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The scenario for Steel Night is

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constructed to give us an opportunity

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to execute , execution and advance base

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operations as part of the maritime

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campaign . We create

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a fake map and limit ourselves in terms

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of geography to simulate that discrete

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areas of southern California are

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actually islands .

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The navy contributes to Steel Night

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with providing both equipment in ships

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and personnel , medical personnel as

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well as a joint staff where we come in

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as maritime experts for shipping and

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advising the Marine Corps on movement

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of

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bit of fact ,

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food is fuel for the marines and they

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have to be able to eat to be able to

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keep pushing forward and keep on

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hitting on the fight and when it's time

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to fight , we're fighting like we're

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trained

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for Steel Night specifically as the

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Murphy mag test certification exercise .

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It's both a training event and an

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evaluation . So this is the first time

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we've had the whole mag TF team

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together . Mr

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X consisted of an embassy reinforcement

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being requested by the Department of

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State which triggered a company from

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second battalion fifth Marines Fox

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company being inserted into that

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embassy to reinforce it .

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The situation escalated to a evacuation

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was requested . And Fox 25 provided the

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security as they evacuated those role

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players that were acting as American

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citizens abroad

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from there . The crisis was not averted ,

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it escalated to conflict which required

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the seizure of an airfield in order to

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bring in assets that could reach out

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deeper into the AO namely the naval

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strike missiles . During this exercise ,

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they were able to refuel our own

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helicopters . The Marine Corps H 53 S

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and also Ospreys .

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One thing that has made this exercise

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unique for the Air Force , specifically

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the 920 Rescue Wing is seeing the

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expeditionary nature of how the US

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Marine Corps operates . The power of

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the mag dep is everything that we're

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able to bring to bear . We're able to

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use the Air wing or aviation

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capabilities , able to use

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expeditionary logistics . We're able to

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maneuver throughout the battle space

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with our ground combat arms

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capabilities .