By Charlie Bausman

The United States is in its 16th year of military involvement in Afghanistan. 2,402 American troops have been killed in the conflict. 827 billion dollars have been spent since 2001.

The current administration is debating the path forward for American involvement in Afghanistan, which according to the media sources, has become a highly contentious topic within the White House.

Many MTI followers have spent many months or years in Afghanistan. We want to know what you think, and how you think the U.S. should move forward.

A Short History

The initial objective – the removal of Al Qaeda which perpetrated the 9/11 attacks and Taliban who provided a safe harbor for them, was mostly accomplished by early 2002.

Al Qaeda forces reportedly fled to neighboring Pakistan, and Taliban forces were removed from the district and urban centers. 

Afghanistan became a secondary priority as the U.S. and allies toppled Saddam Hussein’s regime and battled the insurgency which followed. The Taliban re-emerged as a threat to security in Afghanistan, along with the Haqqani Network and several other insurgent organizations who oppose the Afghan government and western military involvement.

Following a major surge of American and allied forces into Afghanistan which successfully secured contested areas, western forces turned over responsibility to Afghan forces in 2014. The troop levels declined to the current manning of 8,400 used primarily in a advise and assist role.

Afghan forces have lost significant territory since the reduction of U.S. troops. The Taliban claims to fully control 34 districts and contests another 167. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) states that the Taliban controls, contests, or influences 171 districts. Islamic State forces are now also involved in the fighting.

The issues facing the Afghan government and its military have remained consistent.

• A dominant tribal influence which creates a significant cultural divide amongst Afghani’s
• Incredibly high levels of corruption by government and military officials
• Low levels of manning and training for Afghan military and police forces
• Increasing levels of opium production, often ‘taxed’ by insurgent elements for operational costs
• The relative safe haven of tribal areas in neighboring Pakistan
• Continued Green-on-Blue attacks by Afghan forces on U.S. service members

These factors decrease security for the populace, decrease confidence in the Afghan government, and strain the U.S.- Afghan relationship.

The 5 Policy Options

The Afghan policies currently discussed behind closed doors at the White House are not known in specific detail, but we do know the overarching ideas behind them.

More Troops

President Trump has approved Secretary of Defense Mattis to send up to 3,900 more troops to Afghanistan. These pre-approved troops have yet to be deployed, as Secretary Mattis attempts to clarify the policy positions of the Trump administration.

The proponents of additional troops make up the majority of the administration’s national security team – National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster, SecDef Mattis, SecState Tillerson, General Dunford (Joint Chief of Staff) and General Nicholson (Commanding General of American forces in Afghanistan) all recommend additional troops.

The additional troops would provide further training, equip, and support for Afghan forces. No timeline has been specified for a troop increase, which was a source of contention during the Obama administration, possibly allowing insurgent groups to ‘wait out’ U.S. forces.

Former security officials such as Jack Keane and Leon Pancetta have stated that the 3,900 troop increase is not nearly enough to make an impact on the security situation in Afghanistan.

Full Withdrawal

The Wall Street Journal reported on July 30th that some members of the Trump administration were exploring the possibility of a full withdrawal from Afghanistan.

This option may have been taken off the table according to the Washington Times, but it displays the frustration of Trump officials over policy options in Afghanistan. White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon supposedly support further exploring this option.

Status Quo

This isn’t necessarily an option anyone is recommending, but rather the ground level fact as the deadline for an Afghan policy sits over due. Troop levels remain the same with the same mission sets.

The status quo has been described as an eroding stalemate as the Taliban and other groups retake ground from the Afghan government. 

The Contractor Option

Erik Prince, the founder of Blackwater and other military contracting businesses, proposed a private military contractor option for Afghanistan. He penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal and has recently made the television media rounds. 

He recommended the establishment of a lead federal leader or ‘viceroy’ with private military advisors implemented at the Afghan battalion level in the fight against the Taliban. Prince also recommended a model based loosely on the Britsh East India Company, which served as the private business arm of the colonial effort in the Americas and India.

(CLICK HERE to see a recent interview with Prince on the topic.)

This idea was apparently met with contempt by H.R. McMaster and Secretary Mattis, but administration officials such as Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner have enabled Prince to gain the ear of the President.

Previous Options – Biden’s CT Plus

During the Obama administrations deliberations on Afghan Policy, Vice President Biden proposed reducing COIN focused troop levels, instead emphasizing counter-terrorism operations by special operations forces.

This would have focused on removing insurgent and terrorist leadership elements along with logistical support, and letting go of the counter insurgency based doctrine which required much higher troop levels of conventional forces.

This option was not chosen but likely remains in the minds of some officials as the Taliban continues to regain territory.

What do you think we should do?

Many MTI followers have been deployed to Afghanistan in some capacity. Collectively, this represents a tremendous opportunity to learn from these personal experiences and apply them to the strategic level policy discussion. We want to know what you think. Please answer the survey below – all answers will be completely anonymous.

