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^- [Nick] The 50th Infantry Brigade is no stranger

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^to larger logistical challenges.

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^Just two years ago they moved 1/3 of their equipment

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and personnel to Camp Edwards, Massachusetts by air,

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land and sea.

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This year the 50th Infantry Brigade

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is tackling another challenge

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moving the entire Brigade by rail.

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^- We're currently responsible for the transportation

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^of approximately 600 pieces of military equipment

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via rail from Morrisville, Pennsylvania to

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Fort Pickett, Virginia located in Blackstone, Virginia.

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- [Nick] The 104th Engineer's Battalion cleared

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a dilapidated portion of the Conrail rail yard

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in Morrisville, Pennsylvania

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of trees and debris to create a staging area

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for 600 of the brigade's vehicles.

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The engineers also extended existing platforms

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up to the railhead so that larger vehicles

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could drive onto the ramps.

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^- No staging area, no platform on the railhead.

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^They can't bring portable ramps in

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^then load it into the rail car so both vehicles

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the tracticals they have to be loaded on exactly straight

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for us to be on that railhead (mumbles).

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- [Man] They're gonna be certain situations where a CSS-B

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or a transportation specialized unit may not be there

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for us to lean on so we have to learn how to do it.

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We have not conducted an exercise like this

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in almost two decades.

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You have a new generation of soldiers, you have many

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soldiers that did not know this deployment capability

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because they haven't done it.

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It's a lot of work but it's fun.

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It's great to engage the soldiers.

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But they are actually the subject matter experts

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since they're doing it, they're applying it.

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That's why I encourage a lot of our leadership

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to go out there, cross train with them, get dirty,

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see what they're experiencing

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and mitigate any hassles as possible.

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(bell rings)
- For the New Jersey

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Army National Guard I'm Army Staff Sergeant Nicholas Young.