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- So Big Logs West stands for Big Logistics over the Shore.

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It's a terminal exercise with terminal battalions,

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Army watercraft.

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I'm the Single Port Manager which means

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we're overseeing several ports, two notional

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and here also at the Port of Alameda we're

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actually doing live training with a seaport operation

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company, heavy boat company, and harbor match attachment.

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So some of the specific tasks here

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is at the company level doing hands on training

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with cranes, loading equipment, cargo documentation,

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tracking of vessels and staff actions involved

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with operating a port.

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^- When we arrive boots on ground, we kind of have

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^the opportunity to be the supporting company

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to utilize logistics efficiency to make trailers

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and conex's hit the ground as fast

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and well placed as possible.

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^- You'll have a hatch foreman who's giving

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the hand signals to the crane operator.

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All the other guys around either holding the tag lines

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or watching, making sure everything is safe,

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everything is going smooth so they can also

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tell the hatch foreman so he can give

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the proper hand signals.

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- This is very dangerous work because we're operating,

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you know, watercraft on the water.

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We're operating very large cranes.

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There's not much room for error

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so safety is paramount out here.

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- So typically in a disaster scenario,

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if say a port was destroyed, or they needed

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somebody to operate the port, our soldiers

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could use watercraft to move humanitarian supplies

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to beaches or degraded ports.

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- This exercise helps transition to the real world

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by keeping the job relevant in your mind

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instead of just a soldier doing it once a year

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and thinking, trying to remember from AIT.

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It helps that soldier remember and stay safety focused

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more than anything, it keeps you ready.

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- Well, just like any training, we train as we fight

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and this is part of our road to war

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for our port and our watercraft soldiers.

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So they're doing all of their MOS skills,

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they're training all of their mission essential tasks

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so that when they go to war they're proficient

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in those tasks and we're validating that they can

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do that job in theater.