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- The purpose of today was to qualify drivers

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moving on and off amphibious vessels.

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It's important to practice this exercise for the drivers

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to gain experience moving into the water

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from these landing craft

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so that when we do do this for real,

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they know what to experience

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and what the challenges they will face.

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We've been able to work with the New Zealand Army,

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an amphibious beach team as well,

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which has helped to gain their experience

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moving forward into Talisman Saber.

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- We've come over to work with our Australian counterparts,

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that being their amphibious beach team.

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And just learning from each other.

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And this is an opportunity for us

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to bring that interoperability piece as a coalition force.

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- It was good to work with them

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and also with my ABT too,

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working with everyone together to make sure

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everything happened smoothly.

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It was good to show them what it's like,

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and it was good to get in their vehicles

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and see how they run.

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- Oh, it's great.

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I've loved it.

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I've never come on a Talisman Saber before,

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so it's really good to see how the Aussie operates

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and how we can work beside them.

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So that's good.

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- It's been pretty good.

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The banter's been pretty good between the two teams.

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And I think Australians and New Zealanders

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have always had that rapport in past times.

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And so it's been pretty good for us.