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- Hit it on two.

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- [Soldier] Fire!

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(mortar firing)

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- Today, we're out here putting all the practical skills

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that these guys have been learning

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into an actual exercise,

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so they set up Comm and now they are calling

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for fire from artillery and mortars.

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A lot of these guys, this isn't their main job,

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so it gives us a chance for them

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to work together alongside

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other people in the unit

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and learn what they do

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and help each other out.

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A lot of the Senior NCOs are taking charge of this.

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We're, kind of, letting them do their own thing,

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run the training how they want,

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and, ultimately, they're building confidence

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in their Marines.

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- There's nothing better than being in the field

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with your guys and,

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you know, working together, suffering together,

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because that's unit cohesion as it is, you know.

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Y'all work together, serve together.

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Y'all mock together.