WEBVTT 00:17.399 --> 00:20.430 The US Army , we are generally used to 00:20.430 --> 00:24.069 having air superiority in our lift and 00:24.069 --> 00:25.950 attack helicopters has generally 00:25.950 --> 00:28.670 dominated the close air above the 00:28.670 --> 00:30.750 brigade combat team . It's different 00:30.750 --> 00:32.861 today though because we've got such a 00:32.861 --> 00:35.509 high density of drones that the drones 00:35.509 --> 00:37.676 essentially are going to constantly be 00:37.676 --> 00:39.565 in the airspace . And so to bring 00:39.565 --> 00:41.430 aviation . Into an air corridor 00:41.939 --> 00:43.772 requires very tightly controlled 00:43.772 --> 00:45.828 airspace coordination measures where 00:45.828 --> 00:48.700 we're deconflicting by altitude and by 00:48.700 --> 00:50.811 lateral airspace . So we've put a lot 00:50.811 --> 00:53.033 of work into airspace management during 00:53.033 --> 00:52.700 this exercise . 00:56.889 --> 00:59.000 The battlefield is rapidly evolving . 00:59.400 --> 01:01.599 And as a transformation and contact 01:01.599 --> 01:04.669 unit we're here at JMRC testing a 01:04.669 --> 01:06.669 number of new capabilities that the 01:06.669 --> 01:09.309 Army is looking to rapidly implement 01:09.309 --> 01:11.750 into our forces . So for us it's really 01:11.750 --> 01:13.750 3 areas of focus . The first is our 01:13.750 --> 01:16.029 communications network , how we talk , 01:16.110 --> 01:18.332 how we communicate on the battlefield , 01:18.332 --> 01:20.277 using a range of new communication 01:20.277 --> 01:23.550 systems that allow us to transport data 01:23.550 --> 01:25.790 over satellites , cell towers , line of 01:25.790 --> 01:27.970 sight radios , and other means . The 01:27.970 --> 01:30.879 second is the use of drones . We have 01:30.879 --> 01:33.360 more drones here at this rotation than 01:33.360 --> 01:35.527 a combat training center has ever seen 01:35.527 --> 01:38.410 before . And so we are looking over the 01:38.410 --> 01:40.250 course of this exercise to help 01:40.250 --> 01:43.089 validate our new organizational concept 01:43.089 --> 01:45.349 that allows us to employ drones well 01:45.349 --> 01:47.639 forward of our manned positions to both 01:48.019 --> 01:50.290 sense the enemy and then to strike and 01:50.290 --> 01:52.699 destroy before our ground forces make 01:52.699 --> 01:54.810 contact . And the third is mobility . 01:54.810 --> 01:56.643 We have a number of new mobility 01:56.643 --> 01:58.810 platforms . That allow us to transport 01:58.810 --> 02:00.810 troops and equipment throughout the 02:00.810 --> 02:03.032 battlefield in ways that light infantry 02:03.032 --> 02:02.510 forces have not had before . 02:02.650 --> 02:04.761 Transformation and contact isn't just 02:04.761 --> 02:06.870 about new equipment . It's about new 02:06.870 --> 02:09.203 tactics , new techniques and procedures , 02:09.203 --> 02:11.370 it's about new organizational design . 02:11.370 --> 02:13.600 So as we plan . For how we conduct 02:13.600 --> 02:15.211 operations as a brigade as a 02:15.211 --> 02:17.649 transformation and contact unit that 02:17.649 --> 02:19.816 requires us to think differently about 02:19.816 --> 02:21.982 how we're going to fight and how we're 02:21.982 --> 02:24.038 going to integrate many of these new 02:24.038 --> 02:26.093 technologies into our formation . So 02:26.093 --> 02:28.205 it's been a great opportunity for our 02:28.205 --> 02:30.260 leaders throughout the brigade to be 02:30.260 --> 02:32.316 able to think about new ways to plan 02:32.316 --> 02:34.260 and to conduct operations with all 02:34.260 --> 02:36.371 these new capabilities , Colonel Josh 02:36.371 --> 02:38.600 Galan . From the United States , I 02:38.600 --> 02:40.433 commanded the 3rd brigade , 10th 02:40.433 --> 02:40.500 Mountain Division .