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- [Brian] Exercises are
important in that we want to

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make sure that we are always practicing

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what we may be asked to do in a wartime

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or combat environment.

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If we don't practice it, it's
very difficult to maintain

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proficiency at the skillsets
that we have to have in a

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combat environment.

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Running this exercise like
this is really going to involve

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the entire wing.

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Maintenance has been
preparing all week for this.

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They have been looking at the jets,

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making sure that the fuel oils
are where they need to be.

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The air crews have been
planning for their missions

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that they might be, maybe asked to fly.

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So there's a lot of preparation
that goes through for many,

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many days prior to an exercise like this.

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Obviously when we fight wars
it's gonna take all of us,

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every member of this wing
in support of the mission,

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what you see out here.

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But it's very important that
our experienced folks work with

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our folks with less
experience so that we are able

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to raise the overall readiness of the

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organization across the board.

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