WEBVTT 00:00.175 --> 00:03.258 (solemn piano music) 00:09.380 --> 00:11.400 - Our platoon was tasked with seizing 00:11.400 --> 00:12.360 the division objective, 00:12.360 --> 00:14.533 which is a chemical weapons facility, 00:14.533 --> 00:17.990 in order to disrupt the CBRN capabilities of the enemy 00:17.990 --> 00:19.715 throughout the AO. 00:19.715 --> 00:22.798 (solemn piano music) 00:25.662 --> 00:27.260 - We're about to go stage at the helo pad 00:27.260 --> 00:29.690 and from there we're gonna take off in our birds 00:29.690 --> 00:32.233 and we're gonna conduct the raid. 00:32.233 --> 00:35.316 (solemn piano music) 00:52.089 --> 00:53.790 - So the reason this training is really important to us 00:53.790 --> 00:55.720 is cause we get to work with the CBRN guys. 00:55.720 --> 00:56.660 Especially my squad, 00:56.660 --> 00:58.880 my squad is gonna be doing the main objective. 00:58.880 --> 01:00.997 We're gonna be going in and working with CBRN 01:00.997 --> 01:03.210 and so that way we can how they like to work 01:03.210 --> 01:04.590 and, also, we get our MOPP suits. 01:04.590 --> 01:05.970 So with us being in our MOPP suits, 01:05.970 --> 01:07.260 we don't get to train in the MOPP suits a lot, 01:07.260 --> 01:10.630 so it's gonna be a good experience with us on speed. 01:10.630 --> 01:11.620 We'll be in 29 Palms, 01:11.620 --> 01:13.620 so we'll get use to the cold and the desert. 01:13.620 --> 01:15.120 Which is always good training. 01:16.400 --> 01:17.350 - We just got word, 01:17.350 --> 01:20.070 we're about to go stage and load on these helos, 01:20.070 --> 01:22.460 and then, you know, everything is going according to plan. 01:22.460 --> 01:24.598 So, looking good. 01:24.598 --> 01:26.270 - [Unidentified Soldier] Hey we're moving! 01:26.270 --> 01:29.520 (powerful piano music) 01:32.949 --> 01:34.990 - [Unidentified soldier] It's definitely different because 01:34.990 --> 01:37.240 not only are you operating on unfamiliar terrain, 01:37.240 --> 01:38.210 so you haven't seen the deck, 01:38.210 --> 01:40.430 you haven't seen the ground you're going to be operating on, 01:40.430 --> 01:42.120 so that just makes communication 01:42.120 --> 01:44.770 and the ability to effectively articulate a plan 01:44.770 --> 01:47.790 and for the squad leaders and team leaders 01:47.790 --> 01:49.960 to make decisions at the individual level 01:49.960 --> 01:53.119 in order to accomplish the mission. 01:53.119 --> 01:55.536 (epic music) 02:01.187 --> 02:05.020 (helicopter engines whirring) 02:08.341 --> 02:10.836 (distant military chatter) 02:10.836 --> 02:12.169 - 3 team is D-1. 02:17.010 --> 02:19.320 - [Domingo] So we just got off the birds, 02:19.320 --> 02:20.153 first wave came in 02:20.153 --> 02:22.160 and we set in security right here. 02:22.160 --> 02:24.640 We're looking at this high ground. 02:24.640 --> 02:26.520 Holding some good security right now. 02:26.520 --> 02:28.440 Second wave just landed. 02:28.440 --> 02:31.060 We're making link up here at the ORP, 02:31.060 --> 02:33.520 and then from here we're gonna get ready to push on. 02:33.520 --> 02:35.693 And get our fire set. 02:40.303 --> 02:44.715 - [Soldier] Barret, did you get Doughton on the radio? 02:44.715 --> 02:45.632 - Doughton? 02:46.560 --> 02:49.810 (powerful piano music) 02:58.658 --> 03:01.825 (footsteps crunching) 03:09.836 --> 03:11.130 - [Soldier] All right, so we're currently waiting outside 03:11.130 --> 03:12.800 the objective right now while first platoon 03:12.800 --> 03:14.120 goes in and does their thing. 