> 02:57.540 TANKS ARE USING DIFFERENT TACTICS, SO IT WAS VERY NICE FOR 02:57.540 --> 03:01.450 US TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY. >> THE INCORPORATION OF 03:01.450 --> 03:04.180 MECHANIZED ASSETS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING NEW TACTICS 03:04.180 --> 03:07.510 TO PLATINUM LION. >> WE TAILORED THIS FORCE BASED 03:07.510 --> 03:11.690 ON THE DEMAND SIGNAL COMING FROM THE FORCES OUT HERE. 03:11.690 --> 03:16.180 AND PART OF THAT IS, AS MARINES, WE TASK-ORGANIZE TO THE 03:16.180 --> 03:20.180 REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE'RE FACING, AND SO WE HAVE 03:20.180 --> 03:23.330 CREATED THIS COMBINED ARMS COMPANY OUT HERE THROUGH PART OF 03:23.330 --> 03:27.330 BSRF -- PART OF THE BLACK SEA ROTATIONAL FORCE. 03:27.330 --> 03:30.150 >> SO AS THIS YEAR'S PLATINUM LION COMES TO A CLOSE, 03:30.150 --> 03:33.000 THE NEW EXPERIENCE FOR PARTICIPATING ALLIES WILL LEAD 03:33.000 --> 03:36.000 TO GREATER FAMILIARITY WITH NATO PARTNERS, AS WELL AS NEW 03:36.000 --> 03:38.420 EQUIPMENT. AIR FORCE STAFF SERGEANT 03:38.420 --> 03:43.360 JOHN ARCHIQUETTE, NOVO SELO TRAINING AREA, BULGARIA. 03:43.360 --> 03:46.810 >> WITH FEARS OF EXTREMIST IDEOLOGY SPREADING INTO EUROPE, 03:46.810 --> 03:50.390 THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY'S AMERICANS IN KOSOVO INITIATIVE 03:50.390 --> 03:53.660 IS HOPING TO BRING POSITIVE MESSAGES AND INFLUENCES TO 03:53.660 --> 03:56.420 KOSOVO'S YOUTH. ARMY SERGEANT DAVID MARQUIS 03:56.420 --> 04:02.510 EXPLAINS HOW IN THIS REPORT. >> IN VITI AND AROUND KOSOVO, 04:02.510 --> 04:05.690 HIGH-SCHOOL-AGED MEN AND WOMEN IN KOSOVO HAVE GROWN UP WITH A 04:05.690 --> 04:08.240 MULTINATIONAL PRESENCE AS PART OF THEIR LIVES. 04:08.240 --> 04:11.540 THROUGH AMERICANS IN KOSOVO, AN EVENT ORGANIZED BY UNITED STATES 04:11.540 --> 04:14.810 EMBASSY CIVIL MILITARY SUPPORT ELEMENT, STUDENTS CAN SPEAK WITH 04:14.810 --> 04:17.780 AND LEARN ABOUT THE NATO AND U.S. ORGANIZATIONS IN THEIR 04:17.780 --> 04:21.090 COMMUNITIES AND THE WAYS THEY PARTNER WITH KOSOVO'S GOVERNMENT 04:21.090 --> 04:23.330 INSTITUTIONS. >> THERE IS SUCH A LARGE 04:23.330 --> 04:26.300 MAJORITY OF THE POPULATION THAT IS UNDER 25 YEARS OF AGE, AND IF 04:26.300 --> 04:29.270 WE'RE ABLE TO GET THESE STUDENTS DURING THEIR HIGH SCHOOL YEARS 04:29.270 --> 04:32.060 TO INTERACT WITH POLICE, WITH GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, AND WITH 04:32.060 --> 04:35.390 THE KSF, THEN THAT EXPOSES THEM TO THOSE POSITIVE INFLUENCES, SO 04:35.390 --> 04:38.600 AS THEY GROW AND THEY EVENTUALLY TAKE ON CAREERS OF THEIR OWN, 04:38.600 --> 04:42.030 THEY'RE ABLE TO FURTHER BENEFIT THE POLICE, KSF, AND THEN KOSOVO 04:42.030 --> 04:44.840 AS A WHOLE. >> AMERICANS IN KOSOVO AIMS TO 04:44.840 --> 04:48.000 SHOW THE YOUTHS THE COMBINED EFFORTS OF KFOR, THE KOSOVO 04:48.000 --> 04:51.000 POLICE, KOSOVO SECURITY FORCES, AND THE U.S. EMBASSY IN 04:51.000 --> 04:53.330 PRISTINA. >> Interpreter: WE'RE HERE SO 04:53.330 --> 04:57.090 THAT WE CAN EXPLAIN TO THE YOUNG GENERATION THAT KFOR, KP, AND 04:57.090 --> 05:00.870 THE KSF ARE HERE TO HELP. ALSO, WE'RE HERE TO TELL THEM 05:00.870 --> 05:04.450 THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO BE PART OF ANY SORT OF EXTREMIST GROUP 05:04.450 --> 05:08.000 BECAUSE KOSOVO IS A PLACE WHERE THE POLICE AND SECURITY FORCES 05:08.000 --> 05:11.450 WILL PROTECT THEM. >> BESARTA MISINI, A LOCAL 05:11.450 --> 05:14.450 ENGLISH TEACHER, THINKS THE EVENT WAS A GREAT SUCCESS AND 05:14.450 --> 05:17.450 BELIEVES THAT PROGRAMS LIKE AMERICANS IN KOSOVO WILL HELP 05:17.450 --> 05:19.390 SHAPE THE REGION'S FUTURE LEADERS. 05:19.390 --> 05:22.870 >> THEY DID A REALLY GOOD JOB INFORMING AND PREPARING THEM TO 05:22.870 --> 05:26.420 BE GOOD CITIZENS, IN ORDER TO BE GOOD LEADERS IN THE FUTURE. 05:26.420 --> 05:32.510 >> REPORTING FROM VITI, KOSOVO, I'M ARMY SERGEANT DAVID MARQUIS. 