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I'm Colonel Doctors , acting assistant

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chief of staff for CTAFG six . So the G

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six as a director responsible for

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establishing or enabling the commanders ,

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command and control of forces ie in a

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crisis response situation , uh the

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commander is able to talk to four

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elements as well as communicating back

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to the , to the rear and any

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subordinate elements that may fall

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under Hispanic control during the

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crisis response . So I'm a 17 al uh

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which is a cyber officer in a signal

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position , which is rather unique part

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of the G six responsibilities is to

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manage and defend uh CTF as portion of

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the Department of Defense Information

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Network um both here in Italy and the A

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and U COM A ors . So as a cyber

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defender , uh my role would be to

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ensure that we secure the data and the

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networks . One unique thing about CT A

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is that we wake up every day thinking

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about Africa , we're engaged and

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invested in the developing partnerships

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with the nations on the continent .

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What I like most about being a part of

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C tap Africa is the camaraderie . First

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thing me and my wife noticed even in

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our time in the guest quarters . Um ,

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how quickly we made friends , how

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friendly everyone were . Everyone's

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essentially in the same situation .

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Although we're in another country is a

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real tight community as far as , um ,

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being an American soldier here in Italy .