WEBVTT 00:08.540 --> 00:12.150 Yeah . Yeah . Mhm . 00:15.240 --> 00:18.370 Yeah . Yeah . So about about every 45 00:18.370 --> 00:21.040 years , the national guard cycles 00:21.040 --> 00:24.160 through a National Training center 00:24.160 --> 00:26.940 event . It's different from Camp Shelby 00:26.940 --> 00:29.950 and that it's this area is the size of 00:29.950 --> 00:32.200 the state of Rhode island . And so we 00:32.200 --> 00:34.256 can see distances that we just don't 00:34.256 --> 00:36.422 get to see back home . So you can fire 00:36.422 --> 00:38.589 to you and you can see it make impacts 00:38.589 --> 00:41.300 a mile away . So there are certain 00:41.300 --> 00:43.411 advantages we get from being out here 00:43.411 --> 00:45.710 in this area . Good luck for training 00:45.710 --> 00:48.490 purposes . And it's just a great 00:48.490 --> 00:51.360 training venue is hot . It's hard , 00:51.740 --> 00:55.000 it's uncomfortable and it's very 00:55.000 --> 00:57.111 realistic , comparatively speaking to 00:57.111 --> 00:59.350 our fight in the desert in Afghanistan 00:59.350 --> 01:02.240 and Iraq . Yeah , 01:03.140 --> 01:06.980 part . Yeah . So a 01:06.980 --> 01:08.758 successful rotation first means 01:08.758 --> 01:10.758 bringing everybody back home safe . 01:10.840 --> 01:13.800 That's number one . Number two is that 01:13.800 --> 01:16.560 we get trained both individually and 01:16.570 --> 01:18.750 collectively as a unit . So that when 01:18.750 --> 01:21.083 we leave here we're better than we came , 01:21.083 --> 01:23.710 were more proficient at our jobs and 01:23.710 --> 01:25.932 we're just better all around soldiers , 01:25.932 --> 01:28.160 more aware of the , of the total fight 01:28.170 --> 01:32.050 and what it means to be a part of 01:32.050 --> 01:35.020 a former brigade combat . I'll talk to 01:35.020 --> 01:37.131 you over there , but you just have to 01:37.131 --> 01:39.353 have that means . Yeah . So this is all 01:39.353 --> 01:41.840 about developing leaders . It's all 01:41.840 --> 01:43.951 about testing the systems that we use 01:43.951 --> 01:46.520 so that we can communicate so that we 01:46.520 --> 01:48.464 can move down range so that we can 01:48.464 --> 01:51.780 order equipment and supplies and so we 01:51.780 --> 01:53.891 test those things in this environment 01:53.891 --> 01:55.950 and we take a lot for granted when 01:55.950 --> 01:58.830 we're just simply working in a room or 01:58.830 --> 02:01.240 planning cell , you don't really 02:01.240 --> 02:03.420 understand the tyranny of distance and 02:03.420 --> 02:06.520 time . And so this 02:07.040 --> 02:09.040 introduces those elements into your 02:09.040 --> 02:12.360 problem sets and our leaders and 02:12.360 --> 02:14.360 problem solvers really have to work 02:14.360 --> 02:17.790 hard to deliver fuel to deliver food , 02:17.790 --> 02:19.780 to deliver water , think about 02:19.780 --> 02:21.502 delivering ice in this kind of 02:21.502 --> 02:22.502 environment 02:28.550 --> 02:30.772 During this NTC rotation . I expect for 02:30.772 --> 02:32.994 us to get a lot of good training . Uh , 02:32.994 --> 02:35.050 we've already been trading since day 02:35.050 --> 02:37.106 one , bringing stuff down the manage 02:37.106 --> 02:39.328 trail , doing recovery missions . We've 02:39.328 --> 02:41.494 been repairing engines , just parts of 02:41.494 --> 02:43.661 the systems electronics . We did a lot 02:43.661 --> 02:43.640 of work . So the training aspect that 02:43.640 --> 