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Now you can drop down his net. 

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My name is Terry 

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Shepherd and I will be your guide
 into the world of close quarter battle.

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I'm a current U.S. 

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Army Green Beret, and I have fought
 in two armed conflicts in the Middle East.

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Initially, I was trained to fight in
 the European theater to protect the U.S.

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and its Western allies
 from the Soviet Union.

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During the heart of a Cold War. 

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As a Green Beret,
 I had to learn an Eastern Bloc language

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and be prepared to infiltrate behind enemy
 lines, to link up with train and fight

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alongside Partizans to defeat the Red Army
 in their very own backyard.

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In other words, I had to be really good
 at guerilla warfare.

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Although the Cold War is technically over, 

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we now face a new global
 conflict terrorism.

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To combat this threat, 

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I've got to be an expert
 in the techniques of close quarter battle.

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Together, we'll explore how elite soldiers
 and police units use

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these specific techniques,

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weapons and technologies 

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to defeat their enemies
 at very close range.

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The term close quarter
 battle is used to describe scenarios

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that police and military face
 in both urban and rural environments.

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Although the origin of close quartered
 battle goes back to sword fighting

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and hand-to-hand combat. 

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Today it's used primarily to describe
 the techniques when small teams

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are confronting the enemy
 inside a building or within a compound.

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Stairwells, hallways and rooms always pose
 dangerous and unknown variables.

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From basic muzzle awareness, weapons
 transitions to solid team communication.

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All police and military units need to be
 as good as they can possibly be.

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At close quarters battle. 

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Today, I will take a look at how private
 military contractors or PMCs

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conduct highly dangerous
 classified operations.

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I'll also compare
 the kit of a counterterrorism

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medic with what I carry in my old partner,
 and I will show you.

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You have to have correct equipment
 to save a guy's life.

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And I will fire the friend.

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P90 Personal Defense Weapon.

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And we also analyze our flow drills

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to better understand
 how a contracting team works as a unit.

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The term mercenary comes from 

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the old French mercenaries
 and from the Latin mercenaries,

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which is derived from recess,
 meaning wages or price.

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The term was originally used to describe 

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foreign soldiers
 hired outside of a national army.

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Although mercenary soldiers date
 back to ancient Egypt

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and throughout the Middle Ages,
 it was in the 19th and 20th centuries

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that we began to see the contemporary idea
 of the private soldier taking shape.

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A mercenary is basically a skilled courier

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who is lending that skill
 for purely financial profit

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and has no patriotic interest
 in the outcome of a conflict.

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Now, in the modern battlefields of Iraq
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the civilian contractor has become
 a normal part of the military experience.

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All facets of military
 work are being privatized.

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From the basic services of food 

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and maintenance all the way up to VIP
 protection and combat missions.

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There are even classified operations
 where there may be a desire

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to operate outside
 of a national defense system.

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It's estimated that almost 30% of the U.S.

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intelligence community
 comes from private sources.

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People hear the word contractors. 

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They often think mercenaries. 

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That's not really the case. 

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Contractors, someone paid
 by the government to work

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in a supporting role in a combat zone.

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This could be a cook, generator mechanic
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Now, the changing face of warfare 

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in the last decade has called
 for a different kind of person,

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someone with a unique skill set, often
 from the special operations community

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that can work in jobs
 and complete missions, that the U.S.

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military really doesn't have the time
 or the manpower to complete.

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Since 911, we have been fighting
 on asymmetric battlefields.

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That means there is no front. 

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That also means there's
 no safe place at all.

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Some are coming visiting into that area.

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A dignitary, a high ranking officer,
 maybe even a performer in a USO show.

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They have to be protected. 

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Most of these missions are defensive, 

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but it's safe to say
 there are some that are offensive.

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Either way, if you want to succeed
 and survive doing this

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job, you better be good at
 c QB because somebody will.

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When a team of private contractors
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they're most often without the support
 of a larger military infrastructure.

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This has some advantages as decisions

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can be made without the usual bureaucracy
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But at the same time, it comes with
 its own set of problems and challenges.

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Whether you're a private
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security or a covert intel officer
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you better be an expert in QB.

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Private military contractor
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of ex-Special Forces operators
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In the case of Iraq and Afghanistan, 

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several international contracting
 companies were involved

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from the beginning of the conflicts
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even in forward fighting roles. 

