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- [Marlon] Allied Spirit X
is a multinational exercise

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used to evaluate secure
communication capabilities

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between NATO allies and partners.

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- If you are not a master in a language,

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you are shy, you don't
ask, you don't discuss,

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you don't exchange experiences.

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- [Marlon] The higher command

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for this iteration of the
Seventh Army Training Command

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conducted exercise in Hohenfels, Germany

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is the German 1st Armored Division.

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The focus for this Allied Spirit

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is to refine those
techniques and procedures

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for communications and improve

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on previous lessons of interoperability.

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- This is the best opportunity to use

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the interoperability between our systems,

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the German system, and also
the multinational systems

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to be able to have a contact, to have data

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and data link between the
gun and our communication.

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- [Marlon] Artillery systems
cooperation activities,

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or ASKA, is an embedded interface

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that enhances interoperability
and enables communication

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between multinational fire systems.

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However, there are additional
communication systems

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evaluated for fires.

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- So, the German LNOs are equipped

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with a German C2IS system, and of course,

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the German units under command

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21st Armored Brigade,
they are also equipped

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and that ensures proper communication.

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- [Marlon] Allied Spirit
is a United States Army

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Europe-directed exercise
involving 15 nations.

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Reporting from Hohenfels, Germany,

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I'm Army Staff Sergeant Marlon Styles.