WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:02.176 I'm Lieutenant Colonel James Acevedo , 00:02.176 --> 00:04.190 the battalion commander for uh 838 00:04.199 --> 00:05.949 Transportation Battalion . The 00:05.960 --> 00:08.670 significance of this deployment is that 00:08.680 --> 00:12.100 we started the Defender 2024 with the 00:12.109 --> 00:14.800 deployment of 310 in Norwich Norway . 00:15.130 --> 00:17.297 And right now we culminate in Defender 00:17.297 --> 00:20.299 24 here in Can we Finland the 00:20.309 --> 00:22.780 significance of having this unit 00:22.790 --> 00:24.950 deported out of can be filled into 00:25.159 --> 00:27.620 advance . It enables the 838 to 00:27.629 --> 00:30.040 exercise their , the Point management 00:30.049 --> 00:31.938 team and the Singapore Management 00:31.938 --> 00:34.799 Authority in the North of the Alps . In 00:34.810 --> 00:38.014 addition to the just the 838 battalion 00:38.025 --> 00:41.275 exercising their mission . We also 00:41.334 --> 00:43.556 participate with our NATO partners that 00:43.556 --> 00:45.814 we are exercising in the partnership of 00:45.825 --> 00:48.994 having just the capability of importing 00:49.005 --> 00:51.645 and out boing troops or cargo anywhere 00:51.654 --> 00:55.259 in the north of the Alps . So what you 00:55.270 --> 00:58.060 see here is we have military cargo that 00:58.069 --> 01:00.450 is being driven by soldiers and 01:00.459 --> 01:02.779 contractors here from the surface 01:02.790 --> 01:04.790 deployment and distribution command 01:04.790 --> 01:06.680 unit . We are having soldiers 01:06.690 --> 01:09.080 conducting maintenance on vehicles , 01:09.089 --> 01:11.200 but the most of what they're doing is 01:11.200 --> 01:13.311 driving vehicles up the ramp that you 01:13.311 --> 01:17.080 can see here of the vessel . Once the 01:17.089 --> 01:19.256 vehicle gets inside of the vessel . It 01:19.256 --> 01:21.879 will be parked as a pre designated area 01:21.889 --> 01:24.800 until it gets to the forward location . 01:26.849 --> 01:28.738 Uh The vehicles are situated in a 01:28.738 --> 01:31.500 location where it can be easily driven 01:31.510 --> 01:33.677 off . So when they come off the ramp , 01:33.677 --> 01:36.139 they're mission ready and ready for on 01:36.230 --> 01:39.889 movement . Second 01:39.900 --> 01:43.209 class Everett Lai with NCHB 14 out here 01:43.220 --> 01:45.442 in Ky Finland . In conjunction with the 01:45.442 --> 01:47.559 Army for Defender 24 . Uh The navy's 01:47.569 --> 01:49.680 purpose to be out here along with the 01:49.680 --> 01:52.029 army is to act as extra safety 01:52.040 --> 01:54.720 observers and extra transpo and 01:55.089 --> 01:57.200 services for the vehicles to and from 01:57.200 --> 01:59.367 the marshaling guards are here as well 01:59.367 --> 02:01.629 as acting as extra hands for lashing in 02:01.639 --> 02:03.306 case of contractors need it . 02:05.809 --> 02:08.350 One specific key task that I have with 02:08.360 --> 02:11.050 my crew here in the 838 Transportation 02:11.059 --> 02:13.059 battalion is the duty of the marine 02:13.059 --> 02:15.520 cargo specialist and he's the like the 02:15.529 --> 02:18.830 low master for making in simple terms , 02:18.839 --> 02:20.950 he goes to every specific part of the 02:20.950 --> 02:22.950 ship to make sure that equipment is 02:23.009 --> 02:25.120 loaded in the right spot in the right 02:25.120 --> 02:27.539 place . Same thing with Hazmat uh to 02:27.550 --> 02:29.580 make sure that the , the Hazmat has 02:29.589 --> 02:31.756 been documented . And then the other , 02:31.756 --> 02:33.800 the other key task is the the cargo 02:33.809 --> 02:36.210 control specialist which ensures that 02:36.220 --> 02:38.387 the every piece of equipment that gets 02:38.387 --> 02:42.149 on the ship is accounted for . I 02:42.160 --> 02:44.382 was actually part of the Norway team as 02:44.382 --> 02:46.470 well as this team here being on both 02:46.479 --> 02:48.701 sides and seeing this completed from my 02:48.701 --> 02:52.539 point of view . It's been a good run on 02:52.550 --> 02:54.940 behalf of the 838 Transportation 02:54.949 --> 02:57.460 Battalion . We are very proud of the 02:57.470 --> 02:59.526 mission that we did during defend of 02:59.526 --> 03:03.279 2024 . We started Defender 2024 with 03:03.289 --> 03:06.000 enabling the import of cargo and troops 03:06.009 --> 03:08.176 into theater . And now we're finishing 03:08.176 --> 03:10.720 up with the , with this deployment from 03:10.729 --> 03:13.240 Camie to Poland and we did all of that 03:13.250 --> 03:16.460 very safe and very successful thanks to 03:16.470 --> 03:18.526 the , all the soldiers and the local 03:18.526 --> 03:20.692 nationals and , and D A civilians that 03:20.692 --> 03:23.190 work in my team . So I , I'm very happy , 03:23.199 --> 03:24.977 very proud to be a part of this 03:24.977 --> 03:25.240 organization .