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From January 13th to 17th , the United

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States Marine Corps Fourth Marine

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Regiment amphibious Combat Vehicle

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Platoon conducted well deck rehearsal

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training with the Whidbey Island class

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dock landing ship USS Rushmore in

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Sasebo , Japan . We're deploying ACVs ,

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so the amphibious combat vehicle from

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Okinawa , Japan . to Sabo in order to

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conduct initial integration training

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with 7 fleets and specifically the USS

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Rushmore . We have been going through

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the last few months of just validating

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all the training areas for the vehicle ,

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and this will be the first time that we

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are conducting joint blue green team

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integration with 7 fleets . Really what

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this is doing is setting conditions for

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us to be able to continue to build that

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relationship and also build that combat

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power so that we can begin to deploy

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with the 31st meal . So we're here

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today to conduct amphibious training

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with the USS Rushmore . A lot of this

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training that we're doing out here is

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to give them reps and sets , uh , as

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many as possible of , uh , embarking

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and debarking ACVs in and out of their

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well deck . They've shown a lot of

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professionalism and eagerness to get

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after . What training they can , uh ,

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and we're happy to be out here and

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support their training goals as well .

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The more reps we can get with them ,

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the better . This platoon is highly

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trained . I'm very proud of their work

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and where they where they've been at ,

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so just excited to get underway with

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the Rushmore and looking forward to

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working with them . Although ACVs have

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operated with ships and 3rd fleet off

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the coast of California , this will be

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the first time that ACVs operate with ,

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uh , ships of amphibious Squadron 11

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operating out of the Sasabo . It's

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always important that the Blue green

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team get together and make sure we're

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using common term . common language ,

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common understanding of capes and limbs

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so that no one's making assumptions and

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the more we build that experience

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working side by side together , the

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more comfort that the commanders and

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decision makers are going to have ,

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which is going to lead to greater

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support to our allies and partners in

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the region . Reporting from Sasebo ,

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I'm seaman Jason Affable .