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Hi , I'm Major john bolton and I'm the

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Australian contingent Commander for

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exercise . Grew to shield 2022 . The

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Australian contingent consists of one

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combat team of about 80 soldiers and

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we've come here to participate in all

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of the field training and the live fire

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training that's been occurring over the

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last couple of weeks , critical to us .

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Being able to participate in all of

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this training has been the logistic

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support that we've been able to link in

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with and be enabled by . And

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part of that really has has come from

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the 90th sustainment brigade and we've

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really felt their impact and the impact

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of their soldiers who've been able to

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get out to us in the field with some

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Indonesian energy drinks that we're

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nice and cold as well as some mris and

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All those things that when you're in

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the jungle and you're tired and you're

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hungry and you're hot . That really

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help you to keep going . So it's been a

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wonderful activity for us and we

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couldn't have done it without the

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support of our friends in America and

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in particular , the 90th sustainment

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brigade and their soldiers from me to

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you . Thank you very much . Okay ,

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tough hombres . My name is Major

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General steve smith . I'm the

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commanding general of the Seventh

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Infantry Division out of Joint Base

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Lewis mcchord . There's a couple of

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things I want to say to this fantastic

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brigade . First of all , thank you for

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being absolute experts in your field .

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You have been absolutely professional ,

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incredible . Responsive , positive .

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Upbeat you solved every one of our

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problems . Nothing we do here at super

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good . A shield in Indonesia would have

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worked without the tough hombres from

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getting off the porch , getting here ,

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all the sustainment , all the work

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orders , the fueling everything that

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occurred here was due to your hard work ,

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your professionalism , your expertise ,

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none of it were to happen without you .

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So thank you very much . The second

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thing I want to say to our reserve

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component counterparts comp 03 is thank

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you for what you do . This comes at a

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cost , you're busy , you're doing a

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professional job , you have a civilian

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job that you're trying to manage , but

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coming here and helping us , nothing we

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do in the active component in Campo one

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can happen without a reserve and

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National Guard counterparts . This is

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truly a multi campo fight out here .

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Joint multi campo multinational soft

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conventional forces , but I can't say

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enough about what a reserve

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counterparts do for us each and every

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day , your expertise , your

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professionalism , we rely on that . So

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thank you for what you do . Thank you

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for everything the tough hombres have

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done for us and Superglue to shield ,

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we have had a strategic impact over

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here . We've learned , we've grown with

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our multinational partners are joint

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partners . Thank you very much safe

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travels . If you're ever in Joint base

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Lewis mcchord , you have a home in the

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bayonet division trusting me bayonet