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Yeah .

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Yeah . Yeah .

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Yeah . Mhm mm .

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Yeah . Answering your questions

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this week , Brigadier General Bernard

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Metz General thanks for taking time to

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talk with us today . Can you please

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explain the purpose of the italian

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tornado aircraft which recently arrived

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in Mazar E Sharif what the Italian

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tornadoes that have just arrived in

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theatre are here to enhance our esa

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which is uh intelligence , surveillance

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and reconnaissance capability . They're

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working from the time being out of

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Mazar E Sharif in the future . They

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will be based in europe so there

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increasing our ability to know better

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what's going on in the various places

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of this theory . Don't play tornado

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italian how fortunate

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to capacity anymore

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sir . Here's the next question . As far

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as I know , each regional command has

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its own medical air based Qrf . How

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often are they deployed ? Are there

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examples where the force has been

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transferred to other regions for

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instance from RC west to RC south ? And

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can you mention some examples the air

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medical teams along with the

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helicopters , they go where we need

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them and they provide cover to all the

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troops that are being provided by NATO

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nations and so therefore if there is an

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emergency in one area we will make best

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use of the assets that we've got ,

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where they are in order to take care of

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the uh well the casualties , what are

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the places where they are ? So there

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have been interesting is where people

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have actually been flown out of RC

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south into RC west and also from the

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north into RC west And even from our c

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welcome to the north that happens the

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middle capability is a very critical

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capability and we're doing our best in

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order to ensure that the soldiers on

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the ground get the medical support .

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They deserve medical uh 15

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months plus who can

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uh uh medical

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for effective more support around one .

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And this one is to see uh consideration

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the limiter . Geographic . Uh huh .

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The party region sued uh Operation West .

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Uh We see the original of their region

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West , elevation West . Original . Uh

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huh . Shoulda uh as well uh

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medical location of Watertown .

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Wouldn't it be helpful if there would

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be more flexibility using medical based

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QRF without restrictions and is is half

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working on this . There are not many

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restrictions pertaining to the medical

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teams . The only restrictions that

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really apply are those that are

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technical restrictions of the

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helicopters . Some of the helicopters

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cannot operate at night . And that's

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that's the that is one of the critical

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restrictions that apply studio . This

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is all the metrics that I've seen so

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far have been caring for people from

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other nations . So there aren't really

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that many caveats . Uh So therefore not

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really a big issue . What is the really

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big issue is that as we go into more

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remote areas will need more medical

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teams . That is the critical don't go

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in for the c uh Susana poverty problem

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on the characteristic smoky is a

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medical school principal . The

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restriction from down to the

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restriction of technique . Uh huh .

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Certainly you could turn the first part

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and we know our complete started

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principal factor limited uh , concerned

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as they keep medical is on the passion

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of the new promotion . He completed a

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separate problem problems . Uh , they

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keep medical , pharmacy Koroma support

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the zone who uh huh .

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Does NATO make particular demands on

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its contractors in terms of rules for

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whom they can subcontract to what

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levels of proficiency ? What

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internationally recognized standards

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must they meet ? Uh , That is a very

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difficult question as I'm not the

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expert about contract authorization and

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all the rest of it . However , from an

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air perspective , what I can tell you

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and reassure you is every time we we

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contract or even if this company that

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subcontracts to others is that the

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people that cruz for example apply

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international standards . That is the

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real and that is of utmost importance

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because as you know , these

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guys are very crowded lots of aircraft

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and if they don't go by the rules , we

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might put ourselves in jeopardy . That

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is something we cannot afford .

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Therefore , these uh , international

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standards apply to all those

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contractors . That's it because of the

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incompetence . Uh , uh , uh ,

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uh , with the supply uh , the

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company on the south , you have a

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contract . Soccer is a clear

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international mostly concerned .

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And general , this is our last question

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for this . Ask Isaf , does NATO

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purchase aviation fuel inside

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Afghanistan and do contractors purchase

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fuel in Afghanistan NATO receives its

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aircraft fuel in Afghanistan through

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contractors and these contractors bring

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it in from all over the place . That's

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very straightforward , down to don't uh ,

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in question , was a sample ,

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uh , genetic ,

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uh , power . Remember ?