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In crisis we don't have the luxury of

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time . We have to be ready .

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This exercise is important to us

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because , uh , operating in the high

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north , uh , above the Arctic Circle

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for an extended period of time is one

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of the most challenging and harshest

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environments that you can operate in .

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Uh , and , uh , at a small unit level ,

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in order for us to maintain tempo of a

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larger organization , the small units

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need to be able to continue to fight

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and fighting in this environment , uh ,

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means you gotta be able to take care of

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yourself , uh , individually and

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collectively at the small unit level .

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And so , uh , what we're doing here is

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focusing on teaching squad leaders and

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team leaders and individual members of

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a squad , uh , how to fight and survive

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in this unforgiving environment . As

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Marines , we are taught at a very early

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time in our career the importance of

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discipline , and I think discipline is

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a thing that uh makes us different than

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other military services . And I think

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operating in the high north and Arctic

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environment , it's all about discipline .

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You're taught the basics of how to do

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things step by step , and in this

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environment , if you don't do it step

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by step , uh , you're gonna wind up

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culminating individually and

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collectively . And so just like we have

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done from the time we stepped on the

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yellow footprints at the MCRDs or you

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matriculated through uh Brownfield at

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OCS , it hasn't changed whether you're

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a lance corporal or Major general . Uh ,

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what you do here in order to survive

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and win is all built on discipline .