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- We learned a great many lessons

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from these battles in World War II,

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in some cases, the hard way,

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and one of the things we did

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was we were able to develop additional

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landing craft and tactics,

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such as the LCU, landing craft utility,

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and how we were able to use them,

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for example, at Incheon in the Korean War,

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During the Vietnam War, we
developed the Brown Water Navy,

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as a lot of veterans refer to it,

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in the Mekong and its tributaries.

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We learned about additional tactics,

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we learned how to tighten
up our formations,

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we learned to gain the
element of surprise,

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we learned to develop naval
gunfire support to a fine art.

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We eventually developed
vertical envelopment

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when we introduced helicopters.

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And that enabled us to simultaneously land

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and flank the enemy on
both sides of the beaches,

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which was a tremendous strategic
and tactical flexibility.

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- We've come a long
way since World War II.

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We no longer line up a
hundred ships and send them

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towards a beach that's
full of enemy defenses.

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That was very costly in World War II.

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It was the best that
they could do at the time

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with the technology and the
capabilities that they had,

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so they didn't have much of a choice.

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Nowadays, we wanna go
where the enemy's not,

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so we wanna to gain access

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without going into the teeth of the enemy.

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So we have those capabilities
with our aircraft,

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to be able to fly in,
especially the MV-22.

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It gives us a lot longer range

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to be able to insert Marines
and troops ashore from the sea.

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We also have our LCACs,

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our hovercraft-landing craft capability

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that goes a lot faster
than the landing craft

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they had in World War II, so
a lot longer range with that.

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We can keep our ships
basically over the horizon

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where they're protected
somewhat from the threat

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more than they were in
the the World War II era.

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We still have a forcible entry capability.

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So with our amphibious ships

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partnered with a carrier strike group

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and with all the other
abilities that we have,

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we're able to gain access into countries

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where we need to gain access to.

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We're able to put Marines ashore,

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either with our aircraft
or our landing craft

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and also with their armored vehicles,

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the AAVs that they have.

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- We are the legitimate backbone

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of all amphibious operation.

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You have certain platforms
that are faster than us,

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but they can only hit in certain areas,

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certain beaches they're able to scale.

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Like I said, we're, just
like the Higgin boats,

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we're effective anywhere.

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As long as there is a coastline,

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we can get up on it and
do what we have to do.

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We can handle anything as large as

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three M1 Abrams Tanks on board

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and taking that to a
beach and offloading it.

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- [Zeverick] We've evolved over the years

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with a lot of lessons learned

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from our brother and sister
that sailed before us

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in how to make sure we do
this thing more precisely,

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safely, and with better
technology and that's a key thing.

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I think the technology has
allowed us to be more precise

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in acquiring the target and
then putting things in place

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pretty much exactly where
it's supposed to be.

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- The LCAC gives the
Operational Commanders

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the ability to do an
over-the-horizon assault.

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We can operate 200 nautical
miles from the host ship.

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That allows us a lot of
leeway on the beachfront.

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We can carry a 60 ton payload
at speeds up to 50 knots.

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We open up the world shoreline.

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A traditional LCU could
hit about 15 to 17%

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of the shoreline throughout the world.

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We hit about 70% because we
don't have to worry about

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things like reefs and shallow water depth,

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so it opens up the beach.

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Our training, we train around our H-hour,

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the time that we're going to hit the beach

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and the idea is that the
beach is clear when we hit it.

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We bring the Marines ashore
quickly 'cause we're fast.

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We bring them, they stand up the force,

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and they go in and fight the war.

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But it's all around
that same time principal

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where the bombardment's completed,

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we're going in as the
last shells are hitting.

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And as soon as that H-hour
goes, we cross the beach,

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drop the ramps, let the Marines go,

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and carry on the battle plan.

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- Do we have the capability to
do a forcible entry opposed?

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We do, but with possibly
significant casualties

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and problems that go with that.

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So we wanna go where the
enemy's not, gain access,

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and then use our maneuver
warfare capability

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to get around the enemy

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and attack those critical
vulnerabilities vice,

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a head-to-head, assault the beach,

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frontal assault on the beach,
World War II type thing.

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