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roving sands is the largest integrated

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air and missile defense exercise in the

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United States Though nearly 2000

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soldiers . And we conduct it as we

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continue to prepare for large scale

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combat operations in support of our

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maneuver force roving sands really

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provided a unique opportunity for the

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battalion and then ultimately for the

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soldiers . The key thing in roving

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sands that provides is a greater

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emphasis on force operations ,

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sustainment operations outside of the

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normal engagement operations for a

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patriot battalion . We focus a lot on

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engagement operations with our gunnery

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training , but events like roving sands

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allows us to go more so based defense

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drills react to contact a lot of the

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individual soldier task that we've been

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training for this last year . The

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soldiers have been able to put into

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action against a dynamic opt for

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challenging scenarios and they

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surprised us and they surprised me ,

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tough , realistic training prepares us

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and makes us ready for battle and we

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can only get better as leaders and lead

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if we're out participating in this

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realistic training and a realistic

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training environment . And really , as

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one of our senior leaders used to say ,

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embrace the . Absolutely no . This is

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is it supports our command teams and

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our junior noncommissioned officers and

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our soldiers to master the fundamentals .

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It gives them additional sets and reps

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and really at the end of the day , it's

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a cumulative training event for all the

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leaders time training that they've been

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doing throughout the year and

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incorporating it with the collective

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training . You know , when you think

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about what we do , when we deploy year

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in , year out in the same , come a oh

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are we don't get to focus on large

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scale combat operations and really we

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focus on what's called engagement

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operations . But this exercise was

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designed and I shaped my training

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objectives around working on force

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operations , you know , defending

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ourselves , executing tactical convoys

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from Point A to point B uh coordinating

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with a higher echelon in this case ,

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the third US Corps , an echelon that we

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don't typically get to work with a lot

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of value to what we're doing . But the

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end of the day , we've really been

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handed a golden opportunity to really

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learn and improve ourselves . So you

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have the experienced players who have

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done this before and then you have the

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inexperienced players who are doing it

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for the first time . And what I have

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noticed that is that they experienced

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soldiers who have been through Roland

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sands , understand the operation ,

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They've utilized their experience to uh

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to better comfort those who are doing

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it for the first time . And the

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motivation level , The tenacity for

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people to pay attention to safety , pay

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attention to detail and fully

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understand the mission set from the

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lowest level to the highest level has

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been uh , has been very paramount in

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the success for this mission