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- Major Danielle Taylor,
US Northern Command.

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So I work for US Northern Command,

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they're the command that's responsible for

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the CBRN Response Enterprise Mission.

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And I work in the J35 CBRN section for

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Mr. Steve Cichocki who's
the Program Manager,

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who oversees this mission set.

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Chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear

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response mission.

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So, overall when units
assume this mission set,

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they're on the mission for anywhere from

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12 to 24 months.

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So, after they assume the mission,

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for that timeframe that
they're on the mission set,

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they need to conduct sustainment training.

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What this training venue brings to us

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is a unique mission set,
a unique perspective

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on what the integration
portion of the mission brings,

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educationally, to DOD and to the FDNY.

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So we're able to identify
how we operate versus

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how the FDNY operates.

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If our equipment is able
to integrate seamlessly

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or if there are things that
we can do that they can't,

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or vice versa and we're
able to fill those gaps.

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But probably the biggest
part of the benefit

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of this type of training is the

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relationships we're able to build.

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What you don't want to
happen is, unfortunately,

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if we were to have the
worst day in America,

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we don't want to be meeting
people for the first time

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when it actually happens.

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We don't want to be trying
to build relationships

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when we're trying to conduct response.

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We want to already know what that city's

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strengths and weaknesses are.

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We want to already know, specifically,

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what they're going to want us to do.

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And what we've learned through conducting

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these types of training events is that

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not all cities have the same
strengths and weaknesses.

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So this really helps
us to be able to cater

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to a specific city and it helps us

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to be able to respond quicker.

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Because what we know is that
if a CBRN even were to happen,

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that's catastrophic or serious
within the United States,

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response is going to be
critical to saving lives.

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And that truly is our aim,

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is to support the lead Federal Agency,

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to support those First Responders,

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and to save as many
American lives as possible.

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Honestly, it comes back to integration,

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to building those relationships.

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We've learned so much from each other.

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They learn how we operate.

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We learn the intricacies of being able to

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maneuver within a big city,

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to being able to operate
within a subway system,

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to being able to park on
these really small streets,

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it's all very specific to where you're at.

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And those are things
that we don't necessarily

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get exposed to on an installation

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or something of that nature.

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So, I think we've
learned from one another,

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not only because of the environment,

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but because we operate
a little bit differently

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but what we've seen overall is that

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we're able to integrate almost seamlessly.

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And the FDNY really
appreciates our presence here

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and they are one of the
best prepared cities

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for an event like this and
they still realize that

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if something were to happen,

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they're not going to have enough,

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and they have requested that
we come and train with them

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so that we can respond
quicker and more seamlessly

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within their response framework.