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So we always have a lot of training

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objectives that we try to get into and

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exercises like immediate response . Uh ,

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but anytime you have really a large

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scale multinational exercise where

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you're pulling everybody together ,

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what you're really trying to get after

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is the interoperability of

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communication systems and making sure

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that we're effectively able to deliver

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lethality on the battlefield if and

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when that's ever required . We bring in

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all areas of multi-domain aspects when

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we're having these type of exercises .

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Uh , which really allows not only uh

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the United States as a participant but

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the participants from multiple

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countries in this particular instance ,

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uh , that several Western Balkan

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nations that are here , uh , we also

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bring into play our state partnership

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program and as Albania is the host for

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immediate response for this particular

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portion of Defender Europe . Uh , then

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we also have the New Jersey National

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Guard participating here as well . It's

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always hard , uh , because that's what

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we have to do when we're testing the

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alliance , right ? So , uh , in order

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to actually effect deterrence against

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all adversaries for the alliance , NATO

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has to come together and do these

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particular exercises to work through

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the friction points that you have for

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communications , what we call C4I

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computers information . Uh , we also

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have to incorporate other assets that

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we have whether it be from the space or

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the air domain into the land domain .

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This one in particular we are very

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fortunate that we also were able to

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work in the maritime domain , uh ,

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through United States Navy presence ,

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uh , so that was a particular benefit

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to this particular exercise and then

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still always trying to bring in the

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cyber and the space domains to make

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sure that we're effectively .

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Commanding controlling our troops when

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we get into any type of multi-domain

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battlefield conflicts um against an

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adversary and it is hard and that's why

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you have to practice it and challenge

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it each and every time that you do it

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you get better uh you find out ways

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that you can improve we found that to

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be able to exercise this on smaller

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scales it allows us to digest and work

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on those regional plans better . Uh ,

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allows us to gain efficiencies and our

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ability to sit not only as a

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participant from UConn but also in an

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observer capacity . Uh , it allows it

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to be associated with more digestible

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chunks for all of the training

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objectives that we're trying to get

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after . The training objectives is

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really the interoperability of the

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engagement between all of the partners .

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Uh , any time that we do this , we do

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find areas where we can improve in

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particular with our C2 interoperability .

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And also the incorporation of other

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multi domains like space and cyber into

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it so when we do it we always take

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those lessons learned and incorporate

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into the next round of immediate

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response defender Europe or whatever

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the exercise might be so that we're in

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a continuous improvement stage for

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everything that we do . To improve , to

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show that we have the lethality and the

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readiness and the interoperability in

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Europe and NATO is strong , and our

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adversaries need to know that . So the ,

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uh , SPP partnership that we've had

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with Albania is going into its 25th

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year next year , uh , celebrating the

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25th anniversary , and through that ,

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uh , time , uh , we've seen a

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tremendous increase . In the

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partnership , uh , professionalism and

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the relationships between us and

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Albania , to the point where we're

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about to hopefully see their light

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infantry battle group certified by NATO

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next year . This is the first time

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we've had our engineers deployed to

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this exercise . Not only were they able

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to utilize all their live ordinance

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without the restrictions that we have

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in the . States , but they were also

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able to teach the Albanians and our

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multinational partners on the

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techniques , tactics and procedures for

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the engineers and demo destruction as

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you saw today during the exercise ,

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it's all about the relationships , uh ,

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you know , in the event that we have a

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real world crisis , we have the already

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we have the relationships we have the

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trust we have the interoperability . Uh ,

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already being built , uh , so if the

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real world crisis did happen , we're

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already a step ahead of the game .

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General Kenji and the , uh , Albanian

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leadership are very excited not only

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the US partnership and the New Jersey

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partnership , uh , we've allowed them

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to learn from us . We've also learned

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from them , so it made an overall

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better exercise that will help US Army

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Europe , NATO , and the region in the

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future .