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- [Man] The Corps of Engineers

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has served this nation since 1775

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and its research and development missions

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supported the military since World War II.

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Our labs were formed decades prior.

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And few people know

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that we enabled critical
operations at D-Day,

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such as the amphibious
landings at Normandy.

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We advice leaders on challenges

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that they may encounter
with coastal logistics.

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And we executed scale models
of the Mulberry harbors,

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to understand their response
during high sea states.

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We did scale testing of float bridges

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and advised the Army on which
variance performed better

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in rough conditions.

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And we're the originators
of airfield engineering

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for military operations.

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By addressing the specialized wheel loads

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that those platforms deliver.

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The matting's used to
expand those airfields

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were developed here and continue
to be improved to this day.

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Our unique perspective on intelligence

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of world-class and
all-star port locations,

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and how the weather impacts
military operations,

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is critical when engineering solutions

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that cross domain boundaries.

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So, if you're moving from
the sea to the ground,

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or ground to the air,

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each require an engineered solution.

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- [Woman] In the future,

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we'll continue to advance
the state of the possible,

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by developing modern methods
to cross these boundaries

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and simulate amphibious vessel landings

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in true environments.

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We virtual evaluate
ground vehicle movements

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and the timing further inland.

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We've also modernized techniques

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to collect real-time bathymetry,
using low cost sensors,

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to understand degrading
coastal conditions,

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before they hinder military operations.

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And if these conditions are not conducive

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to the military's needs, we've
developed robotic dredges,

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to manipulate the environment

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into something more compatible
with watercraft vessels.

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We've developed new
models that can predict

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how our causeways will
operate in extreme sea states,

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to better inform go/no go decisions

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on when operations should cease.

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And if their beach
operations are abandoned

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and we need access to a full port,

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we've delivered semi-autonomous
reconnaissance vessels

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to accelerate our dive
team's hydro survey missions.

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Our Navy partners have jointly
engineered solutions with us

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to rapidly repair ports,

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to offload our military fleet
in tight operational windows.

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In the ground domain,

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bridges have always been
a strategic choke point

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and served as military
targets in all conflicts.

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Our deep knowledge of structures
is being used to develop

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new bridge reconnaissance techniques,

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using sensor modes in ways that
have never been done before.

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Understanding that the
enemy will also attempt

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to further restrict our movements,

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we're advancing the Army's capabilities

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with items like the robotic reacher.

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This limits the combat engineer's exposure

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during dangerous missions.

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Eventually, the sea and land domains

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will be difficult to maneuver through.

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So modern methods to open
the air domain are needed,

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such as Expedient Airfield Damage Repair,

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sight selection of
helicopter landing zones,

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and other ways to get
our forces to the fight,

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through the air.

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Other obstacles such river crossings

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must be executed with
extreme precision and timing.

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So, we're developing world-class methods

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to provide 14-day forecasts
of global river levels

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and engineering solutions

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to expand our float bridge performance.

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Including the matting required

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to get our vehicles out of the riverbanks.

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So, the bottom line is

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that ERDC continues to deliver solutions

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that will help us win in
multi-domain operations.

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We did it World War II and we
know that we can do it again,

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because we have great engineers
and scientists onboard,

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to make it happen.

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Let us try.