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When operating as a PMC unit, 

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you're often unsupported
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So if something goes wrong, 

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there is often no command structure
 or rescue force that can support you.

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Often contractor
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worked in unmarked, bulletproof vehicles
 where they had a specific high value

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target that they needed to capture
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or intelligence department. 

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When traveling through the streets 

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of a war zone, there is the potential
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In a contracting team,
 you have to have skilled dynamic drivers,

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weapons, demolition
 and medical specialists, and

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everybody must be a skilled shooter.

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The principles of surprise,
 speed and violence of action

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are used by PMC operators. 

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They have to use speed as they travel 

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and as they prepare
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they have to maintain the element
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during the approach in order to catch
 the target unprepared for their arrival.

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They have to use 

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intense but controlled violence of action
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so they can keep the team members alive
 and be victorious in the fight.

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Now let's take a look at the futuristic 

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looking personal defense
 weapon, the F and P90.

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The P90 was originally developed
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by the Belgian company Fabrique Nationale
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But tell us about this one. 

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That's unusual. This is a firm
 submachine gun. P90 okay.

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With most systems, the magazine is
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This is the bull pup
 is actually that's behind it. Okay.

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Yes, exactly. As you say in the chamber,
 it's so the back of the right.

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So we have long barrel. 

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Yeah, right. Right. 

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In this style, the magazine is neutral. 

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Yeah, that's unusual, man. 

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It's really unusual.
 It's an interesting magazine.

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It is a big capacity
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What's the caliber of that? 

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This is nine mil. What is that?
 This is a global problem.

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So more damage, bigger bullet.

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The bullet is a little lighter

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with a high velocity. Yeah. And good.

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Yeah, that's basically.
 That's a that's an assault rifle.

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It's pretty much assault rifle. 

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But but you know what's great about that?

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I mean, it's so darn short
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the way it's configured
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Yeah, I actually looked for the fire,
 and I've never fired anything like that.

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That's cool. That's. 

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That's right. Jacqui.

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I'm a lefty, so it's a little different. 

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Yeah. And so small.

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I mean, I can't. 

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I can't wait. I can't wait to fire
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It's a nice little site on
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The idea was to create
 a compact weapon that could fire

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in fully automatic mode and carry
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that Naito was requesting
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using the 5.7 by 28 millimeter ammunition.

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The P90 has a unique bull pump design

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that features a top
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I like it because as a left handed
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allows me to shoot without the shell
 casings flying right by my face.

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Total jerk. Sometimes it happens with

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a lot of units. It's the same problem.

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So when they were great, they were great. 

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Then we sometimes have a malfunction. 

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But I tell you, man,
 the training is funny.

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We both today had malfunctions. 

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And both of us, the first thing we did was
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It was awesome work that.

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Coming up, we compare my kit with
 a counterterrorism medical officers gear.

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And we also analyze our flow drills
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how a contracting team works as a unit.

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Close quartered battle is a term
 used to describe the training of combat in

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buildings, hallways and rooms,
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of a firefight in small
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Today we're learning about private 

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military contractors
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The conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan 

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have redefined what it is
 to be a private military contractor.

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These special operators
 need to be experts in QB.

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Any team of private military contractors
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who is trained as a medic and all the team
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knowledge of trauma medicine. 

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sometimes the medic gets wounded
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The situation dictates.

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As a Green Beret. 

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One of my specialties is a field medic.

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Let's take a look at the difference
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and the kit of this
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whether we like to admit it or not ,
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Guys are going to get hurt in Cuba. 

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So you need to deal with that. 

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You need to train for it. 

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Need to practice it over and over again. 

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And you have to have the correct equipment

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to save a guy's life
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This is really a really well set up.

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Tactical medic is outfitted
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This is made of Nomex,
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I see it a lot of flight suits. 

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It is. This is a flight suit
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So it's fire retardant. 

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And also the pattern and color 

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is perfect for working out
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Very, very available.

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Not even have to dig into a pouch. 

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He's got two things that to save 

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a guy's life immediately for a life
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It's called a cat. Try to get combat
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It's pretty darn durable.
 Very easy to apply.

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So in the middle
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He can just go, I got it and apply it.

