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I want them to learn that they're

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capable of doing this , that they can

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think outside of the box and and deal

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with all those realities that we'll

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face in the future environment . This

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Iron Nomad exercise will prepare civil

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engineering and the mission support

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group for future wartime realities

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because . We're going to have to know

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how to operate in an environment where

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we don't have all the tools that we're

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accustomed to . We don't have all the

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personnel that we're accustomed to ,

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and we're going to have to think

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outside the box and and be able to

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adapt to whatever environments in front

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of us . Our role is to be able to take

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an airfield and either operate it or if

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it's damaged repair it and so that's

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our primary role in the wartime

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environment is to make sure that the

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operation of the airfield can still

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continue and so that's kind of what

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we're really exercising here today .

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We're making sure that we can do this

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without all the standard equipment that

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we're accustomed to and without the

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perfect scenarios . The benefit of

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working with these different squadrons

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tied in with civil engineering is that

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we're going to be asked to do things

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where we're out of our comfort zones

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and out of our normal routine ,

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especially when it comes to security ,

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when it comes to being able to do

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another AFSC skill set and being able

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to do it quickly , and we're doing some

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thorough training today to get

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ourselves more prepared .