WEBVTT 00:06.329 --> 00:09.329 The warrior ethos transcends language , 00:09.340 --> 00:12.170 countries , religions . It's a 00:12.180 --> 00:14.236 brotherhood and a sisterhood that is 00:14.236 --> 00:16.402 built into all these warriors out here 00:16.402 --> 00:18.347 that we're working with . And it's 00:18.347 --> 00:17.489 amazing to see 00:27.950 --> 00:30.061 we knew coming out here . It's a much 00:30.061 --> 00:31.839 different climate than southern 00:31.839 --> 00:34.061 California where we're based . And that 00:34.061 --> 00:36.228 has been reality . It's been extremely 00:36.228 --> 00:38.394 warm , humid , but we are getting used 00:38.394 --> 00:41.060 to it . We are pushing through and it 00:41.069 --> 00:43.380 is amazing to see how the host nation 00:43.759 --> 00:47.650 they treat it like itself . Exercise co 00:47.770 --> 00:49.826 gold . 24 provides us an outstanding 00:49.826 --> 00:51.881 opportunity to operate and integrate 00:51.881 --> 00:53.659 with our key regional strategic 00:53.659 --> 00:54.659 partners . 01:02.060 --> 01:04.171 Exercises like Cooper Gold provide an 01:04.171 --> 01:06.060 outstanding opportunity for us to 01:06.060 --> 01:08.282 display the interoperability that we've 01:08.282 --> 01:08.209 grown with these units that we've 01:08.220 --> 01:10.360 persistently executed these exercises 01:10.370 --> 01:11.370 with . 01:13.779 --> 01:15.946 What's interesting and excellent about 01:15.946 --> 01:18.057 exercises like cover gold is that you 01:18.057 --> 01:20.168 see interoperability all the way from 01:20.168 --> 01:22.168 the senior staff level at the joint 01:22.168 --> 01:24.168 task force down to those individual 01:24.168 --> 01:26.390 marine riflemen and executors who along 01:26.390 --> 01:28.335 with their , their Korean and Thai 01:28.335 --> 01:30.501 partners are literally executing tough 01:30.501 --> 01:30.319 realistic live fire and maneuver 01:30.330 --> 01:32.219 training , shoulder to shoulder , 01:32.419 --> 01:34.641 displaying that interoperability at all 01:34.641 --> 01:38.410 levels of our commands . Go 01:38.760 --> 01:39.760 to 01:42.839 --> 01:44.339 jungle training was a good 01:44.339 --> 01:46.228 Familiarization with not only the 01:46.228 --> 01:48.450 environment around here and the hazards 01:48.450 --> 01:50.395 of it but also how to survive it , 01:50.395 --> 01:49.860 right ? And kind of dominate in that 01:49.870 --> 01:52.169 environment that went from the type of 01:52.180 --> 01:54.124 food you can eat as well as how to 01:54.124 --> 01:56.236 sustain yourself over periods of time 01:56.236 --> 01:58.291 with both water and keeping yourself 01:58.291 --> 01:57.250 warm . 02:03.059 --> 02:05.281 This training out here in cover gold is 02:05.281 --> 02:07.003 so important because it builds 02:07.003 --> 02:08.726 international interoperability 02:11.770 --> 02:13.992 and this will be what we use for time . 02:13.992 --> 02:17.710 Do not confuse this for that for the 02:17.720 --> 02:20.179 hen . Yes . Do it again to squeeze the 02:20.240 --> 02:24.190 hard in the event of a future 02:24.199 --> 02:27.250 crisis or catastrophe . These countries 02:27.259 --> 02:29.481 are ready to come together and complete 02:29.481 --> 02:31.537 the mission and complete the task on 02:31.537 --> 02:32.537 hand . 02:38.639 --> 02:42.289 The fing the relationships we've built 02:42.300 --> 02:44.710 with these other countries has been 02:44.720 --> 02:45.729 amazing so far . 02:48.830 --> 02:50.240 That's , that's , that's me .