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We're hosting the cadets now as part of

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a project in the IOE program , which is

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the installations and operational

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environments and that's part of our

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mill direct portfolio . And within that ,

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we're part of a project called the

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Intelligent Environmental Battle Space

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Awareness Program . For that , we're

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supporting a vegetation

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characterization task of which we are

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modeling the terrestrial surface of the

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earth across the globe at a 30 m

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resolution to inform the war fighter .

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So we're looking to impute forest

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analogs from places that we know and

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can measure and can access to places

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that we cannot access and therefore

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cannot measure . So these , these

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cadets have been out in the field for a

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week . They were collecting actual

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field measurements of trees and heights

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and and kinds of information that we

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can use to inform army robotics and to

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inform warfighter train analysis , to

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inform mobility to address needs of the

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army across all warfighting functions .

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We're hosting these young leaders to

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develop them . And so we take it on

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ourselves to show them an experience

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that gets their hands , right , get

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them out in the field , learn how to

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identify trees and plants and how we

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measured the metrics that we need for

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this modeling exercise . And then our

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goal is to bring them back and , and

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walk them through that me as an

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environmental engineer , I don't get to

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see that aspect of being in the field .

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I always get that data and they're like ,

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OK , make a , make a solution into this

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problem . And now I get to see where

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that data comes from , where the

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subject matter experts are coming from

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and what they're trying to explain to

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me and what I can get from that . So

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it's pretty exciting . I just want to

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say how amazing of an opportunity it is

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to come out here . Um Not only is this

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research that we're doing , it's , it's

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new , it's cutting edge . I mean , I

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think something I found really cool is

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everyone we talked to from across army

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research and uh industry , no one's

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doing this and like literally

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everything we do is groundbreaking . So

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I feel that there's just a lot of value

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added to being a part of something that ,

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that is groundbreaking , like what

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we're doing here in the IEB a project ,

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very few people get the chance to go

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hands on . So I would just encourage my

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F cadets to , to come out and see

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what's available . It's super fun and

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super interesting and you know , your

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mind will be blown at the , at the ways

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and things that they can do here . And

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so really just focus on what you want

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to do and what you can see yourself

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contributing to the future . And that's

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why I like this research and

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development so cool because it's still

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in the early stages . But when you look

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at what the end product is gonna be ,

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is gonna be like really interesting and

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to say that you're part of that ,

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that's just huge .