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I'm Lieutenant Max Swain Marrault . I'm

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the Indonesia OIC and J6 communications

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officer for Pacific Partnership . My

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mother was stationed at Utpao

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headquarters in Thailand for the , uh ,

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the Boxing Day tsunami response where

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she was working with , working

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alongside TNI officers to coordinate ,

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uh , relief and humanitarian aid

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through the region . She says she's

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very proud of me , which means a lot ,

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and she sees kind of a peril of me

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walking in her footsteps . I think a

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successful partnership looks to me the

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US and partner nations are able to

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share and exchange subject matter

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expertise throughout the region so that

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all countries in the region improve

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their baseline for disaster

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preparedness . Disaster management ,

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humanitarian assistance , and medical

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capabilities have improved vastly since

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20 years ago . The United States Navy

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and partner nations can more

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effectively provide assistance through

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the region . I'm proud to be here and

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I'm glad that I was selected for this

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mission .