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(helicopter propellers turn)
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- So the FARP is a Forward
Arming and Refueling Point.

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Basically, it's our... It's where the

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aircraft come to get armed.

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If they're Apaches then they come

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to get fuel before they go into the fight,

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or to drop off personnel;
any type of mission.

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They come here first to get fueled.

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(helicopter propellers turn)

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- So the FARP has been set up here

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for about a week and a half.

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And we are set up here, mainly for

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the Apaches this week to rearm them,

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so they can perform their functions.

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- While they were doing their gunnery,

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earlier this week, we had the Black Hawks

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and the (mumbles)
performing gunnery as well.

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So this is the main point
for them to come refuel.

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(helicopter propellers turn)

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- The bird lands, we get
checked in on the radio,

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and we have two people go it there.

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And as far as the truck goes,

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we have one operator on the truck.

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And he relays the hand
signals back the truck,

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and he relays them back to the fire guard.

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And he activates the truck

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starts pushing fuel out to the aircraft.

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(helicopter propellers turn)

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- As opposed to being behind the lines,

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as I previously mentioned, we're actually

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a Forward Arming and Refueling Point.

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So we go out into the worst
parts of the battle field

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and we set up a FARP, so that
when aircraft are finished

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doing their mission, they
can come and quickly refuel,

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and get right back into the fight.

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