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Yeah . Mhm . Hello ,

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I'm Sergeant Dill , Great Watford and

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welcome to the F in europe report . The

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US Navy Fifth Fleet is tasked with

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promoting a safe maritime environment

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and it did that in a big way recently

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with the seizing of a large shipment of

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weapons , USS Monterey and it's

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assigned US Coast Guard Advanced

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Interdiction Team seized an illegal

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shipment of weapons from a dow in

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international waters of the North

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Arabian Sea . During the two day

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operation , the Monterey provided 36

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hours of Overwatch and security for the

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boarding teams . The cache of weapons

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included dozens of anti-tank guided

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missiles , thousands of assault rifles

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and hundreds of machine guns , sniper

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rifles and rocket propelled grenade

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launchers . Other weapons components

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included advanced optical sights . The

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US Navy conducts routine patrols in the

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region to ensure the free flow and

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safety of legitimate maritime traffic .

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The original source and intended

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destination of the material is

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currently under investigation to combat

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the ever changing threats to aircrews .

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The United States Air Force in europe

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Air Force Africa has brought back a

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squadron not seen in four decades . The

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19th tactical electronic warfare

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squadron , retired in 1970 has been

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redesignated as the 19th Electronic

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warfare Squadron . The 19th E . W . S .

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Is a Tri nation detachment specializing

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in training US service members and NATO

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partners . Some of the new capabilities

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include the growth and technical

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hardware , like the wideband joint

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threat emitters to effectively support

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the crew of the latest generation of

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fighter aircraft , which is exactly

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what the squadron provides . According

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to its commander , we are a squadron

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that meets the needs of fifth

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generation aircraft in theater and

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their integration with the rest of the

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International NATO Force . They need

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more advanced , near peer training

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scenarios and that's what we are here

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to offer . That's it for the F in

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europe report . Thanks for watching .

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Mhm . Yeah .