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Colonel Ryan Barnett , I'm with Third

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brigade to Mountain . I'm the brigade

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here today . We're doing a part of a

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Defender Europe exercise and this

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particular portion of it is a northern

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forest and we are moving into the force

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on force bays of northern forest in

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which we will have . The , ah , 230

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infantry is doing an air assault this

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morning to move them in to positions to

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where they can begin the attack .

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The greatest thing is that we both have

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uh items that we can learn from each

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other . And so knowing , understanding

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the capabilities of our allies and our

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partners , knowing how they fight ,

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knowing their home court advantage here

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in Finland is amazing . And then also

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our ability to teach them how we fight ,

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how we operate and exchange those

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lessons so that we get better together

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as a NATO force .