WEBVTT 00:02.620 --> 00:04.890 - [Interviewer] All right, are you ready? 00:04.890 --> 00:06.870 All right, go ahead and state your name, 00:06.870 --> 00:08.623 rank, and your position. 00:10.360 --> 00:11.420 - Captain Josh Coleman, 00:11.420 --> 00:13.680 I'm the company commander for Chaos Company. 00:13.680 --> 00:17.160 1-68 Armor, part of the 3rd Brigade Armored Combat Team. 00:17.160 --> 00:19.460 - [Interviewer] And so you were the commander 00:19.460 --> 00:23.000 for the unit that did the live fire today. 00:23.000 --> 00:24.690 How do you feel like they did? 00:24.690 --> 00:26.710 - It was good, it was a good experience. 00:26.710 --> 00:29.020 This has been kind of the culmination 00:29.020 --> 00:32.020 of the last seven months of training for the team. 00:32.020 --> 00:33.250 We were able to come out today 00:33.250 --> 00:36.453 and execute a U.S. only combined arms live fire, 00:37.310 --> 00:40.200 in which we incorporated our company team, 00:40.200 --> 00:41.650 comprised of two armored platoons 00:41.650 --> 00:44.030 and one mechanized infantry platoon, 00:44.030 --> 00:45.910 executing a combined armed breach 00:46.760 --> 00:51.290 as well as a dismounted infantry objective 00:51.290 --> 00:54.420 culminating in a defensive linear ops course. 00:54.420 --> 00:55.780 - [Interviewer] Excellent, so, 00:55.780 --> 00:58.140 now having a general officer around, 00:58.140 --> 00:59.390 does that change your plan up 00:59.390 --> 01:01.620 at all while you're getting ready, 01:01.620 --> 01:03.420 or are you just, you just go out next week? 01:03.420 --> 01:04.360 - To be honest with you, 01:04.360 --> 01:06.840 we really didn't consider we knew there'd be VIPs out there, 01:06.840 --> 01:11.010 but we've been drillin' these exercises 01:11.010 --> 01:12.453 over the last seven months, 01:13.410 --> 01:17.020 getting ready for these collective training exercises. 01:17.020 --> 01:18.110 And to be honest with you, 01:18.110 --> 01:21.220 we just think this is another day out on the range course. 01:21.220 --> 01:24.770 And so we just executed as we know how to. 01:24.770 --> 01:26.170 - [Interviewer] You guys did great. 01:26.170 --> 01:29.603 What train up did you have prior to the- 01:29.603 --> 01:30.436 (mumbles) 01:30.436 --> 01:31.610 What was your training for 01:31.610 --> 01:33.500 this deployment kind of look like? 01:33.500 --> 01:35.090 - Just like any training progression goes, 01:35.090 --> 01:36.660 we always start at the individual level. 01:36.660 --> 01:38.530 Qualifying on individual weapon systems 01:38.530 --> 01:41.470 and then working up to the collective trainings 01:41.470 --> 01:45.430 from squads to teams, or team to squad up the platoon, 01:45.430 --> 01:47.140 and then culminating in company 01:47.140 --> 01:51.454 and often battalion level exercises. 01:51.454 --> 01:54.887 - [Interviewer] That's all right. 01:54.887 --> 01:57.690 So, you've been here in Jordan for probably two weeks. 01:57.690 --> 01:59.240 Did you go on the first cultural day? 01:59.240 --> 02:01.230 - I did not have the opportunity to go on the first one, 02:01.230 --> 02:02.200 but I am looking forward to, 02:02.200 --> 02:04.210 as well as the rest of the company, 02:04.210 --> 02:06.700 the majority of us are going on the 30th, 02:06.700 --> 02:10.380 splitting between the Petra trip as well as the Dead Sea. 02:10.380 --> 02:12.130 - [Interviewer] And then, so after that, 02:12.130 --> 02:14.580 then we'll really get more time 02:14.580 --> 02:15.700 working with the Jordanians. 02:15.700 --> 02:17.290 Are you excited to work with the Jordanians? 02:17.290 --> 02:19.730 - Oh absolutely, this is a great opportunity 02:19.730 --> 02:21.480 for us and for the soldiers. 02:21.480 --> 02:24.720 They're excited to get to do some joint training 02:24.720 --> 02:26.620 as a part of a coalition, 02:26.620 --> 02:28.080 get some experience working with 02:28.080 --> 02:29.793 some of our partner nation forces. 02:32.040 --> 02:34.960 Being here in Kuwait prior to coming to Jordan, 02:34.960 --> 02:36.820 we didn't have a lot of good experience training 02:36.820 --> 02:39.170 with our joint partners, 02:39.170 --> 02:41.060 but this is a good time for us 02:41.060 --> 02:43.303 to be a part of this exercise. 02:45.620 --> 02:46.590 Has a lot of visibility, 02:46.590 --> 02:49.490 not only with CENTCOM but it will be an opportunity 02:49.490 --> 02:51.510 for us to work with not only the Jordanians, 02:51.510 --> 02:54.500 but work with the Qataris and Saudis as well. 02:54.500 --> 02:55.333 - [Interviewer] All right, anything you want to say 02:55.333 --> 02:57.870 to the wife, the kids, the grandparents? 02:57.870 --> 02:59.845 - Nope, just three more months. 02:59.845 --> 03:01.195 I've been waitin' for this.