WEBVTT 00:04.485 --> 00:06.816 - It's the Counter-IED Training lane. 00:06.816 --> 00:10.233 The intent is to help our partner nations 00:10.815 --> 00:12.536 that are participating in it. 00:12.536 --> 00:15.316 It's a peacekeeping operation to give them 00:15.316 --> 00:17.459 the building blocks to develop their own TTPs 00:17.459 --> 00:19.668 for handling explosive hazards, 00:19.668 --> 00:22.246 whether that's explosive remnants of war, 00:22.246 --> 00:23.986 unexploded ordinance, minefields, 00:23.986 --> 00:26.653 or improvised explosive devices. 00:32.594 --> 00:36.177 We started off the day with classroom instruction, 00:36.177 --> 00:39.323 and we take the lessons that they learn, 00:39.323 --> 00:43.120 and in the afternoon, we build on them with two lanes. 00:43.120 --> 00:44.761 One is a static observation lane. 00:44.761 --> 00:46.888 The other's a walking visual indicator lane, 00:46.888 --> 00:50.805 where they look for UXOs and the signs of IEDs. 00:58.941 --> 01:03.108 For our instructor team, we have two Mongolian armed forces, 01:03.221 --> 01:04.882 one from the Republic of Korea, 01:04.882 --> 01:07.617 and one from the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force. 01:07.617 --> 01:08.744 It's very enlightening. 01:08.744 --> 01:11.504 You get to see some of the experiences that they've had 01:11.504 --> 01:13.818 and learn what they don't know. 01:13.818 --> 01:16.985 And also, you gain a lot from learning 01:17.264 --> 01:20.104 what they do know, watching them progress 01:20.104 --> 01:22.264 from knowing very little about counter-IED 01:22.264 --> 01:23.953 to, just in that two-week span, 01:23.953 --> 01:26.703 they're fairly knowledgeable, so. 01:32.724 --> 01:35.641 The benefits to the nation is we're 01:36.572 --> 01:37.895 leveraging the lessons that we've 01:37.895 --> 01:40.547 learned through 15 years of war. 01:40.547 --> 01:42.876 And taking in Afghanistan and Iraq, 01:42.876 --> 01:45.276 and taking that and applying these to these lanes. 01:45.276 --> 01:47.563 We're not teaching them how to do it, 01:47.563 --> 01:51.146 but we're giving them the basic information 01:51.206 --> 01:53.706 they need to develop their own 01:54.109 --> 01:56.776 capacity to handle some threats. 02:03.989 --> 02:05.893 I think my favorite part is watching 02:05.893 --> 02:07.907 the students progress throughout the day, 02:07.907 --> 02:10.451 taking the lessons that you've taught them 02:10.451 --> 02:12.323 and applying them on the practical lanes. 02:12.323 --> 02:16.342 And when they come up after the class and thank us 02:16.342 --> 02:18.742 and tell us the things that they didn't know before 02:18.742 --> 02:20.647 and things that they've seen when they've 02:20.647 --> 02:23.730 been on peacekeeping missions before. 02:28.661 --> 02:31.828 - Today, we do, in the morning, we did 02:35.030 --> 02:38.780 indoor instruction, so we did about the three 02:39.374 --> 02:42.269 that were south then, and then Darfur, 02:42.269 --> 02:45.602 and UXO and the minefield and landmines, 02:46.854 --> 02:51.021 and then IED awareness, and then, in the afternoon, 02:52.022 --> 02:54.855 we did static observation training 02:56.720 --> 02:58.053 and then walking 03:02.823 --> 03:05.490 visual indicator training today. 03:05.628 --> 03:07.378 - [Interviewer] Okay. 03:11.644 --> 03:15.561 - Actually, I did the half the main instructor. 03:17.927 --> 03:20.427 I shared my experience in DMZ, 03:21.984 --> 03:24.984 so it's kind of about the landmines, 03:26.990 --> 03:30.990 so I share my experience with the students, yes. 03:38.928 --> 03:39.928 It was nice. 03:39.993 --> 03:44.160 Today, we did with the MAF, Mongolian Armed Forces. 03:47.143 --> 03:48.420 They did very well. 03:48.420 --> 03:50.670 They were questioned a lot. 03:53.684 --> 03:56.101 I could learn from them, yes. 04:07.866 --> 04:11.616 In case of walking visual indicator training, 04:13.706 --> 04:15.884 it's kind non-technical training, 04:15.884 --> 04:18.217 but we had a basic training, 04:18.395 --> 04:20.478 but it's really necessary 04:21.902 --> 04:23.652 for a real operation. 04:24.488 --> 04:28.368 When you do a peacekeeping operation in somewhere, 04:28.368 --> 04:31.701 there can be a threat of a IED or a UXO. 04:31.872 --> 04:34.622 So, how to find indicator of that 04:36.039 --> 04:38.372 kind of threat, so it's very 04:38.585 --> 04:40.335 useful class I think. 04:48.970 --> 04:53.137 My favorite part is during the after-action review, 04:53.545 --> 04:55.712 Don Elway said about this, 04:57.121 --> 05:01.032 "At least one thing you learned today will save your life." 05:01.032 --> 05:04.282 That is my favorite part of this class. 05:10.737 --> 05:13.487 I did working with two Mongolians 05:14.005 --> 05:17.088 and one Japanese and three Americans. 05:17.199 --> 05:20.116 And especially three Americans from 05:22.712 --> 05:25.962 Asia-Pacific Counter-IED Vision Center, 05:25.984 --> 05:29.151 they are really experts about the IED, 05:30.192 --> 05:32.942 so I could learn a lot from them. 05:39.535 --> 05:40.368 Mm. 05:42.204 --> 05:45.787 I got a lot of learning from this conquest, 05:47.053 --> 05:49.553 but also not only learn a lot, 05:50.562 --> 05:54.729 but also I could make a lot of friends in the world 05:54.836 --> 05:57.384 so that was a nice experience for me. 05:57.384 --> 05:58.217 Thank you.