uh first time in sweden no it's actually a second second we stopped earlier before
going michigan it's like it's like always more so i'm mostly cool
um
so
currently crossing open field break as soon as we get back inside the tree line we'll send you that
grid over
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upset me
once you're done walking give me
second second we stopped earlier before michigan it's like it's like always more so i'm mostly cool
so
currently crossing open field break
as soon as we get back inside the tree line we'll send you that grid over
so we're on the island of gotland which is part of sweden we're doing amphibious operations from
the uss gunston hall moving marines from the sea to shore setting up a beachhead
and then working with the swedish military we've had a long relationship with sweden
both as a country and then as a military they're extremely professional we enjoy working with them
and like i said we are learning a ton from them as i believe they are learning from us we're on
the island of gotland uh on the tofta beach and we've just witnessed a amphibious landing of the
u.s marine corps well goddamn is situated in the middle of the baltics and from gotland you could
easily control both air and sea movements in the south of the baltic sea this exercise has been
planned for more than a year so it's a way for the armed forces on gotland and in this case the
u.s marine corps to train together in order to be able if necessary conduct joint operations
we conduct both national and international exercises and operations together with nato
as a if we become a member of nato uh that of course would be um be a big difference because
as a member we can be a part of the joint military operational planning for the defense of europe and
more excited and north europe of course um and also we get the security guarantees that we lack
as a partner of nato i mean everything is much more real i mean the threat is
is real and we have seen what in this case russia is prepared to do to neighboring country well the
first thing is i feel secure and i really feel that my my work has a meaning and it's important
and i mean it's we are appreciated from the civilian society in a more
in a bigger way than we were earlier so it has it's a big difference