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This is the next bite . We've got to be

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able to take the beach and defend the

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what

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is a major bilateral exercise between

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the United States and the Philippines

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where we train side by side with our

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partners to increase our proficiency

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and lethality and some events that we

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participated in were close to life .

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Our defense ,

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it was a good experience . You know ,

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we went to go work with them . Uh I

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never rode in a boat before . The

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biggest thing I hope we gained was

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trust within each other , knowing that

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they can depend on us and we can depend

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on them to execute uh beach landing

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operations for the defense . It's

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another unique exercise not often that

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you get to shoot out over the water .

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So that way you get to discover the

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different effects of our rounds and our

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ammunition and our weapon systems

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actually doing it on the coast provides

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a very realistic element for what we're

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trying to practice in the future

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concepts of the Marine Corps .

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Right before commodo , we conducted a

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humanitarian assistance , disaster

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relief mission up in the north of the

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Philippines . And then within a couple

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of days , we had to transition directly

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into an exercise . Being able to flip a

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switch from helping out a friend to

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fighting is the reason why he signed up

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for the Marine Corps . We stick by our

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motto that no better friend , no worse

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enemy . We're there to help our friends

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whenever they're in need . But at the

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same time , we can turn it on and prove

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how lethal we are at the same time .