WEBVTT 00:00.239 --> 00:02.529 Yeah . So I'm chaining Wasowski , first 00:02.539 --> 00:04.428 lieutenant . I've been with Hotel 00:04.428 --> 00:07.590 Battery 210 for about 2.5 years now . 00:08.010 --> 00:10.232 So the exercise we were doing is called 00:10.232 --> 00:12.454 a high rain . So it's a high mars rapid 00:12.454 --> 00:14.890 infiltration , uh the units involved . 00:14.989 --> 00:17.156 So right now it's us , Hotel Battery . 00:17.156 --> 00:19.322 We have the Air Force uh unit from the 00:19.322 --> 00:21.433 Air National Guard out of Charlotte . 00:21.433 --> 00:23.656 They're conducting an operation with us 00:23.656 --> 00:25.878 as well . And then we also had a second 00:25.878 --> 00:29.530 recon student observing for us . So to 00:29.540 --> 00:32.599 go into the exercise . So uh a high 00:32.610 --> 00:34.610 rain is basically where we take the 00:34.610 --> 00:36.619 launcher from one location or an 00:36.630 --> 00:39.009 airstrip . Uh We fly from there to 00:39.020 --> 00:42.060 another location or airstrip and then 00:42.389 --> 00:44.669 uh from there , we'll do a mission . So 00:44.680 --> 00:46.624 that's whether it's a live fire or 00:46.624 --> 00:49.169 drive fire . It's basically sending a 00:49.180 --> 00:52.869 mission down from the uh from the F DC 00:52.880 --> 00:55.659 to our launchers uh completing the 00:55.669 --> 00:57.447 mission and getting back on the 00:57.447 --> 01:00.310 aircraft and going uh to the original 01:00.319 --> 01:03.229 destination . So the main training 01:03.240 --> 01:05.870 objective from this high rain uh was to 01:05.879 --> 01:08.230 complete the live fire since we've been 01:08.239 --> 01:10.406 back from our deployment . This is the 01:10.406 --> 01:12.406 first live fire we've done in North 01:12.406 --> 01:14.739 Carolina or at least back in the States . 01:14.739 --> 01:16.906 So that was our main goal is to safely 01:16.906 --> 01:20.739 spend for this exercise is to 01:20.750 --> 01:24.349 ripper rockets . So safely spend those 01:24.480 --> 01:26.702 to also integrate with those units that 01:26.702 --> 01:28.889 we previously mentioned and to 01:29.110 --> 01:32.809 basically um work out some 01:32.819 --> 01:36.330 new TT PS and SOPS within the battery . 01:36.529 --> 01:39.110 Uh And then also with those other units 01:39.120 --> 01:42.069 kind of using it more as like a proof 01:42.080 --> 01:45.319 of concept of uh some things that we we 01:45.330 --> 01:47.552 we've been working . So on terms of the 01:47.552 --> 01:50.150 marine side . So within the battery , 01:50.330 --> 01:52.610 we're bringing like the launchers , the 01:52.620 --> 01:55.269 our fire direction center , um all of 01:55.279 --> 01:58.120 our com equipment , everything on a 01:58.379 --> 02:00.790 second recon side , they're bringing 02:00.800 --> 02:03.190 the observers and then also their UAs 02:03.199 --> 02:05.360 operators and then on the Air Force 02:05.370 --> 02:07.760 side , they're providing the C 17 . So 02:07.980 --> 02:11.199 our transportation um basically from 02:11.210 --> 02:13.266 this airfield to our firing point at 02:13.266 --> 02:15.432 the separate . Yeah . So there's a , a 02:15.432 --> 02:17.599 lot of benefits with doing this , this 02:17.599 --> 02:19.729 joint training with uh with the Air 02:19.740 --> 02:22.389 Force . It's pretty rare that we are 02:22.399 --> 02:24.677 able to actually do the joint training . 02:24.677 --> 02:26.899 So it's good for us to make the most of 02:26.899 --> 02:28.955 it and to really integrate with them 02:28.955 --> 02:31.121 because in the future , we'll probably 02:31.121 --> 02:33.288 be working with them really close . So 02:33.288 --> 02:35.710 the main thing would be um learning how 02:35.720 --> 02:37.970 they , they embark the launchers , 02:37.979 --> 02:40.610 basically how they , how they run their 02:40.619 --> 02:42.919 missions as well . That way when we do 02:42.929 --> 02:46.000 these joint operations . Um We're all 02:46.009 --> 02:49.119 on the same page . And so for , for a 02:49.130 --> 02:51.699 lot of the marines in the battery , um 02:52.479 --> 02:55.220 since this is post deployment , we have 02:55.419 --> 02:57.419 some really experienced marines who 02:57.419 --> 02:59.475 have been doing this for a while and 02:59.475 --> 03:01.697 then we do have a lot of new marines as 03:01.697 --> 03:03.863 well who just got the fleet . And this 03:03.863 --> 03:06.030 is pretty much their first interaction 03:06.030 --> 03:07.752 with artillery coming from the 03:07.752 --> 03:09.990 schoolhouse and also uh their first 03:10.000 --> 03:13.020 hiring as well . So this was a good 03:13.029 --> 03:15.509 exercise to kind of get them into it 03:15.520 --> 03:19.399 and uh see how it all goes . 