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we conducted the annual defense

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coordinating elements , uh

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communication , N . C . O . S . Uh

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Annual training , I think the

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importance of the training is two fold .

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Number one is rotations of N . C . O .

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S . Throughout the regions . And then

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uh as uh most of the equipment that we

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operate within our northern the mission

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set is uh kind of commercial off the

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shelf equipment . Sometimes the first

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thing you pull out , that's your

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favorite thing doesn't work and you

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need to know how that other piece of

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equipment works so you can get

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communications . Some units don't have

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what other units have . There's so much

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information equipment out there that

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being able to see , hey , this is what

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you guys are using . And even if you

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have the same equipment , you might

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know a better way to utilize the

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equipment . What they do is integrate

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every piece of equipment they have and

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they tie into our joint network

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operations center here to ensure that

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the equipment is operating . And the

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importance of it is because they could

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be called upon the quick notice to go

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out to places like Puerto rico . The

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Virgin Islands , too , cover down on

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hurricane response .