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Yeah . If you can fight and survive

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and the extreme of the Arctic Mm hmm .

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You can fight anywhere in the world .

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Yeah . Yeah .

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Uh , uh huh . Yeah . Mhm .

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Nora provides consistency and the

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length of the winter season up there is

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fairly unique , going well above the

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Arctic Circle . Additionally , it

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provides us an opportunity train with

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NATO partners and allies , okay .

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To get a more coalition capability in

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the Arctic environment . The main

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draw to Norway is really the ability to

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train with those allies and partners

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mentioned before . Oh , conducting a

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joint exercise with British , Norwegian

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and Dutch forces is

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unique and not replicated in other

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places consistently .

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Mhm . So we used the time after the

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exercise was cancelled in Norway , just

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again , whatever training opportunities

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we could that consisted of , uh , still

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pressing on with survival training in

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an Arctic environment , some

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introductory training for the Marines

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in the advance party to just gain an

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appreciation for what it takes to

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operate in the field in the Arctic .

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But yeah ,

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yeah , the Norwegians have taught us a

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lot about this environment and how to

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survive in it . The main way is to just

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know your buddy know your teammates

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keep an eye on them , keep mental

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checks , physical checks on them , just

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learning to use the environment to our

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benefit as opposed to fighting it . We

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try to use it as an advantage .

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Wow .

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Oh ,

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yeah ,

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yeah ,

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yeah .