03:14.120 --> 03:15.390 Second platoon is gonna roll in 03:15.390 --> 03:17.230 and then third platoon, we're gonna roll in 03:17.230 --> 03:19.560 and we're gonna start doing our clearing. 03:19.560 --> 03:22.020 All the way up to the battalion objective, 03:22.020 --> 03:24.260 which is the ultimate goal for us. 03:24.260 --> 03:26.010 - [Cameraman] So did you just gather up all the 03:26.010 --> 03:27.370 squad leaders to go over the game plan on this one? 03:27.370 --> 03:28.620 - No, this is just my team. 03:28.620 --> 03:30.200 My team and I are going over what we gotta do 03:30.200 --> 03:31.900 once we get to the main objective. 03:34.940 --> 03:37.130 - Geronimo Six, this is Blackfoot. 03:37.130 --> 03:39.690 Be advised, Emirati, deep trace, 03:39.690 --> 03:42.400 600 meters from November sector. 03:42.400 --> 03:43.330 How copy? 03:43.330 --> 03:44.830 This is Captain Jeremy Fisher. 03:44.830 --> 03:47.990 I'm Blackfoot Six here with the assault force 03:47.990 --> 03:51.273 and my Emirati counter-part, Abdullah Al Delalihi. 03:52.340 --> 03:55.677 Can you explain your role in the operation today? 03:55.677 --> 03:56.510 - Here? 03:56.510 --> 03:58.130 - [Jeremy] Yeah, the Emirati role. 03:58.130 --> 04:02.047 (speaking in foreign language) 04:13.518 --> 04:16.030 - Okay, so he's here as a representative 04:16.030 --> 04:18.150 for the Emirati company. 04:18.150 --> 04:19.620 And he's gonna send directions 04:19.620 --> 04:22.610 that I'm passing over a communications net, 04:22.610 --> 04:24.700 as a liaison officer, to the commander 04:24.700 --> 04:25.863 of the Emirati company. 04:26.870 --> 04:30.120 (powerful piano music) 04:32.459 --> 04:35.376 (military chatter) 04:36.992 --> 04:40.075 (solemn piano music) 04:43.852 --> 04:45.793 - [Cameraman] Just tell me how you're feeling right now. 04:45.793 --> 04:47.215 - Feeling pretty good. 04:47.215 --> 04:49.290 We're about to make entry into the town. 04:49.290 --> 04:51.726 Shut that foothold for the rest of the guys to get in there. 04:51.726 --> 04:55.059 (epic orchestral music) 05:05.305 --> 05:07.040 - [Unidentified Soldier] I think the shared hardships 05:07.040 --> 05:10.451 and kind of, perseverance together definitely builds a trust 05:10.451 --> 05:11.865 and unit cohesion. 05:11.865 --> 05:15.620 And I think the younger guys kind of seeing the older guys 05:15.620 --> 05:17.850 leading from the front, doing what they need to be doing. 05:17.850 --> 05:19.340 It really kind of gives them confidence 05:19.340 --> 05:21.690 and kind of inspires them the entire platoon as a whole 05:21.690 --> 05:23.950 to kind of get what needs to be done. 05:23.950 --> 05:27.295 (distant gunfire) 05:27.295 --> 05:28.128 - Wait. 05:28.982 --> 05:30.233 Go. 05:30.233 --> 05:33.566 (epic orchestral music) 05:34.534 --> 05:37.451 (military chatter) 05:46.364 --> 05:48.281 - Roger, it's all copy. 05:50.557 --> 05:52.131 - [Cameraman] What happened when we entered the town? 05:52.131 --> 05:55.440 - We starting contacting mainly by two gunners in a window. 05:55.440 --> 05:57.670 - [Cameraman] What are you guys doing now? 05:57.670 --> 05:58.583 - We're gonna come out of these buildings 05:58.583 --> 06:01.618 and then go over and take them out. 06:01.618 --> 06:04.951 (epic orchestral music) 06:06.000 --> 06:09.270 - Hey, hard push, push it from this way, hard push. 06:09.270 --> 06:12.210 As we're coming in to make entry to our first building 06:12.210 --> 06:16.160 we took contact from about five buildings into the town 06:16.160 --> 06:19.750 and from there we had to just make our way, 06:19.750 --> 06:21.517 change our movements a little bit. 06:22.682 --> 06:26.420 (military chatter) 06:26.420 --> 06:28.169 - Around the back side! 06:28.169 --> 06:29.534 - [Unidentified Soldier] Which building? 