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This generation is facing a new threat

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and it is a threat that that we haven't

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encountered before and when that

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threat arises , we will rely on our

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partners and allies . We

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are stronger together

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exercise . Unitas is the world's

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longest multinational maritime exercise

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for 64 years . Nations across the globe

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have been sending marines and sailors

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to this exercise so we can work on

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enhancing interoperability on maritime

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and amphibious operations . This year's

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Unitas was hosted here in Colombia by

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the Colombian Navy . We just worked on

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integrating interoperability at all

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levels with infantry squad leader

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tactics , special forces to include

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command and control at a higher level .

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During this exercise , we've conducted

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everything from helicopter rope

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suspension technique training from the

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50 ft tower as well as from uh one Huey .

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We've conducted traumatic combat

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casualty care training . Uh And today

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we conducted live fire pistol training

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with uh all of those different

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counterpoints .

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So this past week , we conducted

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fluvial operations with the Colombian

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Marine Corps . We learned a little bit

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about the tactics , the formations that

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they currently conduct here , the

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safety about boat operations , anything

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from the basics to more towards their

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tactics being able to work side by side

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with them , being able to learn from

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them , their ability to teach while

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conducting these flu operations has

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been immense . I wouldn't ask for

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anything else . The training that the

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special purpose conducted was uh very

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important . But what was even more

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important is that camaraderie with all

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these uh men and women from all these

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nations from across the globe ? And

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we've built relationships that will

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provide not just the immediate impact

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but longer lasting relationships and we

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all look forward to it . We hope that

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we can come down and work with these

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different countries' , militaries again

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in the future , that bond is what

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deters aggression . And in turn , that

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promotes a peaceful and stable Western

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hemisphere .