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- I'm First Lieutenant Kennan Miller,

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I'm with 3rd Battalion 7th Marines

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and currently serving as the
CAAT Red Platoon Commander

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with weapons company.

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So my CAAT Platoon or
Combined Anti-Armor Team

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is a construct combining
heavy machine guns,

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as well as anti-armor capabilities

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to better fulfill the ultimate mission

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of anti-armor operations.

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So what that allows us to
do is operate on the fringes

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of our battalion battle
space using reporting

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as well as our communications
abilities and reconnaissance

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in order to provide
information to the battalion

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so they can better make decisions.

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As well as depending on tasking

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we can provide destructive capabilities

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using anti-armor assets with our TOWS

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and our Javelin missiles,

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as well as with our
M2A1 heavy machine guns

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and Mk 19 grenade launchers.

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So the ups that's happening today

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is the AME MEDEVAC rehearsal.

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So down here in Australia
what we do is we work jointly

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with The Australians to
provide medical services

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in lieu of Marines providing

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dedicated Air CASEVAC platforms.

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So today what we're doing is we're working

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with the Australian CareFlight personnel

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in order to conduct an overall rehearsal

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and proof of concept, as
well as work our procedures.

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So that when we ultimately
move into live fire

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and an actual like full-scale training,

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we can all move forward
knowing full and well

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that the process does work,
that communication is solid

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between every unit and then we can train,

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knowing that we're taken
care of by the Australians.

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Absolutely, this 100% keeps us ready

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'cause especially the procedures
that we're using today,

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we are actually proving
full proof of concept

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of Air CASEVAC using our procedures,

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9-Lines, Z mists, we're
gonna be linking up

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with the bird in the air.

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So we're going to be practicing LZ briefs,

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just the way that we
would with any Marine Unit

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if they were to provide Air
CASEVAC or MEDEVAC to us.

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So this is a training
exercise just as much for us.

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As it is a proof of concept and training

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for the CareFlight personnel.

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So overall, this is
something that increases

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our capability just as much
as it increases theirs.

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Absolutely, when we execute
these types of things,

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the Marine should come
out of it knowing that,

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the medical personnel with
CareFlight are competent

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and they are capable of doing their jobs

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as well as their leadership specifically,

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are able to take care of them
should an emergency arise.

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That we are capable of calling in for air,

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assessing casualties and
making the right decisions

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so that if they ever
get hurt while training

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that we will do the right things by them

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and get them taken care of, so
that they don't have to worry

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about that in the back of their mind.

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They can go forward with full confidence

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knowing that they are taken
care of by multiple entities.

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So Marines being down
here is more important

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than most people realize.

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Not just tactically
and learning to operate

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in jungle environments or
different environments,

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especially for the
units that are down here

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that are used to operating in the desert.

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But specifically working
that interoperability

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and training with our allies.

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Because as we've seen in the past,

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basically in every single
war we've ever fought

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and it hasn't been just America,

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our allies are extremely important

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and this is how you
foster those relationships

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is by regularly training with,

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so that not only are we getting out here

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and working with them and we know them,

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but as we train with them,
they know our capabilities

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and we know their capabilities.

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So in the same way that
this rehearsal today

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is proving to the Marines
that CareFlight is capable

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of doing their job and
taking care of them.

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I think this deployment
is overall the exact same,

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where we are proving to the Australians

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that the Marine Corps or
every unit that is deployed

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here with murfD is capable
and competent in their job

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and in the same way,

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when the Australians are training with us,

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we know that they are extremely lethal

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and capable fighters themselves.

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So moving forward,

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this is an extremely important deployment

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on multiple levels not just the
tactical level where I'm at.