WEBVTT 00:01.440 --> 00:03.820 I'm Captain Quentin Brooks on the HHC 00:03.820 --> 00:05.931 Commander for the first of the 50 3rd 00:05.931 --> 00:08.098 one 73rd Airborne Brigade . We're here 00:08.098 --> 00:10.710 today at Eagle . So called 21 in 00:10.710 --> 00:13.460 Sylvania paycheck training area . Dog 00:13.460 --> 00:15.793 company is conducting section live fire . 00:15.793 --> 00:17.849 We first start out with a blank fire 00:17.849 --> 00:19.738 and then we move into a live fire 00:19.738 --> 00:22.200 execution where they essentially pull 00:22.200 --> 00:24.144 up to a firing position with their 00:24.144 --> 00:28.010 trucks . They use a tow missile to fire 00:28.010 --> 00:30.810 on an armored target and then advanced 00:30.810 --> 00:33.840 forward to their objective where they 00:33.850 --> 00:35.683 have dismounts come out of their 00:35.683 --> 00:38.460 vehicles and conduct a battle drill six 00:38.470 --> 00:41.540 on a building , clear that building and 00:41.540 --> 00:43.970 then retrograde from the objective . I 00:43.970 --> 00:45.803 think the overall thing that the 00:45.803 --> 00:47.914 paratroopers are learning here is how 00:47.914 --> 00:49.970 to shoot , move and communicate with 00:49.970 --> 00:52.137 our partner nations . The support from 00:52.137 --> 00:54.303 TSC Vicenza has supported our training 00:54.303 --> 00:56.590 exercise by providing the products we 00:56.590 --> 00:58.890 need to become a lethal force to train 00:58.890 --> 01:01.001 and that lethal force that provide us 01:01.001 --> 01:04.650 with , uh , the target tree and the 01:04.660 --> 01:07.400 tools to use in order to create a tough 01:07.400 --> 01:09.567 and realistic training . This training 01:09.567 --> 01:11.678 builds lethality and readiness for my 01:11.678 --> 01:14.180 team by providing a unique area to 01:14.190 --> 01:16.500 execute this training in . Typically , 01:16.500 --> 01:18.611 we go to different areas in Europe to 01:18.611 --> 01:20.722 train , and this is one that's unique 01:20.722 --> 01:22.833 in that it provides us an opportunity 01:22.833 --> 01:25.360 to get into the terrain . You can see 01:25.360 --> 01:27.360 behind you the difficult terrain as 01:27.360 --> 01:30.160 well as the dense vegetation to conduct 01:30.160 --> 01:32.104 some of our reconnaissance and our 01:32.104 --> 01:35.220 mortar fire as well as our section live 01:35.220 --> 01:37.442 fire with our dog company . The overall 01:37.442 --> 01:39.430 objective of Eagle SoCal has a few 01:39.430 --> 01:41.850 components to it . First and foremost 01:41.850 --> 01:43.961 is the interoperability training that 01:43.961 --> 01:45.961 we get with our Sylvania partners . 01:45.961 --> 01:48.017 Secondly , it's the key task that we 01:48.017 --> 01:50.183 have to train to improve our readiness 01:50.183 --> 01:52.406 within our unit , to deploy , fight and 01:52.406 --> 01:54.572 win in any location as well as tough , 01:54.572 --> 01:56.628 realistic training , covid effects , 01:56.628 --> 01:58.794 all training that we do as it has been 01:58.794 --> 02:00.970 a year . Now that we've been dealing 02:00.970 --> 02:03.260 with this virus , it's really the first 02:03.260 --> 02:06.650 exercise that we've had multi 02:06.650 --> 02:09.170 national attention to . As this 02:09.170 --> 02:11.670 battalion , we've had certain 02:11.670 --> 02:13.670 mitigating factors in order to make 02:13.670 --> 02:15.610 this training of possibility . We 02:15.610 --> 02:17.832 really follow all the simple steps that 02:17.832 --> 02:20.620 we follow back in Garrison that's 02:21.000 --> 02:23.167 staying within our bubbles . What that 02:23.167 --> 02:26.050 means is team squads , platoons stay 02:26.050 --> 02:28.310 together and do not have close 02:28.320 --> 02:30.431 interaction with other teams , squads 02:30.431 --> 02:32.930 and platoons . We take Slovenians , 02:32.930 --> 02:35.041 other Slovenians when we need to work 02:35.041 --> 02:36.874 with them and that we limit that 02:36.874 --> 02:38.986 interaction and we maintain our space 02:38.986 --> 02:41.208 and with them when we do have to work , 02:41.208 --> 02:43.620 we find interesting and different ways 02:43.620 --> 02:46.280 to get after the training in order to 02:46.290 --> 02:48.830 meet our requirements to get that 02:49.000 --> 02:49.950 interoperability .