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- [Narrator] During exercises
like African Lion 2019,

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the flow of classified
information can make or break

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the mission especially
on the African continent.

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Marine Master Sergeant Brian Dimock,

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the lead Africa Mission Network planner,

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tells us why a secure
communications network is essential.

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- AMNET, AMNET stands for
the Africa Mission Network

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and it is USAFRICOM's
episodic fight tonight

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coalition network that
gives us the ability

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to share classified
information with our partners

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for a specific operation,
mission, or exercise.

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Previous to AMNET our only
means of sharing information

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with our partners was
over unclassified networks

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or bilateral networks which means

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just between us and one other country.

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So, we created a network
that we could bring up

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for a specific exercise
that would allow us

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to bring in a coalition
of countries really based

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off of lessons learned
from a previous operation

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that USAFRICOM identified
that there was a need

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for a classified network
that would allow us

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to share information with
a predetermined list,

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a group of our partners.

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- [Narrator] Master Sergeant
Dimock also tells us

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how crucial working together
with our Moroccan partners

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has been for the Africa
Mission Network system

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to grow and flourish during the exercise.

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Without their assistance,

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the network could not become operational.

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- So, it was absolutely essential.

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So, Morocco is a very capable partner

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and working with the
second signal battalion out

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of Morocco we were able to
extend the Africa Mission Network

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not only here at the
southern zone headquarters

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in Agadir but also to the
national JOC in Rabat.

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And that would not have been possible

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without their assistance
or technical expertise.