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Uh , for our in-stream on load there

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was a little uniqueness to it . Um , we

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did it at night , but once the Marines

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showed up , talk with the Marines ,

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show them how to fog down their

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vehicles , make sure everything is good

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to go . And once they're loaded on the

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boat , uh , we took multiple loads to

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the ship . So , uh , it was a little

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unique , but , uh , between the

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flexibility of us and the Marines and

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the Ashland we're able to get it done

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in one night and head out .

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My job as embarkation chief is with

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best with the most knowledge on the

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boat , um , was one to ensure safety

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paramount . Things we had to prepare

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for . I would just say a lot of the

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operations inside and a lot of the

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logistics inside and say , OK , hey ,

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what would be the best way that we can

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get cargo moving . And then for our

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position here on the Ashland , uh ,

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we're positioned to handle any crisis

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if it's humanitarian , if it's business

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of war , um , we are positioned to

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handle that whether it's delivering

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marines or delivering aid to foreign

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allies .

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From the standpoint of how basically

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the Marines and the Navy work . I would

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say for the most part it worked pretty

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smoothly when we're conducting our bog

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operations . For one , the Marines

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can't do it without the Navy , and the

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Navy can't do it without the Marines of

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them , like , hey , they give us a

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space where it's , it is safe to

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receive set equipment and basically

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it's like , hey , OK , cool , tag ,

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you're it . Um , we receive the gear ,

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we station the gear , um , LK goes out ,

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it comes back in , and we kind of

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basically repeating that scenario just

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simply being the ability for any ship

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to deliver an entire mute anywhere on

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the planet , uh , quickly and

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effectively .