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- [Man] You are good to go.

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^- [Man] Roger.

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^- [Curtis] First priority,

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^to make sure we're lethal with what we have,

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that we're effective with the force that we have

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- [Man] Down.

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Up.

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- [Group] Two.

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- [Man] Down.

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- [Curtis] I had the discussion often

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with those that would talk about we're at peace now.

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We're in peacetime.

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(mortar firing)

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I think, to a certain extent, that could be argued.

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(mortar firing)

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We're certainly in a competitive space,

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(mortar exploding)

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and what I mean by that is that there's destabilization

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(gun firing)

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in our environment.

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- [Man] Incoming!

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(machine gun firing)

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- [Curtis] There's a second characteristic of it

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I think is an increased level of activity

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that drives our level of activity, frankly.

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- Hey, hey, hey, go.

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Woo!

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- [Curtis] And that, too,

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has an impact on what we do

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and why we focus on readiness and prosper.

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(tank firing)