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Operation . Agile Spartan is an agile

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combat employment exercise in

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coordination with several partner

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nations . And the reason we're doing it

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is to increase our preparedness and

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legality in the region in support of

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our National Tasking Authority

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attachment . Two is executing agile

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combat employment by launching combat

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missions from a dispersed location

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showing that we can execute our

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missions from an atypical location with

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limited support .

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Partnership is very vital for this

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mission . We're here at NSA Suda Bay ,

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Greece . So not only are we partnering

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with the Navy in their space , we're

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also on a Greek Air Force base . So

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we're partnering with them to use their

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facilities to still be able to execute

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daily past missions in support of our

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combat commanders . During a time of

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war , we may not be able to operate in

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known locations . So we have to be able

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to pick up and move and operate in

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places , unfamiliar or even with

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limited resources and still complete

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the mission . The R 135 provides a

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broad spectrum of reconnaissance

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information to the battle space to help

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the combat commanders develop a battle

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plan and have a picture of what

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adversaries are doing and how to employ

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other assets to be more combat

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effective . We are the only manned is r

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aircraft that has this level of

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flexibility in the operational

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environment . What I love about my job

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is seeing the level of tactical and

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strategic value that the RC 135 can

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bring by its various intelligence

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professionals joining together for a

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common goal and driving intelligence in

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this operation . AGL Spartan has been a

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resounding success . We're able to

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posture at a dispersed location , prove

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interoperability with our partners and

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generate combat air power for .