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^- [Narrator] The 55th Fighter Squadron

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^participated in the first ever

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^Rapid Ready Weasel exercise at Shaw Air Force Base

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^to prepare airmen for the next fight.

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- Well, what we're really looking for

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^in this type of exercise is that

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^concentrated tailorable training.

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So, the big difference is that we are able to tailor

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the entire exercise itself

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to meet our desired learning objectives

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and what we want to get out of it.

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- [Narrator] During the training,

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participants relied on teamwork to overcome

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simulated chemical attacks and accomplish their mission.

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- Well, really we have a lot of buddy checks.

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Everybody's kinda looking out for each other out here

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^and also if I'm not doing something right,

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^somebody's gonna tell me I'm not doing something right.

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^So, we all got each other's back out here.

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^That's how it is when you're deployed as well.

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- [Narrator] By changing up the exercise, the airmen honed

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to their skills to rapidly generate combat air power.

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- [Man] Well, you have to be ready at all times

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for any kind of combat situation we're going to be

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coming into contact with.

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Our unit does deploy so we always have to be prepared

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for that, typically.

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- [Narrator] At the end of the day,

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the participants will take the lessons learned

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and apply them during future taskings.

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- Airmen 1st Class, Sean Sweeney,

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Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.