WEBVTT 00:08.100 --> 00:10.390 This year is the first year Mark Force 00:10.390 --> 00:12.949 South , Navy South , as well as our 00:12.949 --> 00:15.060 Coast Guard have actually conducted a 00:15.060 --> 00:17.290 tri-service maritime staff talk . So 00:17.549 --> 00:19.790 this event here in Ecuador this week is 00:19.790 --> 00:22.670 the first iteration of this trilateral 00:22.670 --> 00:26.590 approach going forward . The purpose 00:26.590 --> 00:28.709 is to translate national policy from 00:28.709 --> 00:30.876 both the United States and the country 00:30.876 --> 00:33.009 of Ecuador into actionable items . 00:34.990 --> 00:37.101 Ecuador is one of the key partners in 00:37.101 --> 00:39.268 the region . Both of our countries are 00:39.268 --> 00:41.046 committed to countering illicit 00:41.046 --> 00:42.934 activities , whether it's counter 00:42.934 --> 00:45.046 narcotics , counter organized crime , 00:45.046 --> 00:44.130 or counter trafficking . 00:45.520 --> 00:47.770 Clascorinaciones como paises 00:47.770 --> 00:50.049 hermanostas on news Ecuadorque 00:50.049 --> 00:52.750 definitiamente silve para tenenos 00:52.750 --> 00:55.130 turmarez masseguros a travez de la 00:55.130 --> 00:57.090 coopelacion a travez de la 00:57.090 --> 01:00.950 interoperabbiliad . Yosa 01:00.950 --> 01:04.019 la amenasas comunesquemos el marto 01:04.019 --> 01:07.169 delinquencia and tierra narco trafico 01:07.169 --> 01:08.391 sales de tierra la de 01:08.391 --> 01:11.660 lass 01:11.660 --> 01:15.160 gustao tanto des de tierra 01:15.160 --> 01:16.580 mar the pana 01:16.580 --> 01:19.910 combinalamenas 01:19.910 --> 01:23.319 al que ques is la 01:23.319 --> 01:26.440 flojera de bande jeraic 01:26.440 --> 01:28.610 ventevene de de la . 01:29.910 --> 01:33.790 sacca mucho and sara de lasona prote in 01:33.790 --> 01:37.480 Galapagos a de predarla pesca er 01:37.480 --> 01:40.989 olalafauna queremos is una una 01:40.989 --> 01:43.900 menasa mos permanentemente el 01:43.900 --> 01:46.540 territorio male cinco punto tresses 01:46.540 --> 01:49.910 mazam mass . In 01:49.910 --> 01:53.839 er local temporal 01:54.660 --> 01:57.180 delmar nosaria unaventaja sobre 01:57.180 --> 01:59.660 delinquencia reutilga 01:59.660 --> 02:02.129 er tis 02:06.730 --> 02:09.410 scambio . 02:11.750 --> 02:14.070 And they are working on being more 02:14.070 --> 02:16.710 interoperable with the United States 02:16.990 --> 02:19.212 both in terms of intelligence sharing , 02:19.429 --> 02:21.850 in terms of interdiction operations . 02:22.509 --> 02:24.589 We were able to talk through some of 02:24.589 --> 02:27.070 their security challenges to include 02:27.070 --> 02:29.014 response time , to include some of 02:29.014 --> 02:30.848 their naval vessels and how they 02:30.848 --> 02:32.848 operate with the US Coast Guard and 02:32.848 --> 02:35.789 other entities to interdict these 02:35.789 --> 02:37.956 transnational criminal organizations . 02:38.429 --> 02:40.651 We were also able to go see some of the 02:40.651 --> 02:43.259 unmanned systems that the US Navy has 02:43.259 --> 02:45.426 already started to provide sail drones 02:45.720 --> 02:49.119 that give maritime domain awareness to 02:49.119 --> 02:53.080 the maritime operations group and 02:53.080 --> 02:56.809 allow for the Ecuadorians . To see what 02:56.809 --> 02:59.250 is going on inside that environmental 02:59.250 --> 03:02.009 zone in a very clean way and control 03:02.009 --> 03:05.250 that area with minimal naval forces as 03:05.250 --> 03:07.529 well as integrate into the response 03:07.529 --> 03:09.529 force provided by the United States 03:09.649 --> 03:11.371 that is operating outside that 03:11.371 --> 03:14.929 exclusivity zone . The reo yoque no a 03:14.929 --> 03:17.970 pais que pueda inventar 03:19.080 --> 03:21.570 uh estas amenasas de las cablamos solo 03:22.050 --> 03:25.179 definitiamente necesitamos una una 03:25.179 --> 03:27.820 interresonamiento multinational and el 03:27.820 --> 03:30.089 Pacificosur parapoderealasmenasas 03:30.089 --> 03:33.080 yoyendia estamos travajando estazonidos 03:34.199 --> 03:36.449 paraatar deloberaresa interoperabliad 03:36.449 --> 03:39.179 cono de maspaisesijuntos ventarreas 03:39.179 --> 03:40.589 amenasa . Buea 03:40.589 --> 03:44.229 mosquestoonteincuanos no demos puesto 03:44.229 --> 03:47.089 otivos meds quantificables 03:47.089 --> 03:50.899 queso atrazanocia 03:50.899 --> 03:54.639 dearrono el quenosotros pamosaela 03:54.639 --> 03:58.220 rela conscia plena que 03:58.220 --> 04:01.809 desues de de loss mos puesto zilo meo 04:01.809 --> 04:04.990 compleendo in sinos mucho me 04:06.429 --> 04:08.651 in different aspect to the lostamozoi . 04:08.651 --> 04:11.130 So while we had one team spending the 04:11.130 --> 04:13.074 entire week working through how to 04:13.074 --> 04:14.908 increase our interoperability to 04:14.908 --> 04:17.019 achieve those mutual security goals , 04:17.019 --> 04:19.074 we had another team doing key leader 04:19.074 --> 04:21.489 engagements . What we saw in the 04:21.489 --> 04:24.010 Galapagos , we understood firsthand 04:24.010 --> 04:26.121 what they're facing , the issues that 04:26.121 --> 04:28.769 they have , and we have a plan and a 04:28.769 --> 04:30.547 way forward now to address that 04:30.547 --> 04:31.690 together as a team .