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- [Narrator] Russia breaking international law.

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Turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East.

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Refugee immigration crisis.

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International terrorism. Hybrid warfare.

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And cyber attacks.

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^These are pressing challenges

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^requiring unity and resolve,

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and a strong trans-Atlantic goal.

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- Alright. Let's go. Let's go.

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- [Narrator] NATO is united. We stand together as one.

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And an attack on one ally

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would be considered an attack against us all.

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(beeping)

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(gunfire)

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- Come on.

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- [Narrator] If you look at Eusha,

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and what they're doing, they're integral.

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If you look at just the exercise,

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^the training that they've been doing,

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^the change in task. Te complexity of those tasks.

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The distances and the moves they made,

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and so many exercises in the Baltics.

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Romania, Bulgaria, these are all good examples of one

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change in mindset, a change in task that we have to do,

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and the change in which we go about our training regimens.

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- [Narrator] To prepare for combat means

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fighting like it's combat,

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and this kind of training,

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and these challenges,

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and the stress that we place on the soldiers here.

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^(gunshots)

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^This is as hard as we can make it.

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^Now our guys haven't slept well. They haven't eaten well.

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They're out in 100 degree temperatures.

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And they come out, and they perform every single day.

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- [Narrator] We're partnering with NATO partners and allies.

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^It's part of a combined arms team,

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^to be able to increase the overall effect we have here.

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- [Narrator] The National Guard and US Army Reserves

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^are essential for US Army Europe.

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^They train in Europe

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^with our NATO allies and other partners.

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They build readiness, deter aggression,

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and improve interoperability.

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- [Narrator] The participation of US Army Reserve soldiers

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and National Guard Soldiers in our exercises

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is absolutely critical.

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^Because that's how we fight.

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^It's all about the total army.

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And their unique capabilities that are essential

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to US Army Europe being successful

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in the performance of its mission.

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(gunshots)

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- [Narrator] It's important that we are ready.

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Always ready.

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^Readiness means today that we act multinational together.

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And integrated.

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- [Narrator] We'll start moving into four other countries

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^where we'll begin either our training,

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^to sustain our readiness,

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^or training with our allied partners.

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(gunshots)

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- [Narrator] I think we're going to experience more training

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and that ability to really show our allies

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that we're here to.

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It creates alliance.

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^It's reassuring that, hey, we got their backs,

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they have our backs.

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- [Narrator] We let them be creative

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^and we let them be tank commanders, again.

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We let them almost choose their own destiny.

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- [Narrator] It is critically important

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that our junior leaders

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^be able to work with our allies and our partners.

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To practice their trade.

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To excel beyond what they considered

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to be their capabilities.

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Because we challenge them at every turn.

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To be leaders.

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^- So we're teaching squad leaders, section leaders,

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^platoon leaders, platoon sergeants,

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how to work with countries that they wouldn't

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necessarily maneuver with or fight with

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on a regular basis.

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(tank shot)

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^- You know, I'm only a private.

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^And I get to do a lot of stuff that

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^some people who are more higher ranking

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than me have never done before.

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(suspense music)

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(missile shot)