WEBVTT 00:00.058 --> 00:03.350 (jet engines rumbling) 00:03.350 --> 00:06.520 - Yeah, as much time as you guys need. 00:06.520 --> 00:08.670 We can take like 45 minutes to zero. 00:08.670 --> 00:11.490 However long you guys need, and then-- 00:11.490 --> 00:13.790 - [Woman] And then when they're about to fire. 00:15.620 --> 00:17.040 - Yeah, we'll pitch in right here. 00:17.040 --> 00:19.460 We'll pull vehicles that aren't firing back, 00:19.460 --> 00:20.988 and then the two that are on the line. 00:20.988 --> 00:23.655 (wind rumbling) 00:24.605 --> 00:27.522 (Marines chatting) 00:34.789 --> 00:37.403 - I think we met a couple days ago. 00:37.403 --> 00:38.703 I'm the platoon commander. 00:40.550 --> 00:42.290 So yeah, if you guys wanna gather around, 00:42.290 --> 00:44.283 this is Corporal Tredeck. 00:44.283 --> 00:46.750 He's one of our 0352 missilemen, 00:46.750 --> 00:49.230 and so he's sort of one of our subject matter experts. 00:49.230 --> 00:50.560 This is Sergeant Merriquin. 00:50.560 --> 00:51.410 He's another 0352 missileman. 00:51.410 --> 00:53.733 He's the commander for this vehicle. 00:57.820 --> 00:58.653 - Morning everyone. 00:58.653 --> 01:00.370 My name is Corporal Tredeck. 01:00.370 --> 01:01.920 I'm with 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance, 01:01.920 --> 01:06.060 and this is our, we specialize in anti-armor warfare. 01:06.060 --> 01:07.810 We use our heavy anti-armor weapon system 01:07.810 --> 01:11.360 being the Saber system using a ITAS, 01:11.360 --> 01:14.080 and we use it to launch TOW missiles. 01:14.080 --> 01:17.650 Whether that be the small arms, combined arms, 01:17.650 --> 01:22.650 IDF, CAS, any platforms you have that are available to you. 01:24.067 --> 01:27.720 IDF, CAS, I'm sure you guys have rocket launchers 01:27.720 --> 01:31.560 or like your own heavy weapons that you guys have. 01:31.560 --> 01:35.970 The best way to engage enemy armor is with combined arms. 01:35.970 --> 01:38.390 You're never gonna wanna go against enemy armor alone. 01:38.390 --> 01:41.050 There the other team or vehicle is using 01:41.050 --> 01:44.050 whatever assets they have to engage and destroy enemy armor. 01:47.173 --> 01:48.071 - Yeah, exactly. (wind rumbling) 01:48.071 --> 01:53.071 (Marines chatting) (wind rumbling) 01:58.892 --> 02:02.397 - And we can try. (wind rumbling) 02:02.397 --> 02:07.397 (Marines chatting) (wind rumbling) 02:11.044 --> 02:14.914 - [Marine] Hand and arm signal for cease fire. 02:14.914 --> 02:18.247 (diesel engine revving) 02:23.264 --> 02:26.181 (chain gun firing) 02:28.491 --> 02:31.824 (diesel engine revving) 02:34.602 --> 02:39.602 (servos whining) (diesel engine rumbling) 03:02.303 --> 03:03.383 - Made a mistake. 03:04.373 --> 03:06.423 He made a mistake; he has to fix the gun. 03:08.566 --> 03:09.860 - [Marine] Like my gunner. 03:09.860 --> 03:12.530 - Yeah, yeah he made a mistake. 03:12.530 --> 03:13.980 Yeah, he's gotta fix the gun. 03:16.881 --> 03:20.557 (helicopter blades whirring) 03:20.557 --> 03:25.557 (chain gun firing) (machine gun firing) 03:28.882 --> 03:31.799 (chain gun firing) 03:32.733 --> 03:37.733 (chain gun firing) (Marines shouting) 03:41.113 --> 03:46.113 (chain gun firing) (machine gun firing) 03:49.005 --> 03:52.088 (machine gun firing) 03:53.467 --> 03:56.804 (machine gun firing) 03:56.804 --> 03:59.721 (chain gun firing) 04:00.702 --> 04:05.702 (chain gun firing) (machine gun firing) 04:08.549 --> 04:11.466 (chain gun firing) 04:14.090 --> 04:16.910 - My favorite experience during Common Dog 04:16.910 --> 04:19.670 is really just talking and hanging out 04:19.670 --> 04:23.650 with the Filipino Marine Corps and the rest of their forces 04:23.650 --> 04:25.540 talking about their experience and a lot 04:25.540 --> 04:27.550 of the training that they do. 04:27.550 --> 04:30.324 Definitely the thing that I've seen that is important 04:30.324 --> 04:35.324 on my level is just the micro bi-lateral training, 04:35.480 --> 04:38.340 just working with 'em, seeing how their LAVs work, 04:38.340 --> 04:42.000 how they conduct their operations, 04:42.000 --> 04:43.620 and then also showing them how we do it 04:43.620 --> 04:45.300 and how we can kinda cross-train 04:45.300 --> 04:48.580 and have just a really effective force if we work together. 04:48.580 --> 04:52.740 So today, we conducted a section gunnery with our LAV-25s 04:52.740 --> 04:55.540 and the Filipino version of the LAV, 04:56.490 --> 05:00.500 and section gunnery is we just have multiple vehicles 05:00.500 --> 05:02.110 pretty much using talking guns 05:02.110 --> 05:06.190 and getting rounds downrange effectively. 05:06.190 --> 05:10.460 So talking guns is when we have multiple vehicles on line, 05:10.460 --> 05:13.680 and one gun is shooting, and then it pauses, 05:13.680 --> 05:16.020 and the next gun picks up almost instantly 05:16.020 --> 05:19.190 so it conserves ammunition and it makes the enemy think 05:19.190 --> 05:21.419 that we're continuously firing at all times. 05:21.419 --> 05:23.700 It's gonna help both of our nations 'cause one, 05:23.700 --> 05:26.390 it shows us that we can work together effectively, 05:26.390 --> 05:28.960 and also with the multiple different weapons systems 05:28.960 --> 05:31.033 between the U.S. and the Filipinos, 05:31.870 --> 05:34.903 we can effectively engage different targets. 05:35.910 --> 05:38.610 - Well what the LAV brings to the table as far as 05:38.610 --> 05:42.160 conducting security and reconnaissance operations, 05:42.160 --> 05:45.420 it can do a lot as far as going up and down terrain 05:45.420 --> 05:47.190 and doing a lot of things like that, 05:47.190 --> 05:48.760 and it brings a lot of firepower to the fight 05:48.760 --> 05:51.610 'cause we have a 25-millimeter Bushmaster chain gun up top 05:51.610 --> 05:55.180 and a coax, an M240-B, so we have three different 05:55.180 --> 05:57.500 weapons systems to fire from. 05:57.500 --> 05:59.070 - [Interviewer] Awesome. 05:59.070 --> 06:00.050 - The best part about working with the 06:00.050 --> 06:03.990 Filipino Marine Corps is that they're very intelligent 06:03.990 --> 06:06.200 and very humble in everything that they do, 06:06.200 --> 06:10.520 so their training is a lot oriented towards ours, 06:10.520 --> 06:13.823 so the communication between them is very easy.