06:29.534 --> 06:31.951 (gun firing) 06:34.396 --> 06:36.520 - Echo and Foxtrot are the last two ones you guys cleared. 06:36.520 --> 06:37.950 So pretty much, they're gonna take it, 06:37.950 --> 06:40.070 I'm gonna send you guys to take those last two buildings 06:40.070 --> 06:41.750 we'll clear up the phase line, all right? 06:41.750 --> 06:44.160 They're gonna isolate to the right, 06:44.160 --> 06:45.720 for the second squad to gain their hold, 06:45.720 --> 06:46.610 but we're staying put 06:46.610 --> 06:48.813 until the other platoons gain foothold. 06:53.230 --> 06:54.990 So far so good, we're moving a little fast, 06:54.990 --> 06:56.130 we need to slow it down a little bit, 06:56.130 --> 06:57.810 but we're getting things under control. 06:57.810 --> 06:58.970 We're moving pretty good though, 06:58.970 --> 07:01.252 so nothing to complain about. 07:01.252 --> 07:02.444 - Clear right! 07:02.444 --> 07:04.131 - [Unidentified Soldier] Right here, right here. 07:04.131 --> 07:06.160 (military chatter) 07:06.160 --> 07:08.327 (gunfire) 07:10.870 --> 07:12.039 - [Soldier] Hey Crank, what you need? 07:12.039 --> 07:13.250 A whole team's down here, come to me. 07:13.250 --> 07:14.493 - It looks like Charlie. 07:17.836 --> 07:20.503 - Delta, that'll move to Foxtrot and then echo 07:20.503 --> 07:22.803 and then move into Hotel. 07:23.830 --> 07:24.933 - [Soldier] You got it, sir. 07:26.671 --> 07:29.588 (military chatter) 07:31.240 --> 07:35.060 - So, center of my light, see it, India. 07:35.060 --> 07:36.510 So that's where we're at now. 07:37.650 --> 07:39.338 - [Team Leader] Second squad is gonna roll legit. 07:39.338 --> 07:40.171 - [Unidentified soldier] You guys push back from this wall. 07:40.171 --> 07:42.034 You got it, sir? 07:42.034 --> 07:43.640 - Yes. - Kill. 07:43.640 --> 07:45.610 All right so let's push back over here. 07:45.610 --> 07:46.910 Push back over there. 07:46.910 --> 07:50.700 - Hey, be advised, we have reached our isolation position. 07:50.700 --> 07:52.750 We are now setting our outer cordon. 07:52.750 --> 07:55.230 Next thing is division objective one, all right? 07:55.230 --> 07:56.180 So this is what's gonna happen. 07:56.180 --> 07:58.090 We're gonna set up our isolation positions, 07:58.090 --> 07:59.940 once everyone is gonna get set, 07:59.940 --> 08:01.120 we're gonna launch the second platoon 08:01.120 --> 08:02.950 to clear up to Phase Line Black. 08:02.950 --> 08:05.773 Next thing we're doing, we're going MOPP four, good to go? 08:05.773 --> 08:07.606 - [Soldiers] Yes, sir. 08:11.006 --> 08:13.923 (military chatter) 08:16.460 --> 08:18.010 - [Soldier] So I think the reason Picture One-Five 08:18.010 --> 08:21.246 is so successful is just the ability for us to be at that 08:21.246 --> 08:24.450 standard of excellence that is set from the top down. 08:24.450 --> 08:25.360 The ability to be the best. 08:25.360 --> 08:27.810 The ability to lead from the front, 08:27.810 --> 08:29.960 that main effort unit that we wanna be. 08:29.960 --> 08:32.880 I think that trains down from to our tactics through our PT, 08:32.880 --> 08:35.120 to our ability to handle any type of hardship. 08:35.120 --> 08:36.100 I think just that ability 08:36.100 --> 08:38.860 to strive for that excellence in whatever we're doing 08:38.860 --> 08:40.760 kind of permeates throughout the battalion 08:40.760 --> 08:42.220 and down to the platoon level 08:42.220 --> 08:44.570 because each platoon wants to be the best 08:44.570 --> 08:46.410 and they want to be that first platoon in. 08:46.410 --> 08:48.410 So, I think that definitely kind of translated 08:48.410 --> 08:50.210 from the Picture One-Five mentality. 