05:32.510 --> 05:35.570 >> WHILE MOST AMERICANS ARE FAR REMOVED FROM THE THREAT OF 05:35.570 --> 05:38.840 EXTREMIST VIOLENCE, IT IS STILL AN UNFORTUNATE POSSIBILITY THAT 05:38.840 --> 05:42.150 AN ACTIVE SHOOTER COULD STRIKE AT PUBLIC EVENTS OR EVEN IN THE 05:42.150 --> 05:45.030 WORKPLACE. SENIOR AIRMAN JORDAN GARNER 05:45.030 --> 05:48.300 SHOWS US HOW LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE IS PREPARING FOR THIS VERY 05:48.300 --> 05:52.810 FRIGHTENING SCENARIO. [ GUNFIRE ] 05:52.810 --> 05:55.360 >> TOLD YOU I'D COME BACK! [ GUNFIRE ] 05:55.360 --> 05:58.660 >> LANGLEY PREPARED FOR AN ACTIVE-SHOOTER EXERCISE AFTER AN 05:58.660 --> 06:02.270 AIRMAN ROLE-PLAYING AS AN ARMED AND ANGRY SERVICEMEMBER ROAMED 06:02.270 --> 06:06.090 THE HALLS OF A BUILDING ON BASE. THE EXERCISE TESTED AND 06:06.090 --> 06:09.120 MONITORED DIFFERENT UNITS' ABILITIES TO RESPOND TO A 06:09.120 --> 06:11.600 MASS-CASUALTY INCIDENT WITH LITTLE NOTICE. 06:11.600 --> 06:14.480 >> COME OUT! COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE! 06:14.480 --> 06:17.240 >> WE DIDN'T TELL PEOPLE UP UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE THAT THERE 06:17.240 --> 06:19.720 WAS ACTUALLY AN EXERCISE THAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. 06:19.720 --> 06:22.480 NOW, FOR SAFETY REASONS WE HAVE TO LET THE FOLKS KNOW, "HEY, 06:22.480 --> 06:26.660 THIS GUY IS NOT A REAL SHOOTER." SO, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS VERY 06:26.660 --> 06:30.720 LITTLE TIME FOR THOSE PEOPLE TO PREPARE, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANT 06:30.720 --> 06:33.720 THEM TO. WE WANT THEM TO REACT AS IF IT 06:33.720 --> 06:38.300 WAS A REAL EVENT, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, 06:38.300 --> 06:41.690 ATTACKING THE SHOOTER, THINKING THAT IT'S A REAL SHOOTER. 06:41.690 --> 06:45.330 >> COORDINATORS WANTED THE EXERCISE TO FEEL AS REAL AS 06:45.330 --> 06:49.330 POSSIBLE, FROM THE SOUND AND SMELL OF GUNFIRE TO THE LIFELIKE 06:49.330 --> 06:51.540 WOUNDS. ROLE-PLAYERS ON BASE EXECUTED 06:51.540 --> 06:55.180 LOCKDOWN PROCEDURES, AND MEDICAL RESPONDERS WERE TESTED ON THEIR 06:55.180 --> 06:58.240 ABILITY TO TRIAGE AND TREAT THEIR PATIENTS IN A TIMELY 06:58.240 --> 07:01.000 MANNER. >> IN A MASS-CASUALTY SITUATION, 07:01.000 --> 07:03.720 IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE TRAINED TO DO 07:03.720 --> 07:06.750 TRIAGE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY SO THAT THE PATIENTS ARE MOVED 07:06.750 --> 07:10.870 AND SAVED. OUR ROLE WOULD BE TO FIND OUT 07:10.870 --> 07:14.330 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE PATIENTS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO THEY NEED DONE 07:14.330 --> 07:17.630 SO THAT WE CAN PLACE THEM IN THE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY SO THAT 07:17.630 --> 07:22.150 THEY CAN BE MOVED TO THE AMBULANCE OR TO THE HOSPITAL OR 07:22.150 --> 07:25.090 SPECIFIC CARE NEEDS THAT THEY HAD. 07:25.090 --> 07:28.690 >> EXERCISES LIKE THESE PREPARE AIRMEN TO RESPOND EFFECTIVELY IN 07:28.690 --> 07:31.630 REAL-LIFE SITUATIONS. SENIOR AIRMAN JORDAN GARNER, 07:31.630 --> 07:36.450 LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, VIRGINIA. 07:36.450 --> 07:39.870 >> HELLO, EVERYONE. I'M MC2 DANIEL SCHUMACHER IN 07:39.870 --> 07:43.810 NAPLES, ITALY. GOT A MESSAGE FOR MY FAMILY BACK 07:43.810 --> 07:46.540 HOME. MOM, DAD, BROTHER, SISTER, ALL 07:46.540 --> 07:49.540 OF MY BROTHERS, LOVE YOU ALL. I MISS YOU. 07:49.540 --> 07:52.300 AND I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU ALL. I'M NOT COMING HOME, THOUGH. 