1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:04,019 --> 00:00:06,719 TC is really the US army's premier 3 00:00:06,730 --> 00:00:09,180 rotational exercise to allow soldiers 4 00:00:09,189 --> 00:00:11,520 to test their skills in the time that 5 00:00:11,529 --> 00:00:13,640 we find ourselves now for large scale 6 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,640 combat operations . So we presently 7 00:00:15,640 --> 00:00:17,799 have about 2500 New Jersey Army 8 00:00:17,809 --> 00:00:19,753 National Guard soldiers as well as 9 00:00:19,753 --> 00:00:21,865 enabling units from across the United 10 00:00:21,865 --> 00:00:23,976 States participating in this force on 11 00:00:23,976 --> 00:00:24,976 force exercise . 12 00:00:28,459 --> 00:00:32,069 Go yeah , 13 00:00:32,779 --> 00:00:36,040 the goal here for every brigade combat 14 00:00:36,049 --> 00:00:37,993 team that comes through a training 15 00:00:37,993 --> 00:00:40,105 center really is to achieve a certain 16 00:00:40,105 --> 00:00:42,216 level of readiness that can't be done 17 00:00:42,216 --> 00:00:44,216 particularly for the Guard in , you 18 00:00:44,216 --> 00:00:47,610 know , a 15 day a training model being 19 00:00:47,619 --> 00:00:50,500 here at J RT C helps me do that by 20 00:00:50,509 --> 00:00:52,453 providing an environment for me to 21 00:00:52,453 --> 00:00:55,990 actually do my job to actually operate 22 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,869 in an environment in which I can expect 23 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:02,360 a bit of stress some challenges and 24 00:01:02,369 --> 00:01:04,425 definitely opportunities to overcome 25 00:01:04,425 --> 00:01:07,050 those challenges and to effectively 26 00:01:07,059 --> 00:01:10,069 operate in a large scale combat 27 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:11,858 operation . A near peer or peer 28 00:01:11,858 --> 00:01:15,330 environment . We are not only improving 29 00:01:15,339 --> 00:01:17,339 upon our basic soldier skills , but 30 00:01:17,339 --> 00:01:20,599 we're working together to bring our 31 00:01:20,610 --> 00:01:22,610 organization , our infantry brigade 32 00:01:22,610 --> 00:01:24,777 combat team to the next level and that 33 00:01:24,839 --> 00:01:26,839 in the future will have 2nd and 3rd 34 00:01:26,839 --> 00:01:28,561 order effects as we share that 35 00:01:28,561 --> 00:01:30,672 knowledge with soldiers that are both 36 00:01:30,672 --> 00:01:32,561 on the ground now and have yet to 37 00:01:32,561 --> 00:01:35,160 enlist . This is actually like my , I 38 00:01:35,169 --> 00:01:38,120 consider my 1st 1st drill . So 39 00:01:38,430 --> 00:01:41,650 learning everything about my M OS 40 00:01:41,660 --> 00:01:44,169 getting to know a lot of people and to 41 00:01:44,180 --> 00:01:46,291 know like , what is I'm gonna be my , 42 00:01:46,291 --> 00:01:48,180 the , the soldiers , I'm gonna be 43 00:01:48,180 --> 00:01:51,500 around for the rest of my country . But 44 00:01:51,510 --> 00:01:53,732 I see the main aspect of JR . You see , 45 00:01:53,732 --> 00:01:55,621 yes , you know , there's a lot of 46 00:01:55,621 --> 00:01:57,621 training involved , but without the 47 00:01:57,621 --> 00:01:59,566 unit cohesion , um you know , it's 48 00:01:59,566 --> 00:02:01,732 almost impossible to complete missions 49 00:02:01,732 --> 00:02:04,860 overseas for deployment . It'll 50 00:02:04,870 --> 00:02:07,879 translate there , give us more 51 00:02:07,889 --> 00:02:10,111 motivation to keep each other alive for 52 00:02:10,111 --> 00:02:13,440 sure . Um help us work together better . 53 00:02:13,449 --> 00:02:16,509 We know what each other's weaknesses 54 00:02:16,520 --> 00:02:18,742 and strengths are , how to apply them . 55 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:23,831 I believe some of the biggest lessons 56 00:02:23,831 --> 00:02:26,053 that we have learned as an organization 57 00:02:26,053 --> 00:02:28,053 is to be adaptive and to understand 58 00:02:28,053 --> 00:02:30,100 that success means being a learning 59 00:02:30,110 --> 00:02:31,110 organization 60 00:02:34,759 --> 00:02:36,703 as we seek to build the skills and 61 00:02:36,703 --> 00:02:38,926 knowledge , to be an integrated reserve 62 00:02:39,029 --> 00:02:42,270 JRTC provides us with the tools and the 63 00:02:42,279 --> 00:02:44,446 skills and the training so that we can 64 00:02:44,446 --> 00:02:47,009 remain at the same level as our active 65 00:02:47,020 --> 00:02:49,353 duty and reserve component counterparts . 66 00:02:49,353 --> 00:02:52,009 I would say probably the most important 67 00:02:52,020 --> 00:02:55,345 thing that rotation provides is the 68 00:02:55,354 --> 00:02:58,994 level of expertise of the observer 69 00:02:59,005 --> 00:03:01,172 coaches here on the ground . I think J 70 00:03:01,205 --> 00:03:04,664 RT C is an opportunity for commanders 71 00:03:04,675 --> 00:03:07,595 all the way down to the lowest level to 72 00:03:07,604 --> 00:03:10,235 maximize their training and the time 73 00:03:10,244 --> 00:03:13,115 that they're here being able to plan 74 00:03:13,125 --> 00:03:16,804 execute and assess all the 75 00:03:16,815 --> 00:03:18,926 way from the top , all the way to the 76 00:03:18,926 --> 00:03:22,779 bottom full on combat operations . The 77 00:03:22,789 --> 00:03:24,900 opposing force doesn't determine what 78 00:03:24,900 --> 00:03:27,820 winning looks like for us . We do if we 79 00:03:27,830 --> 00:03:30,052 stay coachable , we stay motivated , we 80 00:03:30,052 --> 00:03:32,059 stay determined to succeed . We're 81 00:03:32,070 --> 00:03:33,220 going to come out on top .