WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.176 So I'm first Lieutenant Danny Hockey . 00:02.176 --> 00:04.176 I am a team chief , a civil affairs 00:04.176 --> 00:06.287 team chief here in Lithuania . Uh I'm 00:06.287 --> 00:08.398 with 415 Civil Affairs battalion here 00:08.398 --> 00:10.850 to support uh first cav . Uh , but 00:10.859 --> 00:12.803 we're technically under fifth core 00:12.803 --> 00:14.859 today . What we're doing here is our 00:14.859 --> 00:16.748 team came in with our partners to 00:16.748 --> 00:18.803 support a cool exercise with some of 00:18.803 --> 00:20.970 the youth . Some of the cadets here in 00:20.970 --> 00:23.137 Lithuania , uh , think of it as a land 00:23.137 --> 00:24.915 navigation , hike exercises and 00:24.915 --> 00:26.692 different checkpoints . We have 00:26.692 --> 00:28.915 partners such as NATO Force Integration 00:28.915 --> 00:31.026 Unit and the EFP and the cadet LYCEUM 00:31.026 --> 00:33.615 program all together to give the youth 00:33.794 --> 00:35.794 a cool experience with military and 00:35.794 --> 00:37.627 some history here at the Forster 00:37.627 --> 00:39.794 Brothers . But we have about 65 cadets 00:39.794 --> 00:42.072 and youth that came here with us today . 00:42.072 --> 00:44.455 The idea of the exercise was to conduct . 00:44.810 --> 00:47.229 We're going to have a hike , land 00:47.240 --> 00:49.630 navigation exercise , four points . And 00:49.639 --> 00:51.750 in each point , we have soldiers with 00:51.750 --> 00:53.972 our partners that give them a chance to 00:53.972 --> 00:55.917 exercise some military knowledge , 00:55.917 --> 00:57.861 maybe something more tactical . It 00:57.861 --> 01:00.083 gives them a chance to work together as 01:00.083 --> 01:02.306 well as learn about some history in the 01:02.306 --> 01:04.417 forest here today . Something to know 01:04.417 --> 01:06.472 about the cadets here . Lithuania is 01:06.472 --> 01:08.472 very proud of their history , their 01:08.472 --> 01:10.695 independence . So it is not uncommon to 01:10.695 --> 01:12.917 find that they train their youth . They 01:12.917 --> 01:14.972 have cadet programs for the youth to 01:14.972 --> 01:17.028 teach them soldier tactics , history 01:17.069 --> 01:19.347 and just discipline in general . Today , 01:19.347 --> 01:21.513 with us , one of our partners is cadet 01:21.513 --> 01:23.459 LYCEUM . It is a cadet academy , a 01:23.470 --> 01:25.526 military academy that they start the 01:25.526 --> 01:27.748 youth early on and in the future , they 01:27.748 --> 01:29.748 can begin a military career . So we 01:29.748 --> 01:32.081 have about 65 cadets with us here today . 01:32.081 --> 01:33.970 The cadets are learning about the 01:33.970 --> 01:35.692 Forrester Brothers Trail , the 01:35.692 --> 01:37.303 Forrester Brothers Trail had 01:37.430 --> 01:39.889 Lithuanians , you know , using guerilla 01:39.900 --> 01:42.430 warfare to fight and resist Soviet 01:42.440 --> 01:45.750 occupation . It has a long history with 01:45.760 --> 01:48.120 some tragic events as well as some very 01:48.129 --> 01:50.185 impressive events of how they fought 01:50.185 --> 01:52.185 back . Lithuania has been extremely 01:52.185 --> 01:54.351 welcoming to NATO and us presence . It 01:54.351 --> 01:56.389 has been very , it's been very 01:56.400 --> 01:58.456 refreshing , a breath of fresh air . 01:58.456 --> 02:00.511 Part of what we do is make sure they 02:00.511 --> 02:02.733 understand , they see us train and that 02:02.733 --> 02:02.279 they understand that they are part of 02:02.290 --> 02:04.529 NATO and we value all of our allies in 02:04.540 --> 02:06.818 NATO and we are here to represent that , 02:06.818 --> 02:09.119 to show them that and to teach them or 02:09.130 --> 02:10.908 share knowledge and information 02:10.908 --> 02:12.908 regarding that . Coolest thing that 02:12.908 --> 02:12.613 happened out here today . Although it 02:12.623 --> 02:16.274 may be simple , we gave the cadets an 02:16.283 --> 02:18.283 opportunity to select leadership to 02:18.283 --> 02:20.283 give tasks . We had to give minimal 02:20.283 --> 02:22.593 direction . So the moment we would make 02:22.604 --> 02:25.514 a request , a question or a challenge . 02:25.634 --> 02:28.154 They just took charge the youth here . 02:28.164 --> 02:30.386 You could tell they were trained , they 02:30.386 --> 02:32.386 are passionate and they're proud of 02:32.386 --> 02:34.720 their heritage , proud of their country , 02:34.720 --> 02:33.664 a nation that has earned their 02:33.673 --> 02:35.895 independence six times over . It's very 02:35.895 --> 02:38.210 impressive and it's , it's nice to see 02:38.220 --> 02:40.610 something that the cadets have done or 02:40.619 --> 02:42.899 displayed that I think is just awesome . 02:43.220 --> 02:45.442 Is the initiative and pride . It goes a 02:45.442 --> 02:47.387 little bit to what we were talking 02:47.387 --> 02:49.609 about . The , the cool thing about what 02:49.609 --> 02:51.831 I've seen today , but there's something 02:51.860 --> 02:55.190 inspiring to see in youth 02:55.429 --> 02:57.559 that although they're young , they're 02:57.570 --> 03:00.410 not trained , they're somehow braver 03:00.419 --> 03:02.586 than a lot of adult men our age than a 03:02.586 --> 03:04.697 lot of soldiers . I've seen , they're 03:04.697 --> 03:06.863 ready to learn , they're ready to grow 03:06.863 --> 03:08.919 and they're ready to fight for their 03:08.919 --> 03:11.030 country . They don't speak about this 03:11.030 --> 03:12.808 subject as if they may join the 03:12.808 --> 03:14.863 military . They speak as if they are 03:14.863 --> 03:14.580 going to fight to defend their country . 03:14.589 --> 03:16.149 And that is awe inspiring .