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This is a pressure dressing.
 You can take this. It's got gauze on it.

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You can press it onto the wound, wrap it.

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It's almost like a combination
 ace wrap and gauze bandage.

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Both of these things are great
 for stopping bleeds and saving lives.

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He's got identifying
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Again, a positive awesome RH factor.

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He's got a strobe.
 This is also air. These are great.

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We always have one of these over here
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infiltrating Exfiltrating. 

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He could put it on the air settings
 that the bad guys don't see him in

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and the aircraft
 above know exactly where he is.

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Prevents a friendly fire incident.
 Makes a link up very, very easy.

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There's a radio. 

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He's got his bit of radio behind.
 It's routed through.

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He's got a gas mask
 because the guy's here.

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You're not use gas a lot. 

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The police, they often use non-lethal ways
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The MP five k model with an EO tag.

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That's the holographic sight. Really nice.
 I really like those.

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He's got a bright light,
 a white light attack light.

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And he's also got the pistol grip
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And here you have a Glock.

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This is the sign of someone
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especially in urban environment. 

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He's got a light already attached
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These things are actually pretty amazing.
 They will literally cut a penny.

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This is a really
 well-equipped tactical medic.

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Another thing to
 think about here, though, to everything

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he has in one degree or another,
 most operators can or should have.

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It was got to have turn it gets
 it was got to have pressure dressings.

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and really just as importantly is
 everybody needs to be trained in it

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because he may be the one
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And his operator friends, his his operator
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the critical and most vulnerable
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right at what we call the breach point 

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when drilling and training procedure be, 

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it's essential to work with your partner
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to rehearse how you will move into
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We set our basic obstacle course
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and enemy targets inside
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control our firepower and move as a team
 through the Seeker B scenario.

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Stop what you saw, right? 

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There was a signal process
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The lead man halted the formation.

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He could have done this back there. 

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He could have done this right at the door. 

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He's the one seeing this right up front.

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In this case, he halted the formation. 

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That's kind of the universal
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Soon as he did that, that gets passed
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he make sure he's ready to go
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on the shoulder of the guy
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This also minimizes talking. 

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He does the same thing.
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He makes sure his gear squared away. 

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He's ready to go,
 passes it up to this guy,

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and he finally passes it
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He knows. Now we're ready to rock. 

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He's going to move them forward. Go.

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Stop. This is a good time to stop
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Look at number one man. 

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He's scanning his front with his long gun.

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Once he sees the door
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He never takes his eyes off of it. 

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Number two is actually in support of him. 

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You notice he's right on his butt. 

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And basically wherever the one man goes,
 he can go the other way.

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And they're starting to get a nice range
 Phantom to cover their angles in general.

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Number three is the breach. 

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He carries the explosive charge 

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or in this case, this big scary cat
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tools of the charges of work
 he can rip down the door with this.

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The last guy in this case, we have number
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So these guys have a 360 degree
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It doesn't really stop even until you go
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All right. So we're about at the end of 

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our training day and we've decided
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What we've done now is added some targets 

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that require them
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What type? Right.

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So the first team did a pretty good job. 

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They had a couple of technical
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They totally overcame them. 

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they killed all the targets
 they were supposed to kill,

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and they took some really long shots
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So let's go to the second team. Go.

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Come look for me.

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Yes. Same spot. Actually, that's great. 

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That was Scott on stage, right? 

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Because there was some hesitation
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That could happen. 

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Here's what's important. 

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but the really important ones, like this
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they did not kill the good guy
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So that's a successful training
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Coming up, we take
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that both military and private
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We'll also get to witness
 the conclusion of our contractor scenario

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that I would recommend
 you are prepared to engage over.

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C QB or close quarter 

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battle is a term used to describe conflict
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that involve movement
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hallways and small rooms
 with unknown variables.

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Today, we're learning about private
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Let's take a look at 

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what kind of equipment and weapons
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First thing you notice
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is that he usually wears a lighter kit
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He offered us to trade in protection
 for maneuverability.

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Here we see he's wearing a baseball
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for tactical shooting in harsh sunlight
 as his primary weapon.

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He's carrying a classic M-4 rifle
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and as a secondary weapon,
 a block also with extra mags.

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This operator also has a 

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field medical pouch
 attached to the tactical vest.

