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Exercise V 23 is an annual confirmation

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exercise for JTF headquarters and it is

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for our ability to demonstrate and

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respond to a natural or manmade sea

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burn response event in order to save

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lives and reduce human suffering . The

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value of conducting yearly exercises

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like vibrant response is our ability to

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build our confidence and the ability to

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respond in a real world event . I think

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the exercise went really well . We were

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able to learn some better practices so

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that we can implement those in the

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future . We built relationships with

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our partners such as the um dual status

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Commander Indiana as well as FEMA . So

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we already had that relationship for

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future missions . We know who to

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contact when an incident happens . And

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we also know the processes to enact in

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a real world response . I think it's

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overall an incredible exercise . You've

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got so much training across the staff

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that we've accomplished . We came out ,

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we were ready to go . We're

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enthusiastic . There's definitely some

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learning that needed to be done . I

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think we take that on board . We've got

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lessons learned . I think we've seen a

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vast improvement in our skills and

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ability over the past few days compared

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to previous years of this exercise .

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This was absolutely perfect . Last year

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we had an entire coms outage on the

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laptops and we ran the entire exercise

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of cell phones and ipads and this year

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no such thing , we were good from the

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get go . Overall , it was a , it was a

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learning experience . I think we all

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walked away knowing a little bit more

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than we came into it , which is good .

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Cumulatively , we gathered a lot of

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information , learning more about

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ourselves , working together as a team

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than anything else . I think it was

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successful , the fact that we were able

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to accomplish all the objectives

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without anyone getting injured . We're

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always learning , we're always looking

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for ways to improve . So I think that's

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one of the biggest things we're gonna

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capture all those lessons learned . So

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the next time that we meet again ,

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we'll put this to effect and continue

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to improve our readiness and how we

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execute the mission of joint task force ,

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civil support exercises like vibrant

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response , do a great job of helping us

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not only see ourselves , but then we

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can provide a rapid response to save

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lives , protect the American people .

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And it shows our adversaries that we

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are a resilient nation .