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My name is Lieutenant Jane Grade Zoe

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Lyons . We are currently operating in

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the South China Sea , and we conducted

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a replenishment at sea . On the

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bridge we're getting prepared to come

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alongside the ship , so we'll station

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behind the RS ship approximately 1000

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yards at the beginning . Once we do

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that , we'll make sure we're ready to

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go . The unwrapped ship will indicate

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that they're ready for us to come

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alongside , so we come in about . 300

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yards laterally from the other ship and

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then we'll scooch in a little bit to

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get to 180 to 200 ft off of them so

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it's pretty close . however , we stay

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in that position the entire time by

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kind of making a small course and speed

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adjustments .

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During the replenishment at sea , uh ,

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I was aboard the very top of the

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Ashland . We were holding a rope had

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markings within 10 m of each other ,

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but the whole point was we could hold

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it tight from the other ship so that

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the captain could see the distance

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between the ships that way , you know ,

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they wouldn't collide . They can

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maintain a safe distance .

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We connect a couple of lines from the

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unripp ship to our ship and then we

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send across pallets and we make sure

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that we get all the supplies that we

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need from them , so we get a bunch of

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fuel that we need . Our cost of ship

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actually we can store a lot , so we get

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as much as we can and then the supplies

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is the biggest aspect of it , so any of

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the . goodies that we have in the ship

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store or for our extra food that we can

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have , it's really important for the

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crew and plus their mail and all their

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care packages that they can get that we

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can't sometimes get imports . It's

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really important for the crew to have

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and it really brings a whole new side

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of the navy to all of them , so it's

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it's a fun aspect .

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Getting to see the RAS and be a part of

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it was definitely an important thing

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for the vessel itself . It allowed us

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to be at sea for a longer time ,

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meaning that we can conduct operations

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and be available for the Marine Corps

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to do whatever it's necessary we need

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to do , and it was definitely a good

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experience to be able to work alongside

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the Navy to do something of such

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magnitude . Getting to see another ship

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pull up and deliver cargo is something

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almost unimaginable . The fact that

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we're one of the only navies that

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actually does this , so it's really

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impressive that our ships across the

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entire globe can be able to refuel ,

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restock , and make sure that they can

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carry out their mission and not have to

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worry about pulling into another port

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or getting supplies from another

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country . We have our unwrapped ships

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all around the world , and it's really ,

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really important for us to be able to

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continue our mission no matter where ,

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no matter what we're doing . So it's ,

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it's really important for our fleet and

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it's really important for the sailors

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and marines on board .