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^- I'm First Lieutenant Jeffrey McMareo,

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^part of 1st Battalion, 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment,

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173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team Airborne.

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We are here in Venzone to conduct machine gun density

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and live-fire exercise training utilizing

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machine gun squad in order to practice and rehearse

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for coalition operations throughout Europe.

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This training is very, very important to the squads

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and machine gunners so that they are able to get practical

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exercises on mountainous and different types

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of terrain throughout the area.

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During this training exercise, we'll have a coalition

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of both US and Italian forces in order to train

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our combined arms exercises and perfect our

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internationality cooperation.