07:52.300 --> 07:55.090 YOU'RE COMING TO ME, AND WE'RE GONNA SEE EUROPE TOGETHER, AND 07:55.090 --> 07:57.420 WE'RE GONNA LOVE IT. >> THIS IS STAFF SERGEANT 07:57.420 --> 08:00.600 LOGAN PORTELL FROM THE 51st MAINTENANCE SQUADRON, OSAN AIR 08:00.600 --> 08:03.330 BASE, REPUBLIC OF KOREA. I WANT TO GIVE MY FAMILY A 08:03.330 --> 08:06.060 SHOUT-OUT IN HIGGINSVILLE, MISSOURI -- MY MOM, FAYE, MY 08:06.060 --> 08:09.180 DAD, BUTCH, MY SISTERS, SAVANNAH AND TARIN, MY BROTHER, BRAXTON, 08:09.180 --> 08:14.000 AND MY GORGEOUS WIFE, MEGAN. I LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL. 08:14.000 --> 08:17.480 >> COMING UP... AIRMEN PUT EJECTION SEATS TO THE 08:17.480 --> 08:21.690 TEST TO KEEP PILOTS SAFE... AND COAST GUARDSMEN PRACTICE 08:21.690 --> 08:24.060 WHALE-RESCUE TECHNIQUES IN THE PACIFIC. 08:24.060 --> 08:27.300 CHECK OUT dvidshub.net FOR THE LATEST ACCURATE AND RELIABLE 08:27.300 --> 08:31.120 INFORMATION AS "IN THE FIGHT" CONTINUES. 08:37.030 --> 08:39.090 THE ANSWER WHEN WE RETURN. 09:19.570 --> 09:21.870 >> FIVE OCEANS... 09:26.360 --> 09:28.600 SEVEN CONTINENTS... 09:30.120 --> 09:36.450 WHATEVER IT TAKES... WHEREVER IT TAKES US... 09:36.450 --> 09:42.240 AMERICA'S NAVY -- A GLOBAL FORCE FOR GOOD. 09:46.780 --> 09:52.690 >> THERE ARE SYMBOLS THAT REPRESENT LOSS. 09:52.690 --> 09:58.270 THERE ARE SYMBOLS THAT REPRESENT STRENGTH. 09:58.270 --> 10:02.450 AND THERE ARE SYMBOLS THAT REPRESENT BOTH. 10:02.450 --> 10:08.300 REMEMBER, RESPECT, AND HONOR OUR FALLEN MILITARY HEROES AND THE 10:08.300 --> 10:11.720 SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH OF SURVIVING FAMILIES WHO WEAR THE 10:11.720 --> 10:13.390 GOLD STAR PINS. 10:34.450 --> 10:37.600 >> PILOTS PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE AIR FORCE'S MISSION TO FLY, 10:37.600 --> 10:40.840 FIGHT, AND WIN. 88th AIR BASE WING CORRESPONDENT 10:40.840 --> 10:44.150 JAMES TRUITT SHOWS US HOW ONE PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IS BEING 10:44.150 --> 10:49.510 THOROUGHLY TESTED TO HELP KEEP PILOTS SAFE AND IN THE FIGHT. 10:49.510 --> 10:53.510 >> EJECTION SEATS -- A PILOT'S LAST RESORT IF HE OR SHE IS IN 10:53.510 --> 10:57.210 DANGER. IT MAY SAVE THE PILOT'S LIFE, 10:57.210 --> 11:02.180 AND, WELL, THE AIR FORCE WANTS TO KEEP THEM THAT WAY, ALIVE AND 11:02.180 --> 11:04.150 SAFE. HERE, AT THE VERTICAL 11:04.150 --> 11:07.510 DECELERATION TOWER, WITH THE 711th HUMAN PERFORMANCE WING ON 11:07.510 --> 11:11.060 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, JOHN BUHRMAN AND HIS TEAM ARE 11:11.060 --> 11:14.060 REPRODUCING THE INTENSITY AND DURATION OF "G" FORCES 11:14.060 --> 11:16.480 EXPERIENCED DURING THE EJECTION SEQUENCE. 11:16.480 --> 11:22.120 >> 3, 2, 1. ZERO. 11:22.120 --> 11:26.570 >> WE'RE TRYING TO SIMULATE THE HEAD ACCELERATIONS, THE NECK 11:26.570 --> 11:31.720 LOADS, THE SPINAL LOADS THAT OCCUR DURING THAT HIGH-SPEED 11:31.720 --> 11:35.690 EJECTION AND DETERMINING IF THE EJECTION SEATS THAT WE'RE 11:35.690 --> 11:39.750 INTERESTED IN WILL BE WITHIN SAFE LIMITS THAT THE AIR FORCE 11:39.750 --> 11:43.660 HAS ESTABLISHED OVER THE YEARS. >> TODAY'S TEST, ABOUT 10 G's ON 11:43.660 --> 11:47.420 A MANNEQUIN THAT THEY CALL THE LIGHTEST OCCUPANT IN SERVICE. 11:47.420 --> 11:51.660 >> IT'S A 103-POUND MANNEQUIN, AND WE USE THAT MANNEQUIN TO 11:51.660 --> 11:56.480 SIMULATE THE RESPONSE OF THE SMALL CREW MEMBER IN AN EJECTION 11:56.480 --> 11:58.720 SEQUENCE. >> IN THE 1990s, WHEN THE 11:58.720 --> 12:01.510 PENTAGON OPENED UP MORE SPECIALTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS TO 12:01.510 --> 12:04.360 WOMEN, THE AIR FORCE MAY HAVE GOTTEN MORE PILOTS, BUT TO 12:04.360 --> 12:07.360 ENGINEERS, THAT MEANT MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF ADJUSTING FOR 12:07.360 --> 12:10.120 NEW HEIGHT AND WEIGHT REQUIREMENTS AND DOING AWAY WITH 12:10.120 --> 12:12.480 A ONE-SIZE-FITS-ALL WAY OF THINKING. 12:12.480 --> 12:15.810 >> AS WE PROGRESSED THROUGH GENERATIONS AND DIFFERENT SIZES 12:15.810 --> 12:19.270 OF HUMANS TO INCLUDE NOW THE FEMALE PILOT FOR US AND SMALLER 12:19.270 --> 12:22.570 MALES, WE CAN TEST IN THESE EJECTION SEATS, REPRODUCE THOSE 12:22.570 --> 12:26.270 FORCES, AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE DESIGN DOWN TO THE SIZES AND 12:26.270 --> 12:29.360 UP TO THE MAX SIZE OF CURRENT EJECTION-SEAT OCCUPANTS. 