A joint military training exercise involving personnel from the US, British and Australian air forces in Queensland has finished. The exercise provided an opportunity to strengthen ties between strategic partners.
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00:00 From the ground and the air, exercise Global Dexterity made its presence felt across the
00:10 South East.
00:11 Hundreds of personnel from the United States, UK and Australia took part.
00:17 It's one thing to train in isolation, but it's also incredibly important that we're
00:21 able to put that stuff, put our lessons into practice with partners and with allies.
00:28 What's unique about this exercise that I've seen is that we've gone to the level of integrating
00:33 crews.
00:34 The training exercise takes place twice a year, allowing troops to skill up on one of
00:40 the country's largest aircraft.
00:43 The C-17 is a very, very important strategic asset.
00:46 What I mean by strategic is that it's often, you know, it's the first in and first out
00:50 to regional areas where there's often, you know, humanitarian or disaster relief recovery
00:55 efforts underway.
00:56 The exercise has conducted training missions to PNG and North Queensland.
01:01 From natural disasters to peacekeeping operations, this massive plane can transport hundreds
01:07 of personnel and heavy cargo.
01:10 Today's flight is just the scenic route though, applying from Amberley to Noosa and across
01:15 to the Gold Coast.
01:17 It's the first time British forces have joined the exercise.
01:21 The terrain out here is nothing like we've got in the UK.
01:24 It's very flat terrain, so it's fantastic to actually practice in the mountains, lots
01:29 of different things to consider, which is great for our training.
01:32 While it's a chance to strengthen crucial ties between the three nations, the climate
01:37 has brought its own challenges.
01:40 Struggling.
01:41 So yeah, when we landed, we left the UK a week and a half ago and it was minus two degrees
01:46 and then came out here and landed in 33 degrees.
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