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This is a tactical plate carrier
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to enable easy attachment
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You can also see a radio pouch
 positioned on the side of his vest.

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this PMC operators wearing civilian
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for ease of maneuverability
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Finally, any operator needs to have
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Let's take a closer
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and get our hands on some of this tactical
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how it supports close quarter battle.

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Let's go to this.
 This is an old school Kevlar helmet.

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We call it the K pot. 

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It's got a desert
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It's got a decent suspension system. 

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It is capable of stopping for eggs
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Now, we've come a long way since then. 

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We've got some helmets and special forces
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Better ballistic capability. 

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They've got rail systems on the side to
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It's amazing what we've come with this,
 but this is not a bad start.

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This could potentially save your life. 

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And of course, you have to have a set of 

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ballistic goggles, ballistic
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Just stuff comes out your eyes
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certainly in C cubby. 

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There's stuff flying everywhere, 

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not the least of which is dust and grime
 from blowing things up and moving.

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That can really bother you.
 You need goggles.

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Got to have gloves, man.
 Your hands are going to get shredded.

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Especially doing see. 

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Could be when you're coming
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like this, there's glass,
 there's there's concrete.

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This leather has been treated. 

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So it's actually got a bit of a grippy,
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a wide receiver glove.
 These are by Blackhawk.

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And the front is actually
 a really interesting we treated leather.

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It's got a nice grippy dot surface
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almost like a wide receiver
 glove with pads and key areas.

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And on the back,
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This is like a durability area. 

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And here there's a hard surface. 

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Getting into the vehicle 

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is you just cut your hands a lot
 coming over a window jag doing cubby.

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It's very easy to cut your hands. 

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Finally, some knee pads.

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We spent a lot of time 

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dealing in an aircraft or a vehicle
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where you're constantly going down
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told to take a beating,
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So these are great to have. 

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Most guys I know,
 I know where knee pads under assault

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or any kind of air operation,
 they're really light.

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These ones are by Black Hawk. 

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They've got nonstick skid surfaces 

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front and back, so it doesn't ride up
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But at the end of the day,

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all this stuff is
 just nylon. It's just gear.

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What matters is there is a guy using it,
 but when you get really good gear,

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it's crafted the smart way
 and listen to your needs.

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You know that with the shooter,
 they've got someone who's really good.

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Let's examine how a PMC team extracts

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a high value target
 in potentially dangerous surroundings.

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As the team approaches, 

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the vehicle, stops
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Maintaining surprise, 

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one member of the team keeps a watch
 on the exterior of the target building

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the team vehicle
 repositions for extraction

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as the entry team finds it identifies
 the target inside.

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They move back out towards the exit. 

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They signal the exterior man
 who is watching the perimeter

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of the building and move the subject out
 and into the vehicle.

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The entire team mounts up
 and fills the area.

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However, the mission is not over.

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They still got to make it out to a safe
 area to offload their precious cargo.

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Coming up, we take
 a look at the conclusion

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of a private military contractor scenario.

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Buy with weapons. 

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You are cleared to engage over. 

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Close quarter battle for CQ B describes
 the challenges faced by Special Forces

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and police when engaging an enemy inside
 a building with hallways and rooms.

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This team of elite private
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is on the hunt for a high value
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They arrive in an armored
 vehicle and approach

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discreetly toward the building
 in a tactical combat ready formation.

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The team splits up
 and uses the vehicle as cover

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so that when they exit
 they can have a firing position if needed.

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Inside the building. 

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They have to identify
 and subdue the target.

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Now that the target is retrieved, 

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they have to maintain
 situational awareness as they move

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toward the second extraction point
 and prepare the target for airlift.

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Unlike a military unit, private
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have to operate completely autonomous
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This requires even greater situational
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If things go badly, they might not have
 anyone who could come to assist them.

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This gives contractors
 some freedom to operate, but also means

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they have to be a tightly coordinated team
 that operates very well on its own.

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Today we learned how private
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missions to extract highly dangerous
 targets inside a war zone.

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We also learned about how 

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their equipment is different
 from regular military equipment.

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And then I fired the futuristic
 looking P90 personal defense weapon.

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Whether you're in the military
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you better have a
 well-developed skill set. 

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And on today's battlefields
 that skill set always includes C QB.