12:29.360 --> 12:32.360 >> THE DATA COLLECTED FROM THESE TESTS WILL GO ON TO DEVELOP 12:32.360 --> 12:34.780 FUTURE SAFETY STANDARDS FOR TOMORROW'S AIRCRAFT. 12:34.780 --> 12:38.150 FOR WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE... 12:38.150 --> 12:43.630 I'M JAMES TRUITT. >> UNMANNED AIRCRAFT ARE ANOTHER 12:43.630 --> 12:46.210 TOOL KEEPING PILOTS SAFE. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT 12:46.210 --> 12:49.480 VANESSA ATCHLEY TAKES US TO THE YAKIMA TRAINING CENTER, WHERE 12:49.480 --> 12:52.300 THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY IS ENABLING APACHE HELICOPTER 12:52.300 --> 12:55.570 PILOTS TO INTERACT WITH THESE UNMANNED INTELLIGENCE-GATHERING 12:55.570 --> 13:00.330 AIRCRAFT. >> MAIN'S GOOD. 13:00.330 --> 13:03.180 >> THIS BEGINS THE FIRST OF THREE WEEKS OF FLIGHT OPERATIONS 13:03.180 --> 13:05.870 FOR OUR NEW EQUIPMENT TRAINING AND FIELDING FOR THE SHADOW 13:05.870 --> 13:07.690 VERSION TWO UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEM. 13:07.690 --> 13:10.630 THIS TRAINING IS IMPORTANT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT ONE IS 13:10.630 --> 13:14.090 GONNA BE TO HELP US MAINTAIN THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED 13:14.090 --> 13:17.210 ASSETS IN THE ARMY. 4-6 HEAVY ATTACK RECONNAISSANCE 13:17.210 --> 13:21.720 SQUADRON IS THE FIRST UNIT IN THE ARMY TO HAVE BOTH AH-64 ECHO 13:21.720 --> 13:26.060 MODEL HELICOPTERS OF THE NEWEST VERSION, ALSO WITH THE NEWEST 13:26.060 --> 13:30.300 VERSION OF SHADOW. WITH THOSE SOFTWARE CHANGES, IT 13:30.300 --> 13:33.810 AFFORDS THE OPPORTUNITY TO LINK WHAT WE SEE IN THE UNMANNED 13:33.810 --> 13:37.450 AERIAL SYSTEM DIRECTLY INTO THE APACHE ATTACK HELICOPTERS SO 13:37.450 --> 13:40.690 THAT THEY GAIN BETTER SITUATIONAL AWARENESS IN A NEAR 13:40.690 --> 13:43.240 REAL-TIME VIDEO. SO, THE ENLISTED SOLDIER HAS 13:43.240 --> 13:46.090 SIMILAR RESPONSIBILITIES IN TERMS OF ITERATIONS OF FLIGHT, 13:46.090 --> 13:48.870 HOW TO REPORT, HOW TO INTEGRATE INTO THE AIR SPACE THAT THE 13:48.870 --> 13:54.240 MANNED SIDE OF AVIATION HAS. AS A HEAVY ATTACK RECONNAISSANCE 13:54.240 --> 13:57.240 SQUADRON, IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME THAT WE INTEGRATE THE 13:57.240 --> 14:00.480 MANNED AND UNMANNED TEAMING OUT OF ONE ORGANIZATION, SO WE'LL BE 14:00.480 --> 14:03.330 ONE WHOLE TEAM FROM BEGINNING, EXECUTION, AND TO MISSION 14:03.330 --> 14:09.660 COMPLETE. >> EJECTING FROM AN AIRCRAFT 14:09.660 --> 14:12.750 INTO THE OCEAN IS A REAL POSSIBILITY FOR A PILOT, AND 14:12.750 --> 14:16.030 LANDING IN WATER WITH HEAVY GEAR AND A PARACHUTE CAN BE 14:16.030 --> 14:18.510 DANGEROUS. SENIOR AIRMAN ELIZABETH TARANTO 14:18.510 --> 14:22.210 TELLS US HOW SERE, OR SURVIVAL, EVASION, RESISTANCE, AND ESCAPE, 14:22.210 --> 14:25.660 SPECIALISTS ARE PREPARING PILOTS FOR THE WORST. 14:31.630 --> 14:35.630 >> WHEN PILOTS FIND THEMSELVES IN THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE, WATER 14:35.630 --> 14:41.360 SURVIVAL TRAINING KEEPS THEM FROM SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL. 14:41.360 --> 14:44.210 >> SO, TODAY WE'RE DOING WATER SURVIVAL TRAINING. 14:44.210 --> 14:47.360 SINCE WE'RE SO CLOSE TO THE L.C., A LOT OF OUR TRAINING 14:47.360 --> 14:50.660 OPERATIONS HAPPEN OVER THE OCEAN, SO FOR PILOTS, IT BECOMES 14:50.660 --> 14:54.060 VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO SAFELY 14:54.060 --> 15:01.000 MAKE IT OUT OF THAT ENVIRONMENT. A LOT OF OUR TRAINING HAS TO DO 15:01.000 --> 15:04.330 WITH A SCENARIO OR THE SITUATION THAT NO ONE WANTS TO BE IN, BUT 15:04.330 --> 15:07.660 TO KNOW THE SKILLS AND HAVE THE ABILITY TO GET OUT OF THERE CAN 15:07.660 --> 15:14.840 SOMETIMES BE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SURVIVING OR NOT. 15:14.840 --> 15:18.210 >> AND WHAT COULD BE MORE SATISFYING THAN ENABLING OTHERS 15:18.210 --> 15:21.240 TO SURVIVE? >> IT'S AWESOME. 