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during during this exercise we saw an 

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opportunity to integrate an L . A . Our 

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battalion with its subordinate company 

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and some attachments in ways that have 

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not previously been gotten after in an 

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exercise like units off . So 

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traditionally you would see the L . A . 

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Our battalion or company go ashore and 

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conduct offensive operations . What we 

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tried to get after in this case was to 

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really rehearse aggregating an L . A . 

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Our battalion in support of the larger 

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naval expeditionary force , not only 

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from ship to shore but from strategic 

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airlift to the objective area , linking 

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that up with additional forces that 

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were already on the objective and then 

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Distant forces which replaced also by 

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air more than 500 miles away in the 

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jungle and then aggregating all of that 

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capability under the L . A . Our 

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Battalion headquarters in direct 

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support of the naval expeditionary 

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force which in this case was 

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multinational special boat team 

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came out here to help integrate the 

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reverend operation piece worked out 

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great for myself giving the rib 

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detachment for the first time they are . 

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I was able to bounce off some of my S . 

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O . P . S . And T . T . P . S and make 

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sure that we're heading in the right 

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direction . But developing our own S . 

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O PS uh with some cats have been doing 

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it for the past few decades . I think 

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specifically towards the rib detachment 

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for first Elyar allows the battalion to 

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provide a multi domain awareness that 

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we were lacking before by getting a rib 

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section onto the either literal spaces 

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or out in the open ocean . We're 

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providing a greater awareness across 

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the broader spectrum for the italian . 

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Yeah . 

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Coming back now as a company commander , 

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I think the direction of getting back 

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to the light armored reconnaissance 

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focus on gaining information , counter 

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recon operations , things like that . 

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There's been a very big shift from what 

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I was used to as a platoon commander to 

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now as a company commander , the 

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different assets that I have to 

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incorporate into our reconnaissance 

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plan or integrate into then push 

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information to the ground commander and 

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things like that . It's , there's a lot 

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more things we have the abilities to do 

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now than once was about four years ago . 

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It's been a journey for first L A R and 

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Arthur company to make our way down to 

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Peru , been on maybe shipping . Also 

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flown L A B S and C seventeen's . We've 

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aborted L CAcs , we've used Peruvian 

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tts to maneuver from , they're based on 

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an cone to the live fire range up in 

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Salinas . There have been many moving 

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parts for the vehicles , but again , 

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it's been a great opportunity for the 

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marines to see the various platforms 

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that we can get our function as little 

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more concepts into various battle 

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spaces on different platforms