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When we get to see planes go up in the

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air and take off and it's like a sense

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of pride . All the hard work that you

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do , the long nights , the practice ,

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it just shows when the when the plane

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gets to take off and it comes back

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safely and it's working all fine . It's

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a , it's a great experience . Bamboo

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eagle is the second half of this large

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force exercise that we are a part of .

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It is our certification exercise ,

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which means it allows us to go back .

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Into our combat cycle certifying that

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we are capable of providing air power

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for whichever AOR we find ourselves in .

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The benefits of doing an exercise like

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this are really providing that joint

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integration . The navy can sometimes

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speak a different language , so getting

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this hands on training with our crews

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and getting as much exposure to the

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maritime environment is crucial for our

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squadron . What's unique about this

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iteration is that this is the first

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time we're taking 6 aircraft uh from

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Creech Air Force Base and putting it at

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a contingency location . The airmen

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that's been out here , they've been

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extremely flexible and just getting

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after the mission . I've seen every

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single member motivated to just get

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after the objectives . Uh , MT9 reaper

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is very agile . We're able to land and

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recover pretty much anywhere . It's a

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total versatile aircraft , so it's a

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good culture . Everyone has your back .

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You're all there to just get the

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mission done . Being out here just

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shows that uh we're away from home

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station and that comes with a whole new

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challenge and the fact that we're able

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to take uh a good number of guys out

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and just execute a mission anywhere

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shows that we're able to dominate no

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matter where we are on the on the

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planet .