15:21.240 --> 15:25.570 I LOVE TEACHING AIR CREW TO SURVIVE ON THE WATER, YOU KNOW, 15:25.570 --> 15:28.240 AS EFFICIENTLY AS THEY CAN, ULTIMATELY WITH THE GOAL TO GET 15:28.240 --> 15:31.030 THEMSELVES RESCUED AND NOT HAVE TO BE OUT HERE FOR A VERY LONG 15:31.030 --> 15:33.660 TIME. WITH THE SKILLS THAT THE 15:33.660 --> 15:37.450 AIR FORCE HAS GIVEN US, GIVEN SERE AS A WHOLE, I JUST FEEL 15:37.450 --> 15:41.450 AWESOME TO BE ABLE TO PASS THAT ALONG TO OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN 15:41.450 --> 15:45.150 SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT. IT'S REALLY REWARDING. 15:45.150 --> 15:48.450 >> REPORTING FROM KUNSAN AIR BASE, I'M SENIOR AIRMAN 15:48.450 --> 15:53.510 ELIZABETH TARANTO. >> PERHAPS NO BRANCH OF THE 15:53.510 --> 15:56.300 MILITARY IS BETTER TRAINED AT WATER SURVIVAL THAN THE 15:56.300 --> 15:58.600 COAST GUARD. KNOWN FOR RESCUING PEOPLE FROM 15:58.600 --> 16:01.600 VIOLENT WEATHER OR SINKING SHIPS, THE COAST GUARD IS NOW 16:01.600 --> 16:04.360 TEAMING UP WITH THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 16:04.360 --> 16:07.360 ADMINISTRATION, OR NOAA, TO SAVE A DIFFERENT KIND OF LIFE. 16:07.360 --> 16:10.030 NAVY PETTY OFFICER JEROME JOHNSON TELLS US MORE IN 16:10.030 --> 16:14.060 THIS REPORT. >> THIS IS THE MAJOR AND THE 16:14.060 --> 16:17.000 MOST IMPORTANT BREEDING/CALVING GROUND OF HUMPBACK WHALES IN THE 16:17.000 --> 16:19.180 NORTH PACIFIC. A LARGE NUMBER -- WE'RE TALKING 16:19.180 --> 16:21.870 OVER 10,000 HUMPBACK WHALES ARE GONNA BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE 16:21.870 --> 16:24.120 WHALE BREEDING/CALVING SEASON, WHICH IS HERE. 16:24.120 --> 16:28.810 IT'S UPON US. WE WERE REVIEWING OUR OPERATIONS 16:28.810 --> 16:31.540 TOWARDS FREEING A LARGE WHALE FROM A LIFE-THREATENING 16:31.540 --> 16:33.870 ENTANGLEMENT. SOMETHING THAT'S UNIQUE FOR BOTH 16:33.870 --> 16:36.780 SIDES, BOTH THE NOAA FISHERIES AND THE SANCTUARY PROGRAM, 16:36.780 --> 16:40.030 DEALING WITH THESE LARGE WHALES, AND WITH THE COAST GUARD SIDE, 16:40.030 --> 16:42.600 WORKING TOGETHER, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR DIFFERENT 16:42.600 --> 16:46.090 EXPERTISE, OUR SKILL SETS, OUR RESOURCES TO COME TOGETHER, POOL 16:46.090 --> 16:49.630 THOSE RESOURCES, AND GET THE JOB DONE SAFELY. 16:49.630 --> 16:53.090 WE HAD TO SIMULATE OUR WHALE, OUR ENTANGLED WHALE. 16:53.090 --> 16:57.120 WE HAD ONE COAST GUARD ASSET, ONE OF THE 45s, BE THE WHALE... 16:57.120 --> 16:58.870 >> WHALE STILL UP! FOURTH... 16:58.870 --> 17:01.720 >> ...AND TOW SOME GEAR BEHIND IT, REPRESENTING THE 17:01.720 --> 17:04.000 ENTANGLEMENT. THE OTHER 45-FOOT VESSEL, 17:04.000 --> 17:07.300 COAST GUARD VESSEL IN THIS CASE, WAS THE APPROACH BOAT, GETTING 17:07.300 --> 17:10.480 CLOSE ENOUGH IN THIS CASE A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE, AND THAT IS 17:10.480 --> 17:13.840 PUTTING A TRANSMITTER PACKAGE ON THAT WHALE VIA THE ENTANGLEMENT, 17:13.840 --> 17:16.300 VIA THE TRAILING GEAR, GRAPPLING IT IN... 17:16.300 --> 17:19.240 >> TAKING THE SHOT! >> ...AND THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO 17:19.240 --> 17:21.090 HOLD ONTO OUR WHALE. >> GOOD. 17:21.090 --> 17:24.330 >> SO THAT THE NEXT DAY, WHEN WE HAD THE RESOURCES AND THE PROPER 17:24.330 --> 17:27.360 CONDITIONS TO SAFELY FREE THAT WHALE, WE COULD COME TOGETHER 17:27.360 --> 17:30.090 AND DO THAT. >> TO HAVE THEM COME TEACH US 17:30.090 --> 17:33.780 HOW TO DO IT IS AN HONOR. I TOOK AWAY EXPERIENCE FIRST AND 17:33.780 --> 17:36.720 FOREMOST. BEING ABLE TO BE MORE 17:36.720 --> 17:40.180 COMFORTABLE IN THAT SITUATION WILL BE OUTSTANDING WHEN I RUN 17:40.180 --> 17:43.030 INTO THIS OR IF I RUN INTO THIS PROBLEM. 