1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:29,389 --> 00:00:31,611 Exercise Thunder Wolf is an opportunity 3 00:00:31,611 --> 00:00:33,833 for the two units to come together . We 4 00:00:33,833 --> 00:00:36,000 brought the whole unit and uh we spent 5 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:38,222 about a week , uh , learning together , 6 00:00:38,222 --> 00:00:40,111 training together , uh , bleeding 7 00:00:40,111 --> 00:00:41,833 together , sweating together . 8 00:00:44,450 --> 00:00:46,720 We go and try to find the uh the best 9 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:49,053 units we can find to train with uh they , 10 00:00:49,169 --> 00:00:51,336 they teach us how to do stuff we teach 11 00:00:51,336 --> 00:00:53,669 them how to do stuff , um , and it just , 12 00:00:53,669 --> 00:00:55,836 it just makes everybody better uh when 13 00:00:55,836 --> 00:00:59,259 we come together . All parts of our of 14 00:00:59,259 --> 00:01:01,481 our squadron get tested uh when we come 15 00:01:01,481 --> 00:01:02,481 out here . 16 00:01:12,190 --> 00:01:15,230 We bring in Seaburn 4 with security 17 00:01:15,230 --> 00:01:17,709 forces AE that brings a level of 18 00:01:17,709 --> 00:01:19,820 realness that we don't get when we're 19 00:01:19,820 --> 00:01:21,320 doing peacetime workload . 20 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:26,527 We , we try to push people to the , to 21 00:01:26,527 --> 00:01:28,582 the limits , um , to , to build that 22 00:01:28,582 --> 00:01:30,693 excellence into our teams . You don't 23 00:01:30,693 --> 00:01:32,693 get a second chance when you're out 24 00:01:32,693 --> 00:01:35,309 there . Every aspect of these types of 25 00:01:35,309 --> 00:01:38,419 exercises help develop that mindset for 26 00:01:38,599 --> 00:01:40,432 getting ready for a deployment . 27 00:01:49,089 --> 00:01:51,256 We're able to stress them a little bit 28 00:01:51,730 --> 00:01:53,897 to see how they react . They learn how 29 00:01:53,897 --> 00:01:56,008 they'll react and then they can build 30 00:01:56,008 --> 00:01:58,119 some confidence after they go through 31 00:01:58,119 --> 00:01:58,089 some training to see how they're 32 00:01:58,089 --> 00:02:00,367 supposed to deal with those situations . 33 00:02:00,367 --> 00:02:02,200 So this this type of training is 34 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:04,311 invaluable from getting it out sooner 35 00:02:04,311 --> 00:02:06,709 than the day . You sit back and you 36 00:02:06,709 --> 00:02:08,820 look at the formation of everybody at 37 00:02:08,820 --> 00:02:10,931 all the different areas and you can't 38 00:02:10,931 --> 00:02:13,098 tell where the 205 begins and the 2/10 39 00:02:13,098 --> 00:02:15,098 stops . They're , they're , they're 40 00:02:15,098 --> 00:02:17,098 just one group . That right there , 41 00:02:17,098 --> 00:02:19,098 that's invaluable . That's gonna be 42 00:02:19,098 --> 00:02:21,320 what sets us up for success when , when 43 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:21,369 we get downrange .