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1st . Good morning everybody . I'd like 

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to take a few minutes up front to thank 

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Governor Guerrero and Lieutenant 

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Governor 10orio for their leadership 

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and for the people of Guam and their 

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ongoing support of the joint force 

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exercises and training that we have 

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going on here in Guam . United States 

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Army pacific Command . America's 

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theater Army here in the region is 

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dedicated to preserving peace and the 

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prosperity of people in Guam and across 

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enemy . We want to maintain strong 

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relationships and we want to build 

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healthy communities together . We are 

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demonstrating our commitment here to 

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the defense of Guam , to the defense of 

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the nation and to the values and the 

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principles inherent in a free and open 

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and no pacific . And we are 

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demonstrating our commitment through 

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really 3 3 ways . We're conducting 

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strategic deployment of our forces into 

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the region followed by operational 

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maneuver . We're commanded controlling 

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those forces from strategic locations . 

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We're integrating and rehearsing joint 

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all domain operations and then were 

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demonstrating the capabilities by 

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conducting rehearsals and building 

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readiness with all of our forces . And 

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we're doing that in concert with um U . 

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S . Army pacific Air Force forces 

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represented here by general thomas . 

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Again , these exercises demonstrate the 

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strength of the alliances and 

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partnerships that we have here in the 

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region and by exploring some new 

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opportunities , we can expand the 

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security architecture all for a more 

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stable , prosperous and peaceful region 

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in this network of relationships that 

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Secretary Austin described as recent 

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remarks in Singapore . They are at the 

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core the foundation of integrated 

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deterrence . And since taking command 

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of the United States Army pacific , 

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I've been nothing but impressed by the 

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soldiers in the force and then working 

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alongside airmen , marines and sailors . 

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They we really do demonstrate that 

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integrated deterrence across the region 

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every day and they continually perform 

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their duties each day and supported the 

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Joint Force building trust and 

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relationships and preparing for any 

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range of activities , be they change 

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activities or competitive activities or 

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crisis response activities . And it's 

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through all these efforts that we 

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recognize that we are stronger together 

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and we're going to begin with building 

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that through our communities . And 

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we're going to begin by doing that as a 

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joint force and we were lockstep with 

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our allies and partners across the 

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region . And these exercises are an 

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expression of that in support of joint 

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operations that are manifested in uh 

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forager and defender pacific . So the 

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first one and we have an exercise going 

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on , it's called pacific iron . Uh and 

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what pacific iron is our largest and 

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our most comprehensive exercise date to 

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exercise what we call agile combat 

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employment , we're exercising the 

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ability to disperse that large force to 

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multiple locations and then to operate 

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an intense pace and tempo over a two 

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week period . The small agile footprint 

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across multiple locations is how will 

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conduct operations when the situation 

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may require and we can do it today at 

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scale . If you're an ally are part of 

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the United States here in the Indo 

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pacific , we know that you are watching 

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U . S . Forces can and will be 

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resilient despite attempts to counter 

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our advantages . And if you're a 

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potential adversary who seeks to 

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prevent a free and open indo pacific , 

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we hope you're watching too . No one 

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wants to fight , but if you start one 

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we will continue to successfully 

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operate using agility , speed and 

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innovation . Our ability to operate as 

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a joint force at the significant ranges 

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that are required here in the indo 

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pacific to produce incisive effects in 

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all domains is an asymmetric advantage 

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that we possess as a joint Force . The 

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Air Force Army team has demonstrated 

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that ability time and time again . 

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Whether practicing George forcible 

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entry operations across the globe . 

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Integrated air and missile defense here 

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on Guam and elsewhere in the indo 

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pacific or airmen putting weapons on 

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target and support of soldiers in 

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contact with the enemy . The defender , 

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Pacific 21 series of events is allowing 

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us to further sharpen that joint edge . 

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How has the supply chain from local 

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businesses been for you ? So exercise 

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forward your is a series of experiments 

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that were doing within pacific iron and 

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pacific defender . And those 

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experiments , experiments are about the 

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innovation of pulling together . Um 

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The Air Force's agile combat employment 

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concept and are the army's future 

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operating concept of multi domain 

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operations . So when you talked about 

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austere locations , uh I understand 

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Tinian , but have you been able to get 

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to palau ? The role of palau out here 

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is really , really important . And the 

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increasing pace and scale of the 

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exercising and engagements that we've 

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been doing down there um I think is 

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ample evidence of the fact that the 

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palau and government is very welcoming . 

