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My full name is uh Biel Jose Cantu .

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I'm a specialist . I am a 13 mic Haars

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crew member . So as 13 mics , uh we

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operate the Hiar , uh some of us are

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assigned to the launcher and some of us

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are assigned to an ammunition platoon .

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We take care of bringing the pods to

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the launcher and taking care of the

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dung . Today , we'll be doing a live

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fire so we'll be launching some of our

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ripper rounds . These are our training

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rounds that we utilize to imitate our

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mic 30 ones and mic 30 essentially we

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do it as a training exercise , just

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seeing everybody come out and see what

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we're about is always fun .

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Interoperability is the main thing here .

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We all have a role to play . Doing

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these training exercises are useful .

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It makes us more proficient . It keeps

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us on our toes . But more importantly ,

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it allows our hosts and NATO partners

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to see what we can bring to table and

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the value in a long range position

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fires . When I first came to 13 , Mike ,

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I was actually a combat medic and I

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recla into this mo si didn't really

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know anything about artillery or the

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artillery branch coming into it . And

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the more I learned about it , the more

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I'm intrigued , there's a lot of

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commodity that comes with it and

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knowing that we're an asset , um just

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makes me feel valuable . It makes me

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feel part of a team and it makes me

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feel like uh you make a difference

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every day ensuring their equipment

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works is , is vital . Uh obviously PM

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CS , all that good stuff , but also

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doing the things like our live training

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ensures that all the logistical aspects

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within the launcher itself are working

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properly , rehearsing it . And above

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that , just making sure we're

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proficient on it , we need to be uh

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combat ready mission capable at all

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times . And this is why we're here .