WEBVTT 00:29.649 --> 00:32.259 My name is Major Mike Johnson . I am an 00:32.259 --> 00:34.180 0302 infantry officer and I'm the 00:34.180 --> 00:36.236 company commander for Kilo Company , 00:36.236 --> 00:37.791 Thurpentine , 7th Marines . 00:41.369 --> 00:43.536 So the service level training exercise 00:43.536 --> 00:45.702 is an exercise where the entire Marine 00:45.702 --> 00:47.591 Corps air-ground task force comes 00:47.591 --> 00:51.090 together and . Does a complex 00:51.090 --> 00:54.169 of offensive defensive operations to 00:54.169 --> 00:56.336 include from the platoon level all the 00:56.336 --> 00:58.169 way up to the regimental level . 01:00.889 --> 01:03.729 So we've got behind me about 130 01:03.729 --> 01:05.785 Marines from India Company plus some 01:05.785 --> 01:08.279 attachments . We're getting started 01:08.279 --> 01:10.501 with platoon level training . We've got 01:10.501 --> 01:14.389 heavy machine guns . And medium machine 01:14.389 --> 01:16.809 guns . Got some precision marksmen . 01:19.019 --> 01:22.069 Let's go . The biggest challenge we're 01:22.069 --> 01:24.360 fighting in a formation that frankly 01:24.360 --> 01:26.304 we're not really used to . We're , 01:26.304 --> 01:28.471 we're adapting , we're overcoming , of 01:28.471 --> 01:30.527 course , right ? We're going to take 01:30.527 --> 01:30.120 any challenge in front of us and we're 01:30.120 --> 01:32.287 gonna , we're gonna fight through it , 01:32.287 --> 01:34.342 we're gonna run through it and we're 01:34.342 --> 01:33.800 gonna make ourselves better . 01:48.750 --> 01:50.806 So the company attacks and what they 01:50.806 --> 01:52.989 are about specifically here on Range 01:52.989 --> 01:56.669 400 is to achieve two primary 01:56.669 --> 01:59.269 objectives . The first and foremost is 01:59.269 --> 02:02.110 going to be for a company supported to 02:02.110 --> 02:04.589 attack a fortified position . The 02:04.589 --> 02:07.669 second is to conduct all tactical , uh , 02:07.830 --> 02:10.990 combat casualty care and to echelon any 02:10.990 --> 02:13.360 type of cherry picker that the company 02:13.550 --> 02:15.770 will come across on the range and then 02:15.869 --> 02:17.980 properly evac him to a higher echelon 02:17.980 --> 02:18.980 of care . 02:23.690 --> 02:25.690 So being able to be out here with a 02:25.690 --> 02:28.779 rifle company that is supported to show 02:29.240 --> 02:32.520 how a rifle company can locate , close 02:32.520 --> 02:34.520 with , and destroy , and ultimately 02:34.520 --> 02:36.464 seize the objective on range 400 . 02:39.869 --> 02:40.869 OK . 02:45.619 --> 02:47.786 And then at the end of the month we'll 02:47.786 --> 02:49.841 transition over into battalion level 02:49.841 --> 02:51.675 operations . We're gonna do full 02:51.675 --> 02:54.320 battalion , essentially clear up 02:54.320 --> 02:57.070 through 29 Palms . We'll hit offense . 02:57.110 --> 02:59.221 We'll hit defense . We'll hit working 02:59.221 --> 03:01.443 with adjacent units , and then we close 03:01.443 --> 03:03.710 out with NWX , the Marine Corps war 03:03.710 --> 03:05.766 fighting exercise , which is a major 03:05.766 --> 03:07.940 force on force exercise . There are 03:07.940 --> 03:10.250 multiple units , entire MAGAF involved , 03:10.690 --> 03:12.912 uh , Marines fighting Marines , right , 03:12.912 --> 03:14.968 as close to a pure fight as we can . 03:39.860 --> 03:42.027 At the end of the day , we don't fight 03:42.027 --> 03:44.082 this battle alone . Like battles are 03:44.082 --> 03:46.416 not one alone , they're won together by , 03:46.416 --> 03:48.527 by utilizing the Marines to your left 03:48.527 --> 03:48.270 and your right , being a freaking team , 03:48.369 --> 03:49.330 being a family . 03:56.729 --> 03:58.951 There's hard days , there's easy days , 03:58.951 --> 04:01.062 but especially being stationed out in 04:01.062 --> 04:03.285 29 Palms where we get the best training 04:03.285 --> 04:05.451 in the Marine Corps , and we're always 04:05.451 --> 04:06.951 just getting more lethal . 04:22.510 --> 04:24.429 Uh , SLT has been a phenomenal 04:24.429 --> 04:26.651 experience . Learning has occurred from 04:26.651 --> 04:28.707 every level within the company , all 04:28.707 --> 04:30.873 the way down from the newest marine to 04:30.873 --> 04:33.040 the formation , all the way up to me . 04:33.040 --> 04:35.151 Everybody has learned . Everybody has 04:35.151 --> 04:37.262 gotten better , and at the end of the 04:37.262 --> 04:39.262 day , that is what we join for . We 04:39.262 --> 04:41.485 join for tough , realistic training and 04:41.485 --> 04:40.570 to serve our country . 04:49.149 --> 04:51.750 OK . There there's always changes , 04:51.829 --> 04:53.773 always new technology , always new 04:53.773 --> 04:55.885 formations , uh , and this year is no 04:55.885 --> 04:56.070 different .