03:19.440 --> 03:21.949 So in terms of the marines and what 03:21.960 --> 03:24.889 they've been working on and um in 03:24.899 --> 03:26.899 conjunction with this exercise . So 03:26.899 --> 03:30.029 this kind of shows us basically when we 03:30.039 --> 03:32.150 go back to the planning stages , what 03:32.150 --> 03:34.639 all we need to work on to improve upon , 03:34.649 --> 03:36.760 uh also planning factors that we need 03:36.760 --> 03:38.760 to take into consideration for next 03:38.760 --> 03:42.300 time . So , so it's pretty easy to sit 03:42.309 --> 03:44.830 down and kind of run through like a , a 03:44.839 --> 03:47.061 rehearsal and all right , it's gonna go 03:47.061 --> 03:49.228 like this , we're doing these things , 03:49.228 --> 03:51.172 but then to actually go do it , it 03:51.172 --> 03:53.283 definitely brought up a lot of points 03:53.283 --> 03:55.506 that we hadn't thought about before and 03:55.506 --> 03:57.728 then things that we can work on as well 03:57.728 --> 03:59.895 that we can uh facilitate training for 03:59.895 --> 04:01.950 the marines to improve harm for next 04:01.950 --> 04:03.617 time . So as of recently , uh 04:03.617 --> 04:05.389 especially during our previous 04:05.399 --> 04:07.510 deployment , most of the exercises we 04:07.510 --> 04:09.788 were doing over there were all hirings . 04:09.889 --> 04:11.945 So doing this beforehand , before we 04:11.945 --> 04:13.945 get out there and we're doing it on 04:13.945 --> 04:16.056 like a larger scale or in a different 04:16.056 --> 04:18.278 country . Uh wherever the case is or if 04:18.278 --> 04:20.445 we're doing it with multiple launchers 04:20.445 --> 04:22.700 or um more AMMA than we had this time . 04:22.809 --> 04:25.031 Basically , this gives us a good rep in 04:25.031 --> 04:28.510 preparation for the GDP and also is 04:28.519 --> 04:31.630 training those marines who but not been 04:31.640 --> 04:33.862 able to be on a hiring before I had the 04:33.862 --> 04:36.084 experience of doing it . It's basically 04:36.084 --> 04:38.140 showing them . All right . This is , 04:38.140 --> 04:40.251 this is what looks like a good rep on 04:40.251 --> 04:42.307 it . Um And it also gives our chiefs 04:42.307 --> 04:44.640 experience too because for both of them , 04:44.640 --> 04:46.862 they're both junior chiefs who recently 04:46.862 --> 04:48.973 graduated the course . So this , this 04:48.973 --> 04:51.196 is their first live fire . So it's good 04:51.196 --> 04:53.251 to get that out of the way before we 04:53.251 --> 04:55.829 deploy . So that way they uh they're 04:55.839 --> 04:58.839 ready for the phone . So in terms of 04:59.640 --> 05:01.869 things that , that we ran into issues 05:01.880 --> 05:04.179 we ran into and , and how we solved 05:04.190 --> 05:06.246 them and then going forward with how 05:06.246 --> 05:08.190 we're going to prevent them in the 05:08.190 --> 05:10.357 future . Yeah , first thing that comes 05:10.357 --> 05:12.579 to mind is the joint inspection , we do 05:12.579 --> 05:12.480 it there . Of course , we've done 05:12.489 --> 05:15.309 plenty of those in the past . But this 05:15.320 --> 05:17.619 just solidified the fact that pretty 05:17.630 --> 05:19.741 much all JRS are different depends on 05:19.741 --> 05:21.820 the crew . So some will be concerned 05:21.829 --> 05:24.140 about antennas more so than others or 05:24.149 --> 05:26.260 whether that's the fire extinguishers 05:26.260 --> 05:28.869 or anything like that . Um , so keeping 05:28.880 --> 05:31.730 that in mind as well and then in terms 05:31.739 --> 