WEBVTT 00:01.299 --> 00:03.410 It always kind of been like an option 00:03.410 --> 00:05.688 in the back of my mind . Um , and then , 00:05.688 --> 00:07.855 yeah , second year of uni did the like 00:07.855 --> 00:10.090 selection for Sanur and started here 00:10.100 --> 00:12.267 back in September . Yeah , I think , I 00:12.267 --> 00:14.211 mean , you have to understand what 00:14.211 --> 00:16.433 you're asking people to do and the only 00:16.433 --> 00:18.489 way to do that is to try out all the 00:18.489 --> 00:20.767 roles and kind of understand what they , 00:20.767 --> 00:19.559 what they can see what their 00:19.569 --> 00:21.347 understanding is and what their 00:21.347 --> 00:22.347 experience is 00:25.649 --> 00:27.940 so far . It's been so good . 30 odd 00:27.950 --> 00:29.569 weeks down now 44 is total 00:29.819 --> 00:31.930 multinational force has been training 00:31.930 --> 00:34.263 with them . It's been great . It's just , 00:34.263 --> 00:34.189 it's been overall great . The 00:34.200 --> 00:36.367 friendship camara has been good , that 00:36.367 --> 00:38.422 sense of team that we talked about a 00:38.422 --> 00:40.644 lot in the States . It's really here in 00:40.644 --> 00:39.669 the company . It's really good to see . 00:39.680 --> 00:41.959 Not many times does someone really so 00:41.970 --> 00:44.192 low down like a segment to get a chance 00:44.192 --> 00:46.192 to go overseas , do some broadening 00:46.192 --> 00:48.248 opportunities . And as you can see , 00:48.248 --> 00:50.470 train the foreign forces with different 00:50.470 --> 00:52.303 weaponry , different kits , even 00:52.303 --> 00:52.130 doctrine . So you have to pick all that 00:52.139 --> 00:54.250 up . It's really good to pick it up . 00:54.250 --> 00:56.306 Put that new tool kit , take it back 00:56.306 --> 00:59.709 home . I think the flexibility that 00:59.720 --> 01:01.831 we're learning here and like reacting 01:01.831 --> 01:03.998 quickly to what's going on is going to 01:03.998 --> 01:06.164 be like essential . So just kind of if 01:06.164 --> 01:08.276 something doesn't go to plan straight 01:08.276 --> 01:10.331 away , reacting and coming up with a 01:10.331 --> 01:12.498 new plan in response to the live enemy 01:12.498 --> 01:14.609 is definitely going to be important . 01:14.609 --> 01:14.319 But it's going to be exciting getting 01:14.330 --> 01:16.108 ready for the rapid fire to get 01:18.599 --> 01:21.040 because the US army itself is a global 01:21.050 --> 01:23.217 military force . It's important for us 01:23.217 --> 01:25.383 to have people on the ground . Getting 01:25.383 --> 01:27.217 in that one on one human level , 01:27.217 --> 01:29.217 contact with people in the ranks of 01:29.217 --> 01:31.328 other militaries and seeing how close 01:31.328 --> 01:33.661 the United States and Great Britain are . 01:33.661 --> 01:32.839 It seems only natural that we'd have 01:32.849 --> 01:34.793 people who have a good fundamental 01:34.793 --> 01:36.960 understanding of the basics of being a 01:36.960 --> 01:38.960 British officer . He uses different 01:38.960 --> 01:41.016 terminology that we have to question 01:41.016 --> 01:42.849 that on or like radios , he uses 01:42.849 --> 01:45.071 Americanisms and then we confused about 01:45.071 --> 01:47.293 those . But again , that that will help 01:47.293 --> 01:49.460 us when we are training with Americans 01:49.460 --> 01:51.571 or working with you guys , we'll then 01:51.571 --> 01:53.516 understand those because we've had 01:53.516 --> 01:55.682 track , he used them . But overall the 01:55.682 --> 01:57.738 training is pretty similar ftt we've 01:57.738 --> 01:59.849 not done this properly before . So it 01:59.849 --> 02:01.849 should have been learning about the 02:01.849 --> 02:03.960 mechanics of that . Obviously , being 02:03.960 --> 02:03.515 officers will be the one maybe running 02:03.526 --> 02:05.748 these ranges or organizing this for our 02:05.748 --> 02:07.970 troops . So being able to experience it 02:07.970 --> 02:09.970 sort of helps us get the picture of 02:09.970 --> 02:12.026 what we can then offer our troops to 02:12.026 --> 02:13.970 sort of motivate them , train them 02:13.970 --> 02:16.082 slightly more , which is quite cool . 02:16.082 --> 02:15.930 Um But coming here specifically to 02:15.940 --> 02:17.996 Germany , sort of helps us work with 02:17.996 --> 02:19.884 other units . So yourselves , the 02:19.884 --> 02:21.996 Americans , um possibly the Germans , 02:21.996 --> 02:24.107 we bring in other units from the UK . 02:24.107 --> 02:26.273 So it's just sort of all about working 02:26.273 --> 02:28.440 with other units . We get to work with 02:28.440 --> 02:30.662 new capabilities that we've not had the 02:30.662 --> 02:32.884 opportunity to use before . Um And it's 02:32.884 --> 02:32.281 also sort of a different environment . 02:32.291 --> 02:34.347 So here we've got extreme heat which 02:34.347 --> 02:36.180 obviously we never get in the UK 02:36.180 --> 02:38.291 because it's cold all the time and it 02:38.291 --> 02:42.289 rains . But I think the thing that made 02:42.300 --> 02:44.467 it better has been the people , like , 02:44.467 --> 02:46.633 ever since I arrived , you sort of met 02:46.633 --> 02:48.633 people and formed those friendships 02:48.633 --> 02:50.633 really quickly which even when it's 02:50.633 --> 02:52.633 really hard work , you're all in it 02:52.633 --> 02:54.744 together . So it has been , it's been 02:54.744 --> 02:56.967 good . It's been a good experience . It 02:56.967 --> 02:59.133 doesn't really judge who you are where 02:59.133 --> 03:01.300 you've come from . So people who maybe 03:01.300 --> 03:01.285 I never would have mixed with before I 03:01.294 --> 03:03.405 had the opportunity to mix with . And 03:03.405 --> 03:05.572 because you've also been thrown in the 03:05.572 --> 03:07.738 pot together , you sort of build these 03:07.738 --> 03:09.961 relationships which are really intimate 03:09.961 --> 03:12.072 and close . Probably have to say that 03:12.072 --> 03:14.127 given what's going on in the world , 03:14.127 --> 03:16.183 stuff like this is important . And I 03:16.183 --> 03:18.294 say this with the people who join the 03:18.294 --> 03:17.800 army thinking that it's just all the 03:17.809 --> 03:19.976 usa all the way . I think it's further 03:19.976 --> 03:22.087 from the truth than that , we need to 03:22.087 --> 03:23.910 be as robust with our allies as 03:23.919 --> 03:26.141 possible . And that means engaging with 03:26.141 --> 03:28.141 them on all levels . So not just as 03:28.141 --> 03:30.141 officer cadets attending concurrent 03:30.141 --> 03:32.363 commissioning courses , that means NCOS 03:32.363 --> 03:32.309 working together , figuring out how 03:32.320 --> 03:34.209 they operate . I think we will be 03:34.209 --> 03:36.376 pretty well set for whatever comes our 03:36.376 --> 03:38.770 way in the future doing it . 03:48.949 --> 03:51.059 Was that your , was that your club ?