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And uh there's great opportunities . 

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They're just one of each of you could 

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talk about uh army , multi domain and 

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air force the A . C . E . What what 

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is , is there anything new being uh 

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exercised or experimented upon during 

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this whole saga that's going on 

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defensive and offensive capabilities 

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together ? That's why we're out here 

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doing this right now is to learn to 

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understand to grow and to succeed and 

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fail in some of these things that are 

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bringing a current capabilities , 

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testing future concepts and future 

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capabilities together . So I think the 

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value of us actually doing this 

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demonstration of the commitment that we 

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have to one another's of current forces 

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but our future operating concepts and 

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trying to bring them together and I 

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think that this environment and the 

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conditions that were operating in out 

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here is exactly where we want to be . 

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that we need to be operating in um to 

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bring these two concepts together . 

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part is the multi domain aspect to it . 

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airmen and soldiers were moving across 

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the pacific um they weren't able to 

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operate in all five domain cyber didn't 

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exist . And yet the work that we're 

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doing with the multi domain task force 

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that domain . That's definitely new . 

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effects from space in that domain . I 

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would certainly say that that's new . 

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dispersing and then being able to 

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operate forward , um , I would say 

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what's new there is , is that the 

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operating environment is significantly 

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different from what we've seen in the 

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past . We have opponents who believe 

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that they can stop us through 

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saturation attacks . We have opponents 

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who think that they can interrupt our 

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command and control . And so we have to 

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be able to develop and exercise now at 

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fighters , in some cases , bombers , 

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tankers , all of that environment when 

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they're trying mightily to stop us by 

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attacking us in multiple domains . And 

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so that's definitely different . And so 

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us demonstrating the ability to do that 

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at scale here in defender , pacific and 

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in support of forager and I'm sorry , 

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in pacific island , supportive . 

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new here . Uh Is there a particular 

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threat that these exercises are 

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designed to prepare for ? Like is 

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there an increase in china's threat 

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level ? And this question is , the 

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second question is particularly for 

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army General Flynn . Uh will the U . S . 

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Army be in a position to rapidly deploy 

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in case Taiwan is invaded by china . 

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Um so the answer your question about a 

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particular threat is I think it's 

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pretty obvious that there are great 

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power competitors who are preparing to 

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at least have the options to employ 

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force , kinetic force and non kinetic 

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force to obstruct the US , our allies 

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and our partners if they don't see that 

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they are achieving their objectives . 

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Which does not equate to a free and 

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open indo pacific . And so whether you 

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believe that that is constituted by the 

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PRC or whether that's Russia or whether 

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that's the DpRK , all of them have 

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varying capabilities . We all we know 

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one thing for sure is that they've 

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studied the way that the US , our 

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allies and partners have employed force 

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when it's been necessary and they 

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believe that will concentrate and we'll 

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build large mountains of sustainment 

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and supply and then we'll wait to go 

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forward and we know that we can't wait 

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to do that . Nor can we give them that 

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opportunity . And so thus were 

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preparing to operate in a different way 

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and we're executing in this exercise , 

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operating in a different way to make 

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sure that any advantage that they try 

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to pray for themselves . Um , we've 

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denied that advantage . I think that I 

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think the uh , both your questions , I 

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think the threats here in this region 

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are numerous and so too , 

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just focus it solely on one adversary I 

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think would be it would be inadequate . 

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prepare for multiple threats 

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and so being able to conduct operations 

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where we're practicing and we're 

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rehearsing and we are learning uh in 

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the environment , in the conditions 

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that were most likely to operate in is 

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what's really , really valuable about 

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the activities that uh and the training 

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and rehearsing that we have under way 

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out here . With regards to your second 

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question , will the army be able to 

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rapidly deploy ? The Army is always 

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able to rapidly deploy ? And we have a 

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range of forces out here in the pacific 

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from forcible Entry Forces . Uh Two 

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motorized forces to sustainment 

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communications , cyber electronic 

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warfare intelligence , um 

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Security force assistance , all 

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ranges of capabilities within the army 

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that can move at speed and at scale 

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to conduct operations across the region . 

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Joint Force and we provide those 

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foundational capabilities to the Joint 

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force Commander