17:43.030 --> 17:46.270 >> WE'VE HAD WHALES DRAG GEAR FROM ALASKA, SO IT'S VERY 17:46.270 --> 17:49.360 IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED FOR THIS TYPE OF OPERATION. 17:49.360 --> 17:52.810 BUT WHEN YOU THROW A 40-TON ANIMAL THAT'S 45 FEET LONG, IT'S 17:52.810 --> 17:56.540 UNIQUE ENOUGH THAT WE NEED TO BE PREPARED AND DO THESE EXERCISES 17:56.540 --> 17:58.750 WORKING TOGETHER AS A TEAM. 18:03.090 --> 18:05.480 >> I'M STAFF SERGEANT SHERI SAMUELS AT OSAN AIR BASE, 18:05.480 --> 18:07.330 KOREA. I JUST WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT 18:07.330 --> 18:09.750 TO KINGSTON SAMUELS AND MY MOM AND DAD IN GRASONVILLE, 18:09.750 --> 18:11.750 MARYLAND. I LOVE YOU AND CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 18:11.750 --> 18:13.420 YOU. >> HI. THIS IS COMMANDER 18:13.420 --> 18:15.480 HOWARD GRAY STATIONED IN NAPLES, ITALY. 18:15.480 --> 18:18.600 JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FAMILY BACK IN KANSAS CITY. 18:18.600 --> 18:20.810 >> HEY, EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS SERGEANT GREENIDGE, 18:20.810 --> 18:22.510 STATIONED AT CAMP BONIFAS IN KOREA. 18:22.510 --> 18:25.870 I'D LIKE TO SEND THIS OUT TO MY WIFE, YULANYA, AND MY SON, KYLE, 18:25.870 --> 18:28.030 LIVING IN PRINCE GEORGE, VIRGINIA. 18:28.030 --> 18:32.330 WISH TO SEE YOU SOON AND LOVE YOU GUYS BOTH. 18:32.330 --> 18:35.570 >> COMING UP... WE GET A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE ON 18:35.570 --> 18:38.750 WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN AMERICAN CITIZEN... 18:38.750 --> 18:41.360 AND WE'LL SHOWCASE SOME OF THE BEST PHOTOS FROM OUR 18:41.360 --> 18:43.660 SERVICEMEMBERS AS "IN THE FIGHT," PRESENTED BY 18:43.660 --> 18:45.480 DVIDS, CONTINUES. 18:57.780 --> 19:00.090 THE ANSWER WHEN WE RETURN. 19:02.090 --> 19:04.240 >> I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. 19:04.240 --> 19:06.060 >> I WANT TO SEND A SHOUT-OUT TO MY HUSBAND. 19:06.060 --> 19:07.600 >> TO MY PARENTS, MY FAMILY BACK HOME. 19:07.600 --> 19:09.570 >> I'D LIKE TO GIVE A SHOUT-OUT TO MY GIRLFRIEND. 19:09.570 --> 19:11.540 >> TO MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS IN LANSING, MICHIGAN. 19:11.540 --> 19:13.210 >> TO MY FAMILY OUT IN TUCSON, ARIZONA. 19:13.210 --> 19:15.420 >> MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE AND CHILDREN IN DES MOINES, IOWA. 19:15.420 --> 19:17.510 >> TO EVERYBODY IN TEXAS. >> IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA. 19:17.510 --> 19:19.660 >> COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. >> CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. 19:19.660 --> 19:21.600 >> HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA. >> ORLANDO, FLORIDA. 19:21.600 --> 19:23.540 >> OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA. >> IN FORT LEONARD WOOD, 19:23.540 --> 19:25.210 MISSOURI. >> I LOVE YOU GUYS, I MISS YOU, 19:25.210 --> 19:27.540 AND I HOPE I'LL SEE YOU SOON. 19:32.630 --> 19:34.840 >> WHEN YOU PUT ON THE UNIFORM, YOU ARE HELD TO A HIGHER 19:34.840 --> 19:37.510 STANDARD. >> WELL, A LOT OF THE TIMES, 19:37.510 --> 19:40.090 YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW WHAT'S GONNA BE THROWN AT YOU, SO YOU 19:40.090 --> 19:43.150 NEED TO BE READY FOR ANYTHING. >> STRESS CAN AFFECT EVERY 19:43.150 --> 19:45.810 MARINE AND MARINE FAMILY. >> IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME TO HAVE 19:45.810 --> 19:47.180 A CAREER WHEN WE'RE ALWAYS MOVING AROUND. 19:47.180 --> 19:48.840 >> 'CAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME BILLS THAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES. 19:48.840 --> 19:51.450 >> AND YOU NEVER WANT TO LET YOUR STAFF NCOs DOWN. 19:51.450 --> 19:54.480 >> THE DSTRESS LINE PROVIDES ANONYMOUS COUNSELING FOR MARINES 19:54.480 --> 19:56.690 AND MARINE FAMILIES WHEN IT'S NEEDED MOST. 19:56.690 --> 19:58.660 IT TAKES COURAGE TO ASK FOR HELP. 19:58.660 --> 20:01.540 CALL TODAY, AND LET US HELP YOU WIN YOUR PERSONAL BATTLES. 