WEBVTT 00:25.940 --> 00:28.270 Hello , I'm Colonel Haley Bayu , the 00:28.280 --> 00:31.500 commander of 52nd AD A brigade here in 00:31.510 --> 00:33.419 Simbach , Germany . And what an 00:33.430 --> 00:36.099 exciting time it is to not just be here 00:36.110 --> 00:38.919 in Germany but to be an air defender in 00:38.930 --> 00:39.549 Europe . 00:49.520 --> 00:51.830 So being up in the turret is a really 00:51.840 --> 00:54.062 thrilling experience having to feel the 00:54.069 --> 00:57.959 recoil of the 50 cow . Um It's 00:57.970 --> 01:00.192 really fun to just move it around , you 01:00.192 --> 01:02.026 know , like track the aircraft , 01:02.026 --> 01:04.248 especially up here in this nice weather 01:04.248 --> 01:03.330 out here , 01:14.080 --> 01:16.440 integrating air defense into our sky 01:16.550 --> 01:18.717 operations , really helps out with our 01:18.717 --> 01:20.939 security because we can just focus , we 01:20.939 --> 01:23.050 can have our main focus on the ground 01:23.050 --> 01:25.272 while air defense has their eyes in the 01:25.272 --> 01:27.106 sky . I'm Lieutenant Marin , I'm 01:27.106 --> 01:31.099 battery commander for Ada Battery Sky 01:31.110 --> 01:33.332 Guardians . We are really proud that we 01:33.339 --> 01:35.450 get the opportunity to train with our 01:35.450 --> 01:37.790 American allies and especially with Ada . 01:49.660 --> 01:51.493 My name is Staff Sart Vince from 01:51.493 --> 01:53.559 Alphabetter 54 . And me and my squad 01:53.569 --> 01:55.569 are participating in the best squad 01:55.569 --> 01:58.069 competition for the 52nd Brigade . I 01:58.110 --> 02:00.110 think the competitive nature of the 02:00.110 --> 02:02.277 event fills us free to corps . I think 02:02.277 --> 02:04.620 it's also a unique training opportunity 02:04.629 --> 02:07.160 for myself and the squad , the best 02:07.169 --> 02:09.336 warrior competition and the best squad 02:09.336 --> 02:11.410 competition are important because we 02:11.419 --> 02:13.419 get the opportunity to evaluate and 02:13.419 --> 02:15.308 prepare soldiers for the chaos of 02:15.308 --> 02:17.475 combat and all the pearls that occur . 02:17.520 --> 02:19.589 These competitions are important 02:19.600 --> 02:21.822 because it teaches us important lessons 02:21.822 --> 02:23.822 that will be effective in the large 02:23.822 --> 02:26.889 scale combat operations . Come for me . 02:26.899 --> 02:28.149 Come on . Come on . 02:33.160 --> 02:35.382 My name is Lieutenant Joshua Rode . I'm 02:35.382 --> 02:37.669 with 54 at Graft and Beer in Germany . 02:37.679 --> 02:39.901 Over the last couple of days we've been 02:39.901 --> 02:41.901 doing Conboy live fire . It's super 02:41.901 --> 02:41.660 important for us to be able to 02:41.669 --> 02:43.613 successful new supplies , keep our 02:43.613 --> 02:46.360 people safe , dangerous areas . Over 02:46.369 --> 02:48.591 the course of the training , we've been 02:48.591 --> 02:50.647 going through the live fire course , 02:50.647 --> 02:52.869 which is a set of five objectives where 02:52.869 --> 02:54.813 our gunners get to use 240 bravo , 02:54.813 --> 02:56.869 three machine guns and get to engage 02:56.869 --> 02:58.980 targets . And then at night , we also 02:58.980 --> 03:00.929 did dry runs under MDGS so we can 03:00.940 --> 03:02.996 operate at night because that's also 03:02.996 --> 03:04.773 very important for operations . 03:14.460 --> 03:16.410 And our major Kenneth Paul 03:20.259 --> 03:21.259 I 03:58.309 --> 04:00.820 securing the skies from below us . 04:00.830 --> 04:02.886 Soldiers with fifth battalion fourth 04:02.886 --> 04:04.774 artillery regiment trained on air 04:04.774 --> 04:06.941 defense during a live fire exercise at 04:06.941 --> 04:09.108 Butler's training area . Germany . The 04:09.108 --> 04:11.163 unit fired stinger missiles with the 04:11.163 --> 04:13.330 Avenger air defense missile system and 04:13.330 --> 04:15.330 manned portable air defense missile 04:15.330 --> 04:18.619 systems reporting from Klos Germany . 04:18.630 --> 04:20.670 I'm Herman first class Kyle Smith . 05:06.019 --> 05:08.579 All right . So we're participating in a 05:08.589 --> 05:10.700 quick exercise , testing my platoon's 05:10.709 --> 05:13.529 ability to quickly and swiftly react to 05:13.540 --> 05:15.980 a threat . So my platoon is out here at 05:15.989 --> 05:19.140 forward location and our system is 05:19.149 --> 05:21.359 pushing air picture to higher echelons 05:21.369 --> 05:23.825 which then it's integrated into the air 05:23.834 --> 05:25.834 picture . That's in Bucharest . Our 05:25.834 --> 05:28.001 national leaders have talked about how 05:28.001 --> 05:30.223 important our allies are in the defense 05:30.223 --> 05:32.475 of Europe . And what we're here in 05:32.484 --> 05:36.304 Romania doing is putting actual 05:36.315 --> 05:38.244 action to that alliance 06:02.790 --> 06:04.850 today , started off with the 12 mile 06:04.859 --> 06:06.859 ruck march . Then we moved to the M 06:06.859 --> 06:08.915 four range . Immediately after the M 06:08.915 --> 06:11.137 four range , we moved into the obstacle 06:11.137 --> 06:13.380 course . Then we moved into the mystery 06:13.390 --> 06:13.790 event .