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I'm Sergeant Sergeant First Class Stein .

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First name is J . O R

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A N . S T E I E

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N . I am uh in uh belong to

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the whole space port . And I

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am the Allied camp commander for Saban

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Base . The typical challenges they have

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is that first of all , many of them

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haven't been too much in a winter

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environment , so one thing is the uh

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how to to dress up , driving a snow

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well that can be both cold and warm

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depending on the terrain and and how

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the deep snow it is . But

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also it's knowing how to

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adjust speeds , uh , coming into

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different obstacles , uh , to learn not

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to get stuck , uh , and also , uh ,

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to begin with , uh , they will get

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stuck a lot , but that is

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also a learning curve . They need to

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get stuck to know how to get unstuck

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from the snow wheel . So that I would

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say is the . The biggest challenge

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there to begin with for the drivers .

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What we do is we start this

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class inside . It's not a course . It's

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a learning how to drive a snowmobile

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in Norwegian conditions . So what we do

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is it's a lot of hands on training

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like inside here now .

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We look at the engine , we tell you

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what you need to know , and then we'll

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go out in the terrain , and then we'll

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uh try to drive as much as possible to

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get them the experience . Uh when we .

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When something happens in the field ,

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if somebody gets stuck , we use those .

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We take some pulses and then we gather

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everybody around that snow wheel and

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then we talk about it . So , and we

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talk about uh what to do and and what

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not to do , so they learn from

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experience , what they're experiencing

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uh out in the field . So there's ,

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there's uh in no way uses small wheels

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um two ways . It's

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mostly recce units that have them ,

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and of course the home guard , but also

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other units have a lower number

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snowmobiles for admin purpose ,

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but in a tactical sense ,

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we use the snow wheels for mostly for

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recce . And to when the

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terrain allow us to , to drive in the

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terrain to to . To move

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ourselves faster than we could on foot .

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That's the way we use it . It's more

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for rec or platoon transportation ,

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and of course there's different units

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use them in different ways , but I

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would say that is the most common way

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to use it . The way we teach them to

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drive is not to drive on bare

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grounds . Bare ground that you know we

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make tracks and

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damages on the ground where there is no

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snow . Right now we have a lot of snow ,

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so we try to avoid driving

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down trees and of course

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if one snow wheel spins itself all the

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way down to the ground , we try to go

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around it for the next snow wheel so we

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don't drive in the same spot . making

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it worse . So there's not too many

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um . Environmental issues with

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driving on snow . So I've been working

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with uh especially the Marines since 18 ,

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2018 . So what you have is , uh , you

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know , a big multiplier to the force

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that we have , so to speak . So I would

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say that's that's the biggest

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difference between us and you guys .

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The biggest thing I think they hope

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to to have in the back of their mind is

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that this snow building is not a single

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man job . It's a team effort . You

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have to work in teams , you

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have to , uh , it's like moving on

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patrol in a jungle . You have to watch

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uh the guys behind you , so they are

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with you , and you have to stop if if

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no one is following you , then you need

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to stop to , to wait until they catch

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you up , but uh . Um , most of all ,

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it , it's , it's a , um , section or

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platoon or company thing . They need to

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look out for each other , uh , not just

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stone willing , but also in these

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conditions they need to watch each

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other's face so it doesn't get

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like cold injuries and be

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careful not speeding and be careful

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with the snowmobile , so we have no

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accidents . So the conditions I have

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this year , uh , uh , a normal

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winter would be snow in

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November , uh , quite cold . January is

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usually the coldest month . the last

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few years haven't been that cold . It's

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actually been raining in January . Uh ,

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we have a , a cold front now , sorry ,

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a warm front right now coming in ,

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um . This is the first year we had that

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much snow before Christmas , um , so

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yeah , it's , it's um . It's

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not that normal what we are

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experiencing now . We even had a

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January without any snow a few years

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back , so it's it's hard to train

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winter when you don't have winter . Yes ,

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we have minus degrees , but we would

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like some snow as well . Um , but right

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now we have good conditions , but there

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are , uh , normally the ground will

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freeze . Every winter , depending

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on when the snow comes . So we have we

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have uh minus degrees before the snow

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comes , then the ground will freeze ,

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uh . And then the conditions are better .

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Right now there is no frozen ground

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except the spots that are still cleared ,

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so there's no frosted ground , and then

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that's not good for uh for exercising

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off the roads .

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When when the land can take more damage

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than usual . So that's the tricky for

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this year . We'll we'll see if we get

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any . frosting ground , but I doubt it .

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Uh , we'll probably have more rain and

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snow later . And the snowy months are ,

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you know , February , March and April ,

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so we can still have a lot of snow here

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on top of what we have now , yeah . And

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then probably my last question is going

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to be um what is the

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most What is the most important thing

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to consider when training in a snowy

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environment ? So the

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thing we always need to know is , you

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know , where are you training , what's

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the avalanche conditions in that area ,

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or is it steep enough to actually go

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avalanche . So that's that's the most

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important thing for us is to be

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safe and don't drive into

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any danger areas on that topic ,

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but also . You know ,

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if you , if you're outside the military

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training areas , you need to know if

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you are able to drive where you are

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driving , meaning that you should

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contact the environmental specialists

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and in relations with him , find

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out where is the best way to go and

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drive so you don't have any

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confrontations with civilians .