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My name is Major Jordan Terry . I'm the

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battalion operations officer for 12

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14th Aviation , and I'm an UH 60 Black

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Hawk Aviator . So we're out here for

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Operation Lethal Cougar 25 . Lethal

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Cougar is our battalion exercise that

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we execute drivers training , tactical

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assembly area training , live weapons

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ranges on the ground , and then we

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execute with a culmination for aerial

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gunnery . So we converge from three

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different garrisons Graffenveer ,

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Wiesbaden , and Katterback out here to

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Graffenveer to capitalize on efficiency ,

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get all of our team . Together for some

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quality training out in the field .

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Grafn beer is one of the only places

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that we can use to train all of our

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battalion mission essential tasks . So

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it's important to converge here so that

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we can actually drive , fly , maintain

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in the field , and prepare for all the

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contingency missions that the European

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theater might ask us to accomplish . So

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aerial gunnery is an event that we do

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to uphold our Obligation to the ground

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force . So when we fly an infantry

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force , they trust our crews , our

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pilots , our crew chiefs to be able to

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fly effectively and to be able to

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defend the aircraft effectively with

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our suppressive weapon systems . So

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that's what we're out here training our

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ability to protect ourselves in a

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combat environment . We are equipped

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with UH60 Victor Black Hawk helicopters

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as well as CH-47 Fox Chinook

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helicopters . So the weapons that we

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use are M240 . which is the aerial

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version of the M240 Bravo . It's a 762

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platform weapon really used for

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suppression . Our goal is to avoid the

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enemy if possible through proper

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planning , but if we do have to defend

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the aircraft , our crew chiefs are

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trained and lethal and capable of doing

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so . So when commanders across the

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European theater need something , we

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have to be ready for a wide variety of

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missions to support the soldiers on the

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ground whatever they need .