20:02.540 --> 20:04.210 >> HEY, WHAT'S THAT PIN YOU'RE WEARING? 20:04.210 --> 20:06.330 >> OH, THIS? I WEAR IT TO REMEMBER MY DAD. 20:06.330 --> 20:08.870 HE WAS IN THE ARMY. >> I WEAR THIS PIN FOR MY 20:08.870 --> 20:11.060 HUSBAND, WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION. 20:11.060 --> 20:13.240 >> MY SON SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY. 20:13.240 --> 20:16.390 NOT A DAY GOES BY THAT I DON'T THINK ABOUT HIM. 20:16.390 --> 20:21.120 >> SHE WAS MY WIFE AND BEST FRIEND. 20:21.120 --> 20:26.030 >> REMEMBER, RESPECT, AND HONOR OUR FALLEN MILITARY HEROES AND 20:26.030 --> 20:30.780 THE SACRIFICE AND STRENGTH OF SURVIVING FAMILIES WHO WEAR THE 20:30.780 --> 20:32.240 GOLD STAR PINS. 20:52.330 --> 20:55.840 >> THE HUMANITARIAN MINE ACTION PROGRAM ASSISTS COUNTRIES IN 20:55.840 --> 20:59.570 RELIEVING HUMAN SUFFERING AND IN DEVELOPING AN INDIGENOUS MINE 20:59.570 --> 21:03.390 ACTION CAPABILITY TO DEAL WITH THESE EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR. 21:03.390 --> 21:06.780 MARINE CORPORAL MANDALINE HATCH SPEAKS TO PARTICIPANTS IN 21:06.780 --> 21:11.030 CAMBODIA TO FIND OUT HOW THIS PROGRAM IS HELPING THE COUNTRY. 21:51.330 --> 21:54.480 >> THE HMA PROGRAM IS A STATE DEPARTMENT-FUNDED 21:54.480 --> 21:58.060 HUMANITARIAN MISSION. HMA STANDS FOR HUMANITARIAN MINE 21:58.060 --> 22:02.240 ACTION, SO WE GO TO COUNTRIES THAT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH UXO AND 22:02.240 --> 22:06.270 LAND MINES, AND WE HELP TRAIN THEIR FORCES TO TAKE CARE OF 22:06.270 --> 22:10.240 THEIR OWN PROBLEM. IT'S ESPECIALLY A BIG MISSION 22:10.240 --> 22:14.120 AND A VERY IMPORTANT MISSION HERE IN CAMBODIA BECAUSE OF THE 22:14.120 --> 22:17.660 SHEER AMOUNT OF UXO AND MINEFIELDS THAT ARE HERE. 22:17.660 --> 22:19.270 THEY GOT A LOT OF WORK AHEAD OF THEM. 22:19.270 --> 22:24.240 >> THE EOD TECHNICIANS CAME OUT IN ORDER TO TRAIN THE CAMBODIAN 22:24.240 --> 22:28.000 FORCES TO RENDER SAFE MINES AND UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE. 22:28.000 --> 22:32.480 FOR ME, BEING HERE AND BEING ABLE TO TEACH THE CAMBODIANS HOW 22:32.480 --> 22:38.420 TO DEAL WITH MUNITIONS MAKES ME FEEL FORTUNATE OUR COUNTRY 22:38.420 --> 22:40.630 HASN'T BEEN RIDDLED WITH UNEXPLODED ORDINANCE AND MINES 22:40.630 --> 22:43.150 AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT DANGER TO FACE, SO BEING ABLE TO 22:43.150 --> 22:47.450 TEACH THE CAMBODIANS HOW TO DO IT FOR THEMSELVES AND 22:47.450 --> 22:52.090 SPECIFICALLY KNOWING THAT WE DID A GOOD JOB TEACHING THEM MAKES 22:52.090 --> 22:55.240 ME HAVE PRETTY GOOD JOB SATISFACTION. 22:55.240 --> 22:58.660 IT'S ESSENTIALLY THE WHOLE REASON FOR OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT 22:58.660 --> 23:00.300 PERSONNEL AND PROPERTY. 23:05.300 --> 23:08.540 >> ABOVE SKIN COLOR, RELIGION, OR GENDER, IT IS PERHAPS OUR 23:08.540 --> 23:11.450 EXPERIENCES IN LIFE THAT MOST DEFINE US AND GIVE US 23:11.450 --> 23:14.060 PERSPECTIVE ON OUR WORLD. AS MARINE SERGEANT 23:14.060 --> 23:17.390 JONATHAN HOUSE REPORTS, ONE OF THIS COUNTRY'S NEWEST CITIZENS 23:17.390 --> 23:20.390 OFFERS QUITE A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE THAN THE AVERAGE 23:20.390 --> 23:25.120 AMERICAN. >> WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE 23:25.120 --> 23:28.120 AMERICAN? SOME MAY CITE FREEDOM. 23:28.120 --> 23:32.510 OTHERS THINK OF DEMOCRACY. FOR LANCE CORPORAL 23:32.510 --> 23:36.120 BENJAY WILLIAMS, TO BE AMERICAN IS SOMETHING MUCH SIMPLER. 23:36.120 --> 23:42.300 >> JUST NOT REALLY HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT YOUR DAILY 23:42.300 --> 23:44.630 NECESSITIES, THINGS THAT PEOPLE TAKE FOR GRANTED. 