08:54.954 --> 08:56.310 - [Cameraman] Who are these people? 08:56.310 --> 09:00.300 - We just took three, possibly civilians, 09:00.300 --> 09:04.530 possibly EPWs, enemy prisoners of war. 09:04.530 --> 09:06.040 Just in case, for our safety, 09:06.040 --> 09:08.350 we have them flexi-cuffed right now, 09:08.350 --> 09:11.130 until we can confirm that they are civilians. 09:11.130 --> 09:13.314 At that time they will be let go. 09:13.314 --> 09:14.897 - Two KIA, two EPW. 09:15.949 --> 09:18.866 (military chatter) 09:20.327 --> 09:23.827 (solemn orchestral music) 09:41.572 --> 09:45.675 - [Unidentified Soldier] Hey, we got one, hold up! 09:45.675 --> 09:48.340 - So what've you got there and what're you doing out here? 09:48.340 --> 09:50.030 So this is a multi-ray, 09:50.030 --> 09:53.093 this measures for chemical agents in the air. 09:54.440 --> 09:56.530 Right now we're going from building to building, 09:56.530 --> 10:00.770 inside of the compound in division objective one. 10:00.770 --> 10:03.780 Right now we're looking for any time of CBRN agents 10:03.780 --> 10:07.160 to possibly sample, hopefully there won't be any. 10:07.160 --> 10:09.080 But right now we're pushing through the compound 10:09.080 --> 10:10.973 and trying to find things for CBRN. 10:12.990 --> 10:16.323 (epic orchestral music) 10:19.567 --> 10:21.234 - [Soldier] Come on. 10:23.200 --> 10:26.533 (epic orchestral music) 10:48.050 --> 10:48.993 - [Soldier] Dead, send it. 10:53.730 --> 10:56.433 - [Soldier] Now, oh really? 10:58.994 --> 10:59.827 Dead. 11:05.922 --> 11:06.755 Send it. 11:06.755 --> 11:09.190 - So we came in today, we have completed our objective 11:09.190 --> 11:13.220 which was to take our objective compound, 11:13.220 --> 11:15.950 which was division objective Alpha 11:15.950 --> 11:19.110 and we did that, we've consolidated. 11:19.110 --> 11:20.810 We're setting up a hasty defense 11:20.810 --> 11:23.190 and then tonight we're gonna go admin and get some rest 11:23.190 --> 11:25.100 and then tomorrow morning we're gonna start back up 11:25.100 --> 11:26.033 and start decon. 11:27.016 --> 11:30.933 (suspenseful orchestral music) 11:34.253 --> 11:37.780 - All right, so we just got here to the decon site 11:37.780 --> 11:40.570 What we're doing right now is we're changing into MOPP four. 11:40.570 --> 11:42.930 So we're getting all our stuff on. 11:42.930 --> 11:44.490 Making sure everything else is waterproof 11:44.490 --> 11:46.270 because all of our bags are gonna get deconned 11:46.270 --> 11:47.670 and then they're gonna get dunked 11:47.670 --> 11:49.543 to make sure all the contaminants are gone. 11:50.492 --> 11:55.410 Probably going to be MOPP four for four to five hours. 11:55.410 --> 11:57.993 Then once we're done with that, we should be good. 12:04.150 --> 12:06.410 - [Soldier] We're doing decon because we're in a CBRN 12:06.410 --> 12:08.060 contaminated area. 12:08.060 --> 12:09.683 A big threat level which is 12:09.683 --> 12:13.300 chemical, biological, radioactive, and nuclear threats. 12:13.300 --> 12:16.420 So we're contaminated by all that stuff inside the compound. 12:16.420 --> 12:18.100 Where the objective was at 12:18.100 --> 12:19.840 and now we need to be decontaminated 12:19.840 --> 12:21.190 before we go anywhere else. 12:33.660 --> 12:35.430 - Hi, I'm Corporal Casey with the first battalion, 12:35.430 --> 12:36.940 seventh marines at 29 Palms. 