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^- We have a tank platoon from our tank company

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^in our 1st Battalion 18th Infantry Regiment.

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^A tank platoon from the 284 Tank Battalion

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^and a mechanized Infantry Platoon

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^from the 300 mechanized Infantry Battalion;

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^and there was a combined arms live fire exercise,

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^really focused on

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^the combined arms breach which is one of the

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^more complex things that we'll have to execute.

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^What it does is build in our operability

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^and a bill of proficiency;

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^and then the other aspect of it

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^it builds close relationships with our partners.

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^- It's just a series of platoon live fire exercises

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^and, pretty much, we train.

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^We do exercises together,

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^we get to know each other,

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^and we go training together,

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^and being out there together,

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^and learning how to survive and

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^to be more effective on the battlefield.

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(radio chatter)

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- Up.

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- [Man On Radio] Three, two, one, fire up.

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(explosions)

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(radio chatter)

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(dramatic jazz music)

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(tanks firing)

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(radio chatter)

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^- This is really a capstone event for us

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^in the sense that from our time of arrival

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^we conduct a partnership exercises;

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^really starting at the individual echelon

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^then working up to small unit collective elements

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^and then, really, capping off here

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^as we did at the company level

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^with two company commanders

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^and a couple battalion commanders

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^that were also involved in it.

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^So this is a great event that

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^we've had a really good fortune and good weather

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^to work with our Romanian partners

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^as they hosted us in the internal rotation here.

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