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About a year ago , the Al Dafa brigade

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identified the 42nd Battalion as the

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one that was going to come to JRTC .

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There was already a MATT team in UAE .

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My team arrived shortly thereafter in

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October of last year , 2024 ,

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and hit the ground running with the

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Alfa brigade . I would just say it's a

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really rewarding process , you know ,

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several times I've gone through a

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complete training cycle with a US unit ,

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you know . Light striker Mac formations

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from rifle marksmanship through CTC

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rotation . This is the first time I've

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ever done it with a partner force and

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to see to see their willingness to

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learn , their willingness to kind of

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change their tactics , their task

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organization to fit into this

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environment . They've just been an

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excellent partner to work with , very

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receptive to change , very receptive to

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our notes and our thoughts . And we've

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learned a lot from them too . We've

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learned a lot about fighting in the

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desert and how their their forces fight

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as well . So no , it's , it's been

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incredibly rewarding over the past , I

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guess it's been 10 months working with

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them and just getting to see these guys

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grow .