02:45.418 we , that I'm intending to , my 02:45.418 --> 02:47.418 soldiers to receive , we've already 02:47.418 --> 02:49.696 started receiving it on day one . Yeah , 02:49.696 --> 02:51.862 I'm really excited for the opportunity 02:51.862 --> 02:51.770 to be out here . I think there's gonna 02:51.770 --> 02:53.881 be some great training . I love doing 02:53.881 --> 02:56.048 this stuff . This is fun and I hope my 02:56.048 --> 02:58.270 guys have a little bit of enjoyment for 02:58.270 --> 03:01.660 this too . It takes a lot of grid . 03:02.340 --> 03:04.750 I mean we're pounding pickets , playing 03:04.750 --> 03:06.806 concertina wire and it's a different 03:06.806 --> 03:08.917 world out here when you come out here 03:08.917 --> 03:11.083 is it's time to embrace it . But for a 03:11.083 --> 03:13.139 lot of young guys , they can go back 03:13.139 --> 03:15.306 and tell their family , hey , I didn't 03:15.306 --> 03:17.417 do this basic , but while we were out 03:17.417 --> 03:19.417 there , we did a whole lot more and 03:19.417 --> 03:21.472 then , But as far as combat engineer 03:21.472 --> 03:23.583 goes , when we get to blow stuff up , 03:23.583 --> 03:25.639 that's the highlight of our career . 03:30.640 --> 03:32.460 Yeah . Mhm . 03:37.240 --> 03:40.760 Mhm . Mhm . Yeah . 03:48.040 --> 03:49.040 Yeah . 03:52.440 --> 03:53.440 Mm . 03:57.040 --> 03:59.940 Yeah . Yeah , 04:01.140 --> 04:04.060 that's my fault boy . 04:05.140 --> 04:07.450 Yeah . Mhm . Mhm . 04:13.540 --> 04:15.560 Yeah . Mhm . 04:20.140 --> 04:23.950 I'm clear . Mhm . 04:38.540 --> 04:41.650 Okay . Mhm . 04:50.640 --> 04:52.240 Yeah . Thank you . 04:56.240 --> 04:59.360 Yeah . So your goal is to 04:59.740 --> 05:02.120 uh put together a plan to execute that 05:02.120 --> 05:05.090 plan to adjust fire when you have to 05:05.090 --> 05:08.420 adjust fire to make sure that logistics 05:08.420 --> 05:10.710 keeps up with your fight . If you'll 05:10.710 --> 05:13.700 just learn how to do those things and 05:13.700 --> 05:15.811 go back home , learning a few lessons 05:15.811 --> 05:17.922 from having to work really hard to be 05:17.922 --> 05:20.033 successful at those little things you 05:20.033 --> 05:22.200 got to do to take care of soldiers and 05:22.200 --> 05:24.089 to be successful . Do they define 05:24.089 --> 05:28.040 success ? Yeah . 05:29.640 --> 05:33.020 Mhm . Yeah , extremely proud of all the 05:33.020 --> 05:35.242 soldiers in the brigade and everybody's 05:35.242 --> 05:37.242 hard work throughout the rotation . 05:37.242 --> 05:39.298 They really worked out , They worked 05:39.298 --> 05:41.464 hard . They fought through adversity , 05:41.464 --> 05:44.240 um , the conditions out here at NTC or 05:44.250 --> 05:48.120 brutal . Um , they're hostile . Uh 05:48.130 --> 05:50.130 not only did they fight the general 05:50.130 --> 05:52.352 conditions , they fought the heat , the 05:52.352 --> 05:54.519 triple digit temperatures have made it 05:54.519 --> 05:56.574 extremely difficult and every single 05:56.574 --> 05:58.797 soldier stepped up , fought through and 05:58.797 --> 06:00.574 got mission accomplishment . So 06:00.574 --> 06:02.186 absolutely thrilled with the 06:02.186 --> 06:04.130 performance of the brigade . And I 06:04.130 --> 06:06.074 can't think each and every soldier 06:06.074 --> 06:08.186 enough for everything they've done in 06:08.186 --> 06:08.150 the hard work that they put in over the 06:08.150 --> 06:09.350 last several weeks . 06:22.040 --> 06:22.250 Mhm .