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Picture this You're getting ready to

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execute your plan of the day . You roll

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out , you grab your phone . Pull up the

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weather app . Doesn't work .

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Try to pull up the internet and access

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that vast repository of human knowledge .

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The browser doesn't work , and then you

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try to make a call or send an SMS and

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your comm's dark .

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That's a microcosm of what Indopagum

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looks like without 3rd Intelligence

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Battalion . We provide meteorological ,

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oceanographic sensing , surveillance in

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the form of counterintelligence , human

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intelligence collectors , or maritime

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surveillance . We provide all sorts

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analysis and we provide unique

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intelligence architecture

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communications to push our intelligence

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data uh out to users from the map up

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into Paycom . We got 4 4.5 ft . Without

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7th Combatine , you don't have command

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and control across the MF and not only

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across the MEF internally but also with

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our key partner and allies that we need

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to be able to synchronize forces and

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make decisions to win against the

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adversary .

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When you think of MSB , if you think

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back to our mission statement , and we

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support the command element , we

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support the MIG and also the MIB , um ,

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and sometimes when we support all three

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of those entities simultaneously , it

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can be challenging , uh , based on the

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small formation that we have of about

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230 Marines , uh , but with the proper

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planning and the proper placement of

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leadership , um , it can be done . Uh ,

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Examples would be the successes of Keen

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EEdge and Resolute Dragon , Freedom

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Shield , um , and a few other exercises

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that we've done over the last year . A

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lot of our philosophy here , the thing

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would go is you train to failure ,

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right ? And then you continue to train

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until your actions , your movements ,

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your planning is second nature .

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In response to the facing threat , the

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battalions increasingly focused on

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maritime domain awareness , conducting

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signals intelligence operations . The

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data feeds the theater common

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intelligence picture and informs over

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the horizon targeting . And when it

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comes to the C5 ISRT , uh ,

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architecture that the MiG provides , we

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have C4 in spades . We are the heavy

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list of the C4 portion of C5 ISRT . So

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when you're talking about command and

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control , communications , and cyber

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and computers , really that is a lot of

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what 7th Communication Battalion is

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able to do . Information is the

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thing that Binds every war fighting

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function together . It

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is the untouchable but

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knowable .

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You have to be able to think and slow

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down the battlefield , and if you're

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worried about manipulating your weapon

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system or a basic call for fire . Then

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you're not working the problem , and

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the enemy is gonna outmaneuver and kill

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you . I think sometimes people think

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that information is somehow new .

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What's new is the fact that the

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networks are interconnected globally .

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That's new .

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Everybody can see a reconnaissance man

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coming out of the water all painted up

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carrying his M4 with his fins on , on

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one hand . Like you can see that . But

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when I say , yeah , I'm in the MIG ,

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what do you do ? I

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influence decisions . That's what every

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marine inside of the MiG should be able

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to say , and it doesn't always sound

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super attractive , but it's probably

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one of the most important things that

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we can do . The next

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conflict where we're competing for

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information space , I think is really

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going to show where all of the MG is

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the cornerstone of what makes or

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breaks our ability to do what we say we

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can do with our capabilities today .