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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 .