12:36.940 --> 12:37.810 What we're doing today is 12:37.810 --> 12:40.240 a detailed troop decontamination lane. 12:40.240 --> 12:41.810 Which is gonna be a thorough process 12:41.810 --> 12:43.650 in which we decontaminate our troops 12:43.650 --> 12:45.210 after a chemical, biological, 12:45.210 --> 12:47.770 radiological, or nuclear event. 12:47.770 --> 12:50.270 Alright, so this is called a decontamination lane. 12:50.270 --> 12:53.960 This is station one, probably one of the most thorough ones 12:53.960 --> 12:55.150 stations that we got. 12:55.150 --> 12:58.070 You take off your gear, decontaminate it as best as you can. 12:58.070 --> 12:58.903 It's gonna go over there. 12:58.903 --> 13:00.803 You're gonna see if it's hung tight 13:00.803 --> 13:02.573 and you're gonna keep going. 13:03.790 --> 13:05.460 This is where you clean out your boots 13:05.460 --> 13:07.469 and your gloves as best as you can. 13:07.469 --> 13:09.700 As you can see, two people, keep moving down. 13:09.700 --> 13:11.450 - Go ahead and step up into the pit 13:12.336 --> 13:13.970 and you're gonna start moving your feet back and forth 13:13.970 --> 13:16.160 in the sand, making sure you're getting 13:16.160 --> 13:19.290 the contamination off and then go ahead and go down 13:19.290 --> 13:21.680 and start throwing sand on the top of your boots 13:21.680 --> 13:25.011 and start scrubbing it in on top and all around the back 13:25.011 --> 13:25.844 and then go ahead 13:25.844 --> 13:28.640 and start scrubbing them around in sand a bit more 13:28.640 --> 13:31.240 and then you're good to go on to the next station. 13:31.240 --> 13:32.270 - Station three, which is the 13:32.270 --> 13:34.497 most thorough one we've got here. 13:34.497 --> 13:35.890 You've got to take off everything, 13:35.890 --> 13:40.480 your blouse, your trousers, your gloves, 13:40.480 --> 13:42.563 and your boots and your mask stay on. 13:45.570 --> 13:47.070 This was the boots and gloves. 13:47.940 --> 13:50.203 This is a very, very delicate station. 13:51.130 --> 13:54.600 You can't pass this line if you're contaminated. 13:54.600 --> 13:56.120 You take off your boots 13:56.120 --> 13:58.160 and your hands have to stay passed this line here. 13:58.160 --> 13:59.490 Cause you're still contaminated. 13:59.490 --> 14:00.830 And your buddy will take them off 14:00.830 --> 14:03.303 and dunk them in the decon bucket right here. 14:06.610 --> 14:08.460 These are the JCAD. 14:08.460 --> 14:10.480 - Joint Chemical Agent Detector. 14:10.480 --> 14:13.100 This is the most important piece of equipment on this line. 14:13.100 --> 14:15.860 It lets us know if there's anymore chemicals left on them, 14:15.860 --> 14:17.660 what they are and how much there is. 14:28.450 --> 14:30.250 - This is called RSDL. 14:30.250 --> 14:32.970 You're gonna use this to wipe off your mask 14:32.970 --> 14:35.020 for any contamination that it might have. 14:36.790 --> 14:40.020 This next station is the last one. 14:40.020 --> 14:44.330 This is where this guy takes off your mask 14:45.645 --> 14:48.220 and you have to walk ten paces this way 14:48.220 --> 14:50.300 until you're finally clean. 14:50.300 --> 14:51.980 - Probably the most complex operation we've done. 14:51.980 --> 14:53.240 I'm definitely proud of where they are, 14:53.240 --> 14:55.660 but there's a lot of things that need to be improved, 14:55.660 --> 14:56.790 improved for growth. 14:56.790 --> 14:58.340 But I know that these guys are more than capable 14:58.340 --> 14:59.487 to take feedback that we got 14:59.487 --> 15:01.230 and kind of build for future operations 15:01.230 --> 15:04.173 to make us more a lethal platoon and a better unit.