WEBVTT 00:04.796 --> 00:07.046 (gunshots) 00:07.320 --> 00:09.464 - The objective of this training is to get the 00:09.464 --> 00:12.547 Battle Group 22 ready for deployment. 00:12.920 --> 00:15.833 ^Everything from weapons qualification to 00:15.833 --> 00:19.095 ^command staff operations, to mortar firing 00:19.095 --> 00:21.928 and expertise, to tank operations. 00:22.592 --> 00:24.620 We have several medics here teaching them 00:24.620 --> 00:26.703 CLS, care under fire, and 00:27.736 --> 00:30.736 some more advanced medical training. 00:31.469 --> 00:33.258 ^- We've talked to the Ugandan People's Defense Force 00:33.258 --> 00:35.214 ^medics and trained them last week 00:35.214 --> 00:37.101 ^in tactical combat casualty care, 00:37.101 --> 00:40.023 so we've trained with trainers, if you will, 00:40.023 --> 00:42.317 and this week is a combat life saving course 00:42.317 --> 00:45.464 where we will go over basic combat life saving skills 00:45.464 --> 00:47.322 with their line members, so infantry, 00:47.322 --> 00:49.121 team members, et cetera, teaching them 00:49.121 --> 00:51.242 basic medical skills to assist their medics 00:51.242 --> 00:53.063 in the event of mass casualties, 00:53.063 --> 00:54.640 or in the event of significant trauma 00:54.640 --> 00:56.223 on the battlefield. 00:56.731 --> 00:57.723 This training's important because 00:57.723 --> 01:00.890 90% of combat deaths occur before 01:00.995 --> 01:03.953 soldiers get to a hospital and it's often 01:03.953 --> 01:06.884 the first line responder that saves that soldier's life, 01:06.884 --> 01:09.011 depending on the studies you read, up to 25% 01:09.011 --> 01:11.037 of deaths on the battlefield are preventable, 01:11.037 --> 01:13.617 and attributable to three main causes: 01:13.617 --> 01:15.512 hemorrhage, tension pneumothorax 01:15.512 --> 01:18.119 and airway obstruction, so we're teaching them 01:18.119 --> 01:21.772 skills to place tourniquets, put chest seals on, 01:21.772 --> 01:24.039 and needle decompress the chest, 01:24.039 --> 01:25.813 and put alternate airways in to hopefully 01:25.813 --> 01:28.058 save those lives that we can so we can get them 01:28.058 --> 01:32.225 to a field hospital and get them to the surgery they need. 01:33.346 --> 01:34.727 ^- With this group we're gonna be doing 01:34.727 --> 01:37.421 ^a lot of patrolling and security movements, 01:37.421 --> 01:40.939 ^and counter-IED awareness, so just as they're 01:40.939 --> 01:42.952 walking through and doing their patrols 01:42.952 --> 01:46.952 and convoys, they're able to spot signs of IEDs. 01:47.337 --> 01:48.516 This EOD portion will help 01:48.516 --> 01:50.857 keep them alive, it's a big threat. 01:50.857 --> 01:52.999 They'll be able to spot signs and hopefully 01:52.999 --> 01:56.499 keep them and their fellow soldiers alive. 01:57.483 --> 01:59.639 - Specifically I'm here to supervise 01:59.639 --> 02:01.485 civil military operations cells 02:01.485 --> 02:04.262 within the battalion and battle group staffs. 02:04.262 --> 02:07.429 Currently I have a CMOC that's running 02:07.661 --> 02:09.575 that's collecting information from 02:09.575 --> 02:11.649 civil affairs teams on the ground 02:11.649 --> 02:14.751 so that they have integrated information flow 02:14.751 --> 02:16.668 and real life training. 02:18.822 --> 02:21.035 ^- So now things are better than before, 02:21.035 --> 02:22.615 ^that's why I can say now we appreciate 02:22.615 --> 02:24.962 ^what the U.S. government is doing, 02:24.962 --> 02:26.974 teaching us by teaching our soldiers 02:26.974 --> 02:30.141 skills which we have not known before. 02:31.183 --> 02:33.381 - I'd say overall it's been a good 02:33.381 --> 02:36.152 training iteration, the training that UPDF 02:36.152 --> 02:38.718 is receiving is a hundred to a thousand times 02:38.718 --> 02:40.939 better than what they started out with. 02:40.939 --> 02:44.108 UPDF and AMISOM have been partners with us 02:44.108 --> 02:47.484 in the fight against Al-Shabaab in Eastern Africa. 02:47.484 --> 02:50.450 If we're confident in their training here, 02:50.450 --> 02:52.442 then we're gonna be confident in their abilities 02:52.442 --> 02:55.859 to help us out on the ground in Somalia.