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^- This is your AFN Europe Report, I'm Sergeant Anri Baril.

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^U.S. and Slovenian soldiers conduct joint training

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operations during Vanguard 360.

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Petty Officer Bobby Baldock shows us why the

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live fire exercise is important to the

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interoperability of the two nations.

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- [Bobby] The life fire exercise known as

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^Vanguard 360 took place in Slovenia.

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^The three week event featured joint EOD operations

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^between US and Slovenian forces.

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Highlighting the interoperability

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during simulated exercises and live fire events.

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The importance of this exercise is continuing

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the strong relationship between the U.S. and Slovenia.

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- The key to this exercise is to

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^demonstrate our interoperability

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^and how we function as a multifaceted logistics unit.

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Where we focused on pathfinder operations,

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airborne operations, EOD operations,

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and convoy operations in the theater.

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- [Bobby] A key factor during the exercise

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was coordinating Slovenian and U.S.

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EOD operations and giving Slovenian EOD technicians

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an opportunity to train on U.S. equipment.

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This event helped multi generational personnel

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learn ways of better breaking down communication barriers.

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And develop innovative ways of working together as allies.

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- We're out here to conduct training,

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^to improve our interoperability,

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^and to get all the soldiers,

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the higher enlisted and younger enlisted,

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out working with these other countries

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that we'll possibly work with down range.

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Their EOD has pretty much the same capabilities that we do.

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I thoroughly enjoyed working with the

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Slovenian EOD technicians.

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- [Bobby] Reporting from Slovenia,

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I'm Petty Officer Bobby Baldock.

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