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- Today, we got into elevator drills.

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Elevator drills is when we hook up the chinook

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to the howitzer and that howitzer is carried and lifted up

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and then set back down.

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It allows people to practice their hook-up techniques.

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It allows people to practice loading themselves

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into a helicopter.

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And It allows people to gain some experience

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being lifted off the ground, 'cause a lot of people

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don't get enough experience with that.

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We do it the way we are trained to fight,

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so we try to do it in a soft, smooth, fluidic way

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so that there's no friction points,

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there's no people mistaking their cues,

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there's no people that are having problems

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with getting on and off a helicopter.

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They're going to be able to do it more seamlessly,

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so that way when it is time to go down range

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they're able to do it.

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This is what's gonna have to be done

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when we go out to the field next week.

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We're gonna have to be able to hook up a howitzer,

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carry it by helicopter, and then drop it down

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and be able to shoot on a moment's notice.

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This allows us to get those preparations in place

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so that the drills become automatic

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and we're not just making our way through it slowly

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and gradually, we're actually able to do it more fluidly.

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I thought it was a very well-rehearsed concept

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of how to do an elevator drill.