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- [Walter] Sustainment Brigade, First Infantry Division,

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conducts Operation Reliable Focus, a field training

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exercise which was designed to recertify basic soldier

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skills, such as line navigation, military vehicle

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driver's training, and chemical, biological, radiological,

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and nuclear training.

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With any field training exercise, there's always groundwork

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that has to be laid.

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(hammer striking)

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Soldiers start by establishing communications systems

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through setting up antennas in conjunction with securing

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the perimeter of the FOG with concertina wire.

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Once the perimeter is secured, and communication is a go,

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the soldiers set up work and sleep tents.

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These tents include a mainstay for the mechanics to conduct

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vehicle repairs, and tents for the staff to conduct

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their daily missions.

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(indistinct conversation)

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After initial setup of the aerial operation, the soldiers

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continue their mission by conducting their various

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training exercises.

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Exercises such as line navigation are basic skills

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that soldiers must learn and recertify in order

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to successfully complete their missions, not only during

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training, but also during battles and war.

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PFC Alex J. Pierre, an intel analyst with sustainment

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brigade, gives us a look into what the training is like.

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- Graphic location and the scale of the map.

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- What I've been learning in land nav so far is

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how to plot my points on a map, I've learned how to use

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a compass, and finding my azimuth on the compass

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to find my destination.

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I've actually learned how to trace my steps so I can

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find my destination.

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- According to Pierre, he hasn't conducted line navigation

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since the mission training.

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Pierre also says being here with his battle buddies

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helps him to be calm so he can complete his mission.

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Though challenging, the soldiers completed Operation

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Reliable Focus while meeting the commander's intent.

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In Training Area 49, I'm Specialist Walter Kernan,

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First Infantry Division.