05:35.519 of the com issue , so it's 05:35.529 --> 05:37.751 really important going into an exercise 05:37.751 --> 05:39.862 that have a solid pace plan , whether 05:39.862 --> 05:43.000 that you're doing high frequency or VHF 05:43.010 --> 05:45.010 and you're doing , you trying to do 05:45.010 --> 05:48.040 like HF digital or , or voice , um , 05:48.049 --> 05:50.779 just having like a pace plan like step 05:50.790 --> 05:52.869 by step . Ok . This is our primary , 05:52.880 --> 05:55.809 this is our alternate and then being 05:55.820 --> 05:58.829 able to run through those or to set 05:58.839 --> 06:01.070 them up like at the same time , that 06:01.079 --> 06:04.420 way you have something to fall back on . 06:04.579 --> 06:07.549 So a lot of that does come down to the 06:07.559 --> 06:09.170 request because for this one 06:09.170 --> 06:12.000 specifically , we , it is within the 06:12.010 --> 06:14.489 window of requesting the HF frequencies 06:14.500 --> 06:17.329 that cause a lot of issues . So that 06:17.339 --> 06:20.029 led to some more issues in our baseline 06:20.040 --> 06:22.420 from which we originally developed . Um 06:23.779 --> 06:25.612 Let's say that would be the main 06:25.612 --> 06:27.668 challenge with calm is just having a 06:27.668 --> 06:29.668 solid pace plan and we did rehearse 06:29.668 --> 06:31.779 with a bunch and it was fine . But of 06:31.779 --> 06:33.723 course , as soon as you get to the 06:33.723 --> 06:35.723 training area to the air trip , you 06:35.723 --> 06:37.779 know , the terrain is different . Um 06:37.790 --> 06:40.440 The there's just a ton of factors that , 06:40.619 --> 06:42.730 that you don't necessarily , that are 06:42.730 --> 06:44.897 hard to replicate , replicate in uh in 06:44.897 --> 06:47.519 other environments . So um taking that 06:47.529 --> 06:50.640 into consideration is just important to 06:50.649 --> 06:52.820 do these , these cpxs and all the 06:52.829 --> 06:55.380 training beforehand in different areas 06:55.390 --> 06:57.820 as well . Instead of just one specific 06:57.829 --> 07:01.190 location . So the importance 07:01.200 --> 07:03.260 of a hiring and expeditionary 07:03.269 --> 07:06.070 operations is basically gives the 07:06.079 --> 07:09.320 commander . Um so it gives the 07:09.329 --> 07:12.179 commander an asset that you can take 07:12.190 --> 07:15.500 from one location , move to another um 07:15.829 --> 07:19.390 very quickly . And then it has a , a 07:19.619 --> 07:21.690 massive range too . So it gives them 07:21.700 --> 07:23.700 the ability to reach out to targets 07:23.700 --> 07:25.756 that they won't be able to reach out 07:25.756 --> 07:28.149 with uh cannons or mortars or some 07:28.160 --> 07:30.059 other forms of fire sports . So 07:30.859 --> 07:34.200 basically , it's just a very 07:34.209 --> 07:38.179 mobile um source of 07:38.190 --> 07:40.301 fires that , that the commander could 07:40.301 --> 07:42.357 move around and they can move around 07:42.357 --> 07:45.320 the battlefield quickly . So in terms 07:45.329 --> 07:47.839 of the capabilities of a hiring , what ? 07:47.850 --> 07:50.209 Um sorry . So in that question , the 07:50.220 --> 07:52.220 first part of it , can you say that 07:52.220 --> 07:54.498 part again ? You said the capabilities ? 07:54.498 --> 07:57.269 Oh the strategic ? Oh , ok . So in 07:57.279 --> 07:59.501 terms of the capabilities of the hiring 07:59.501 --> 08:01.779 of doing a hiring on a strategic level , 08:02.100 --> 08:04.044 basically , it just , it gives the 08:04.044 --> 08:07.559 commander uh a way to provide 08:07.570 --> 08:09.519 fires or to take care of a target 08:09.529 --> 08:11.739 that's well without a range of other 08:12.140 --> 08:15.290 sources of fires . So in terms of the 08:15.299 --> 08:17.510 strategic level , like for example , 08:17.519 --> 08:20.179 the C 17 is a strategic level asset . 08:20.309 --> 08:22.679 So when we work with them and also 08:22.690 --> 08:24.809 doing a joint exercise , we're really 08:24.820 --> 08:28.359 able to um facilitate the commander 08:28.369 --> 08:31.570 needs depending on , on how he's trying 08:31.579 --> 08:32.450 to shape the battle here .