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- We're conducting land nav,

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making sure that our medics get
the training that they need,

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especially 'cause a lot of
them are eligible for EFMB.

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EFMB is the Expert Field Medical Badge.

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So it's for a lot of medics
and I think other MOSs

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that all meet up to do rigorous training,

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so it's competitive.

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They could be expecting
to learn the terrain,

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how to get to their points,
navigate themselves,

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exercise their patience in
dealing with the terrain,

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and mistakes that they've made,

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self-correct themselves and
keep moving with the course.

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So it teaches a lot of perseverance.

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Land nav is stressful sometimes,

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especially if you're
trying to get to your point

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and you can't find it.

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And it just helps them to learn,

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"Okay, I need to be
patient and just sit here,

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"relook at my map, reorient
myself, and keep driving on."

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We're a support battalion.

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The brigade kinda needs
us all over the place

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with medical tasks and things like that.

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So it's not very often

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we get to do individual
training like this.

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So the soldiers really enjoy it.

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They love doing it.

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So it's a great thing for them.

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