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Steel Night is one that's premier

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readiness exercise that brings together

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aviation , ground , and logistics

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forces to rehearse how we would fight

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as a marine air , ground task force in

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a contested maritime environment .

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Third mall provides the fires ,

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mobility , reconnaissance , and

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aviation command and control for the

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entire exercise . We're sustaining

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aviation across multiple nodes ,

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delivering effects that range , and

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giving the Marine Expeditionary Force

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aviation combat power it needs to

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dominate the battle space . Distributed

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aviation operations is the framework we

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expect to fight under in a future

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conflict . Dispersed , mobile , and

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constantly shifting .

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Steel Knight gives us the ability to

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launch aircraft from one location ,

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rearm them at a node hundreds of miles

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away , and push them deep into the

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battle space under realistic timelines

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and constraints . The aerial transport

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from the Air Force and Marines was

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essential in the establishment of the

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forward nose . During the wars in the

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Middle East , he operated from secure

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fixed bases with predictable logistics

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pipelines and uncontested airspace .

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That model does not translate to the

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future fight . Our bases will be

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targeted , our networks will be

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contested , and our aviation units will

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have to move , survive , and continue

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generating sorties under threat . Our

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aircraft , aviation ground support and

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command and control nodes need the

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ability to disperse , relocate rapidly ,

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and keep the MEF supported even when

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the enemy is actively trying to degrade

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our operations . This is why the hubspo

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node concept is essential to

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survivability , lethality , and

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battlespace dominance . The hub is

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where we synchronize aviation for the

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entire exercise . Bespoke is the

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forward headquarters that pushes

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command and control closer to the fight .

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In the nodes are the forward , arming ,

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and refueling points . Small mobile

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teams that can rearm and refuel

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aircraft for 72 to 96 hours before

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displacing . It's a survivable ,

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scalable model for modern aviation

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operations that protects our digital

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footprint within the battle space .

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The hub was located at MCAS Yuma .

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The folks were established at Camp

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Pendleton and MCAS Miramont , and we

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operated 3 nodes , Victorville , San

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Clemente Island , and the Mather

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Airfield . Each note gave us the

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ability to push fixed and rotary wing

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aircraft deeper into the battle space .

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By pushing fuel ordinance , maintenance

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and comms out to the nodes and spokes ,

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sustainment increases sortie count ,

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compresses timelines , and ultimately

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generates more lethal aviation effects

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for the meth . The Air Force enables

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our reach . Their assets allow our

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fighters to stay airborne longer ,

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coordinate strikes across wider

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distances , and integrate into a joint

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kill web . Moving simulated casualties

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with our Navy medical partners across

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distributed bases requires aviation

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synchronization , communication

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discipline , and joint coordination .

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No single service wins the next fight

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alone . Interoperability is

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what allows the joint force to sense ,

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strike , maneuver , and sustain across

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a maritime battle space that spans

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hundreds or thousands of miles .

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The joint forces are ready for the

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future fight , and we're ready to win

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it together .