WEBVTT 00:00.525 --> 00:03.275 (dramatic music) 00:05.798 --> 00:07.505 - So the Marines that are here, 00:07.505 --> 00:08.996 we're all members of the Marine Aviation Attachment 00:08.996 --> 00:09.829 at Pax River. 00:09.829 --> 00:12.957 We're also assigned to Air Test and Evaluation 00:12.957 --> 00:14.894 Squadron 23, which is ultimately the Carrier 00:14.894 --> 00:18.278 Shootability Branch of test evaluation. 00:18.278 --> 00:21.028 (dramatic music) 00:23.026 --> 00:24.534 As a side part of that, 00:24.534 --> 00:26.176 piece of being Marines though, 00:26.176 --> 00:27.370 is the additional duty that we're out here 00:27.370 --> 00:29.609 is taking a look at the ship, the facilities, 00:29.609 --> 00:32.602 the ability to operate an F-35 B Squadron aboard 00:32.602 --> 00:35.020 should the opportunity present itself 00:35.020 --> 00:38.694 that we embark an F-35 B Squadron from the Marine Corp. 00:38.694 --> 00:41.444 (dramatic music) 00:44.708 --> 00:48.633 - The possibility of Marines deploying on this ship, 00:48.633 --> 00:51.782 by us being here, we can see where things 00:51.782 --> 00:54.101 would work well, and where things would not work well. 00:54.101 --> 00:55.538 We'll mix together the British sailors 00:55.538 --> 00:56.799 and the British forces here. 00:56.799 --> 00:57.632 Great to work with. 00:57.632 --> 00:59.999 Couldn't ask for a better group of men and women. 00:59.999 --> 01:01.510 I think we have learned things that work well 01:01.510 --> 01:03.830 is the new crew, the yellow shirts, 01:03.830 --> 01:05.736 moving around on the deck, moving aircraft. 01:05.736 --> 01:08.219 First couple days, they taxied them all around the deck. 01:08.219 --> 01:10.268 Now they're starting to tighten up their taxi moves, 01:10.268 --> 01:11.770 preparing for a full day. 01:11.770 --> 01:14.254 - We're working with the Royal Navy on a daily basis 01:14.254 --> 01:16.998 to help streamline the processes, procedures. 01:16.998 --> 01:18.548 Obviously, we speak the same language 01:18.548 --> 01:20.187 but we use a lot of different words 01:20.187 --> 01:21.870 that mean the same things. 01:21.870 --> 01:24.776 And so, integrating our future assets with 01:24.776 --> 01:28.059 the Carrier Strike Group, the Carrier Air Wing as well, 01:28.059 --> 01:28.991 is going to be a long process. 01:28.991 --> 01:30.562 Its gonna require a lot of 01:30.562 --> 01:32.100 ironing out finer details. 01:32.100 --> 01:33.243 So, we're starting that process now 01:33.243 --> 01:35.287 in terms of identifying what we think 01:35.287 --> 01:37.082 the points of friction will be in the future 01:37.082 --> 01:38.691 as in the differences between how we operate, 01:38.691 --> 01:41.782 our different standards for how we qualify pilots 01:41.782 --> 01:43.551 and how we qualify maintainers 01:43.551 --> 01:45.455 as well as the levels at which we perform 01:45.455 --> 01:46.497 certain maintenance actions. 01:46.497 --> 01:47.545 - There are few differences. 01:47.545 --> 01:50.077 We're used to a faster, off tempo. 01:50.077 --> 01:51.804 But there again, this, they haven't seen 01:51.804 --> 01:55.339 the fast mover on the deck for eight plus years. 01:55.339 --> 01:57.388 Its gonna take a couple times out to see 01:57.388 --> 01:59.202 with a full deck and some fast movers 01:59.202 --> 02:02.184 to kinda get that battle rythm, if you will. 02:02.184 --> 02:03.080 But it won't take long. 02:03.080 --> 02:04.964 We've got an eager crew upstairs, 02:04.964 --> 02:06.779 throughout the whole ship for that matter. 02:06.779 --> 02:09.203 And I think they'll get it done. 02:09.203 --> 02:10.687 - The Royal Navy is still kind of developing 02:10.687 --> 02:11.988 their processes and procedures 02:11.988 --> 02:13.325 and how they're going to run their carrier. 02:13.325 --> 02:15.299 The Royal Navy and their RAF as well 02:15.299 --> 02:17.908 have had a presence with U.S. units 02:17.908 --> 02:20.542 aboard U.S. ships for the past several years. 02:20.542 --> 02:23.204 It's part of maintaining their sea legs 02:23.204 --> 02:24.733 for lack of a better term. 02:24.733 --> 02:26.340 With exchange tours of the Royal Navy, 02:26.340 --> 02:28.498 or with the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marines, 02:28.498 --> 02:32.503 in order to provide them with a sustained knowledge 02:32.503 --> 02:33.971 and common operating practices 02:33.971 --> 02:35.505 that they've brought back to this ship. 02:35.505 --> 02:37.432 So, the officers that are here, most of them, 02:37.432 --> 02:39.032 as well as a lot of the enlisted sailors, 02:39.032 --> 02:42.319 have spent several years aboard U.S. Navy ships. 02:42.319 --> 02:43.740 So there's a lot of processes and procedures 02:43.740 --> 02:44.851 that are the same 02:44.851 --> 02:46.954 and we're actually finding a lot of comfort in that. 02:46.954 --> 02:48.975 The difference is, kind of stems themselves more 02:48.975 --> 02:51.038 in a lot of the customs and traditions 02:51.038 --> 02:55.121 which is always good to learn a little bit about.