23:44.630 --> 23:47.450 >> SIX PEOPLE, INCLUDING LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAMS, WERE 23:47.450 --> 23:50.600 RECENTLY SWORN IN AS CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 23:50.600 --> 23:53.390 >> Together: SO HELP ME, GOD. >> CONGRATULATIONS, NEW 23:53.390 --> 23:56.060 CITIZENS. >> EACH PERSON CAME WITH HIS OR 23:56.060 --> 23:59.030 HER OWN STORY. LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAMS' STORY 23:59.030 --> 24:02.000 IS ONE OF PERSPECTIVE. >> ORIGINALLY I WAS BORN IN 24:02.000 --> 24:04.120 LIBERIA. IT'S A COUNTRY IN THE WEST COAST 24:04.120 --> 24:06.360 OF AFRICA. GROWING UP THE WAY I GREW UP, SO 24:06.360 --> 24:10.540 MUCH POVERTY. HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT TO 24:10.540 --> 24:14.060 EAT THE NEXT DAY, THE VIOLENCE. LOTS OF VIOLENCE, LOTS OF 24:14.060 --> 24:16.270 VIOLENCE. >> IN A LOT OF CASES, 24:16.270 --> 24:19.240 NATURALIZED CITIZENS KNOW WHAT IT IS TO NOT HAVE THE SAME 24:19.240 --> 24:21.870 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES IN COUNTRIES THAT THEY'VE COME 24:21.870 --> 24:24.030 FROM. THEY APPRECIATE IT MORE BECAUSE 24:24.030 --> 24:25.870 THEY'VE SEEN THE OTHER SIDE OF IT. 24:25.870 --> 24:30.120 >> I FEEL LIKE JUST YESTERDAY HEARING BULLETS, SEEING ROCKETS, 24:30.120 --> 24:33.810 EXPLOSIONS, EVERYTHING. I LOST A LOT OF FRIENDS, LOST A 24:33.810 --> 24:38.840 LOT OF FAMILY MEMBERS. SOME TAKEN, LIKE LITERALLY TAKEN 24:38.840 --> 24:42.690 IN FRONT OF ME, TAKEN AND KILLED IN FRONT OF ME. 24:42.690 --> 24:46.210 THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I REMEMBER EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY. 24:46.210 --> 24:50.240 AND NOW HOPEFULLY BEING AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, HOPEFULLY... 24:50.240 --> 24:53.030 [ CHUCKLES ] THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE 24:53.030 --> 24:55.690 REPEATED. >> JOINING THE MARINE CORPS IN 24:55.690 --> 24:59.360 2012, LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAMS ENLISTED TO SERVE HIS ADOPTED 24:59.360 --> 25:02.840 COUNTRY. ENLISTING ALSO HELPED HIM BECOME 25:02.840 --> 25:06.540 A NATURALIZED CITIZEN. >> I'VE DESCRIBED NATURALIZATION 25:06.540 --> 25:10.180 FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE AS THE KEYS TO THE CASTLE, AND BECAUSE IT 25:10.180 --> 25:13.570 GIVES YOU SO MANY RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, IT'S NOT EASY TO 25:13.570 --> 25:15.690 GET. >> CITIZENSHIP WILL ALLOW HIM 25:15.690 --> 25:18.870 THE OPPORTUNITY TO HELP HIS MOTHER ENJOY THE SAME MODEST 25:18.870 --> 25:22.210 AMERICAN PLEASURES THAT HE DISCOVERED 10 YEARS AGO, THINGS 25:22.210 --> 25:26.510 LIKE A FRIDGE FULL OF FOOD. >> I'M A CITIZEN NOW, SO SENDING 25:26.510 --> 25:30.480 FOR HER IS GOING TO BE EASIER. I CAN PAY WHATEVER FEES IS 25:30.480 --> 25:33.390 NEEDED IN ORDER FOR ME TO SEND FOR HER. 25:33.390 --> 25:36.720 >> MEMORIES OF WAR GIVE LANCE CORPORAL WILLIAMS A 25:36.720 --> 25:41.150 PERSPECTIVE OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS NEW AMERICAN LIBERTIES. 25:41.150 --> 25:45.090 >> THIS IS NOW OFFICIALLY YOUR COUNTRY, YOUR HOME TO PROTECT, 25:45.090 --> 25:49.870 TO DEFEND, AND TO SERVE THROUGH ACTIVE AND ENGAGED CITIZENSHIP. 25:49.870 --> 25:53.720 TOGETHER WE ARE A NATION UNITED NOT BY ANY ONE CULTURE OR 25:53.720 --> 25:57.720 ETHNICITY OR IDEOLOGY, BUT BY THE PRINCIPLES OF OPPORTUNITY, 25:57.720 --> 26:01.570 EQUALITY, AND LIBERTY THAT ARE ENSHRINED IN OUR FOUNDING 26:01.570 --> 26:05.000 DOCUMENTS. >> REPORTING FROM MARINE CORPS 26:05.000 --> 26:14.750 AIR STATION IWAKUNI, JAPAN, I'M MARINE SERGEANT JONATHAN HOUSE. 26:14.750 --> 26:18.270 >> DVIDS IS A 24/7 OPERATION THAT PROVIDES A TIMELY, 26:18.270 --> 26:21.000 ACCURATE, AND RELIABLE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE MEDIA AND 26:21.000 --> 26:26.210 THE MILITARY SERVING WORLDWIDE. 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