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- The Battle of Hamel, July 4th, 1918

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was a combined arms operation with

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Australian infantry, U.S. infantry,

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British tanks, artillery, air support

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to destroy German dug-in positions

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in three key objectives in Le Hamel,

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in Northern France.

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(lively music)

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I think doing Hamel this year

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I mean obvious reason is 100 years,

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but a 100 years anniversary of doing

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cooperative operations with

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U.S. forces and Australian forces.

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It's quite significant at every level.

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- The Marines, we're able to infiltrate,

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and go to our strong point much like

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the Battle of Hamel a 100 years ago.

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It was a village,

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so we actually had to attack a village

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that the enemy had under control.

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To our left was our India
two mechanize entry brothers

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clearing room to room together,

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talking, communicating.

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I would say

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that 1918 setting the stage of

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how you actually attack an enemy

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using artillery to create

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infantry supported by tanks, air up there

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doing a reconnaissance supply,

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and even combat missions,

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is exactly how we still fight today.

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- I think over the last three months

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and every single year
that we do Hamel together

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we see that we're all the same.

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We are interoperable,
we can work together,

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and we always do, and we do it quite well.

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It's quite easy working
with highly competent,

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highly motivated, highly
professional soldiers.

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I think that we prove
that every single year.

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- As allies I don't think
we'll ever let each other down.

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If you look at interoperability,

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I can't see another nation
that is more like us.

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And what I mean that a weapons system,

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how we fight, how we think, how we talk.

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Being able to step in here
with the commander of a 214.

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I feel like I'm at home.

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The support that I've
had is just humbling.

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Just how great they are, and
how good people they are.

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You can't get that anywhere else.

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That the individual person to
person relationship we have,

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I don't see us going into any other

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fight where we're not
together for the future.

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(lively music)