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So Toxic Wave 26 is a joint exercise

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between us , the rest of the Seaborne

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units under 3 meth , and then multiple

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Air Force units under PACF . The goal

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of this exercise is to combine the

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Seaborne knowledge with the knowledge

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of emergency management that the Air

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Force does and see how our TTPs

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we can learn off each other . Doing 24

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hour operations of all different kinds

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of varieties , so we've had chemical ,

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biological , radiological hazards and

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then we've also had toxic industrial

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materials . I think

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this should be a yearly exercise

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because both the the Air Force and

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Seaburn , while we both do Seaburn , uh ,

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we're both committed to hazard

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management and response . They're more

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focused on the flight line and a

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specific hardened , uh , place that's

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not movable , while us as the Marine

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Corps , we're more focused on that

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ability to go out and find that source

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or move away . So if .

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Okinawa were to be attacked by chemical

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agents , by foreign adversaries , we

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would both have to work together . He

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doesn't look OK . They're doing their

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best . He was sitting there for 30

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minutes . Calm down . Breathe , OK .

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And this training allows us to already

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have a base understanding and a

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baseline of what both of us know and

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how we . Can operate without that if we

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were to try to integrate with the Air

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Force as we learned in the start of

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these operations is that there is a lot

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of conflict and break up of how command

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structure goes , so it would result in

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a very long and not as complete

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response . I feel the toxic wave was

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highly impactful , you know , the hours

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that I've seen the staff on my end put

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into . Building the scenarios and then

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the Air Force staff coming out here and

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helping us assist , giving essentially

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our Marines and airmen these puzzles ,

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and then have them work together to

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figure out how to solve it from start

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to finish . It is a night and day

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difference in how they respond , and

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I'm confident that if something were to

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happen out in Okinawa , both of us

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would be able to work together and

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accomplish the mission .