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(rain falling)

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(haunting, inspirational piano)

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- My company, Bridge
Company, Bridge Platoon,

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we're out here in the CTA,
the engineer training area,

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One Bravo Two Bravo.

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We're doing a patrolling
exercise and evaluation.

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(water sloshing)

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So the reason that Bridge
Platoon does a patrol evaluation

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every three to six months,

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just to make sure the
Marines are squared away.

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The age-old adage of
every Marine a rifleman,

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and then as Bridge Platoon if
we're in support of the MEF,

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and we needed to build a bridge,

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my guys are gonna be at the
forward edge of the battle

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building that bridge,

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so it's a skill we've gotta keep sharp.

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- [Radio Operator] This is Bravo Maine.

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- Bravo Maine, this is
Bonnie, send your traffic.

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- [Dakota] So the environment that's

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at the CTA training area

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kinda mimics a lot of how
the Pacific Asia looks.

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The really thick, dense
jungles, the rolling hills,

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the deep ravines, it's something.

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This training area you
can't get out in Lejeune.

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You can't get it in the
States in most places,

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so to come out here, deal
with the weather effects,

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the drastic changes that
you get almost per hour

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just tells us to be more prepared,

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and we have to operate
somewhere within the AO.

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Engineers are usually at the forward edge,

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you know, the tip of
the spear kind of deal,

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so we gotta have that discipline.

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But also like the self-motivation,

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a lot of guys, to do field ops like this,

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you know it really gets
the Marines remembering

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why we're out here.

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People fought on Okinawa a long time ago,

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so we're out here training.

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(drum beating)