Sources

http://icasualties.org/oef/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-trump-idUSKBN1AM0F5

https://www.thecipherbrief.com/article/asia/u-s-running-out-of-options-in-afghanistan

http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2017/03/afghan-taliban-lists-percent-of-country-under-the-control-of-mujahideen.php

http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2016/Costs%20of%20War%20through%202016%20FINAL%20final%20v2.pdf

https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-looks-at-scaling-back-u-s-military-presence-in-afghanistan-1501426803

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/08/07/erik_prince_after_16_years_of_failure_time_for_a_new_policy_in_afghanistan.html

https://www.armytimes.com/flashpoints/2017/07/31/trump-considers-withdrawal-from-afghanistan/

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/war_stories/2009/03/ct_or_coin.html

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2017/08/07/erik_prince_after_16_years_of_failure_time_for_a_new_policy_in_afghanistan.html

http://www.salon.com/2017/06/03/erik-princes-dark-plan-for-afghanistan-military-occupation-for-profit-not-security/

https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-macarthur-model-for-afghanistan-1496269058

By Rob Shaul, Founder

1. “Athletes” not “Clients”

This is more than a semantic difference and will change the way you think about the people you work with, how they think about you, and how you direct your career in the years to follow. “Clients,” tell you what they want, and you do it for them. You tell “Athletes” what they need and they work for you.

Early on you’ll need to decide whether you want to be a “trainer” with clients or a “coach” with athletes.  I chose “coach” and recommend you do the same.

2. “Training Sessions” not “Work Outs”

The difference? Training sessions are planned, progressed, goal-oriented, part of a bigger program to increase outside performance. “Work Outs” are random, isolated, and often aimed at making the “client” feel good or look good. You want to coach “Training Sessions.”

3. You’re not a Friend

The best thing you can do for your athletes is not to be their friend. Nothing is personal. Performance and effort are everything. It does not matter what they think of you personally, or if they “like” you. Performance improvement is everything for a coach – it is all that matters. Improve the performance for your athletes, and you’ll always have a job. Being “liked” does matter for Personal Trainers – where performance doesn’t matter. But you chose to be a coach.

4. Choose your Athletes

You will be happiest coaching athletes who use their fitness for outside performance – and that performance has consequence. I.e. – if they don’t perform, they don’t play, or lose their job.

“Consequence” is your professional friend. It makes your programming and coaching better – because if your athletes don’t perform, you’ll lose your job too. Consequence also culls the non-committed athletes from your gym – and you’ll coach committed people who simply work hard.

These jobs are rare – and the only place they consistently exist are in high school and college weightrooms.

Pro athletes are not required to use the teams strength and conditioning coaches and the top pros – the stars – usually have their own trainers. Many pro team strength and conditioning coaches are miserable because of this. Same is true for many of the tactical coaches attached to special forces units. Most SOF units have “big boy rules” for fitness and many operators don’t use the staff coaches.

I’ve personally taught a programming course at a Tier 1 unit where the on-staff coaches worked with support people, not the operators. The coaches were miserable.  I have been able to choose my athletes at MTI, but many private gyms can’t. In my experience, the happiest, most fulfilled strength and conditioning coaches are at the collegiate level.

5. Programming is Everything

Coaching motivated athletes on the weightroom floor is fun – but the real “meat” of what you do will be the academic and other programming work long before the training session gets to the floor. Starting out you’ll likely be implementing another coach’s programming – but you should still at a minimum, be training your own personal programming. I can’t tell you how many master-degreed interns I’ve had at MTI who did not understand the basics of progression or programming. It is everything.

6. Read. Then Read Some More.

Voracious professional reading is the single “secret” to MTI’s success. Start with the textbooks and quickly move to programming-focused books from real coaches. I cannot stress enough the value of reading to your success as a coach.

7. Get Time on the Floor

Professional strength and conditioning is an art – and a big component of this art is learning how to efficiently, effectively and safely coach athletes on the weightroom floor, or really any situation. Early in my career I personally trained soccer moms, coached groups of 100+ through ski fitness classes, and volunteered at multiple high schools. There’s nothing like working with a group of 100+ in an open gymnasium or 45 high school freshmen in a crowded high school weightroom that will teach how to use a commanding voice, quickly group athletes, position yourself to monitor safety and learn training session flow and efficiency. You can’t read how to do this. You have to do it yourself. Rarely was I paid for this work – but no place did I learn more.

8. Train Your Own Programming

I’ve yet to meet a good strength and conditioning coach who wasn’t a gym rat. If you don’t personally like to train, don’t become a strength and conditioning coach. If you like to train, train your own programming first. In your job you’ll likely have to coach someone else’s programming. But in your personal fitness, do your own stuff. You quickly learn to spot the mistakes in your programming when you are the lab rat.

Later, when you are doing the program design for actual athletes, still do your own stuff – do it before the athletes – to find mistakes and make adjustments ahead of time.

9. Beware the Circle Jerk

The fitness industry is full of “Circle Jerks” made up of celebrity coaches and other experts hocking each others’ stuff. It goes something like this: Coach A writes a book. Coach B writes a glowing forward for the book. Coach C does a glowing review of the book. Coach A has Coach B on his/her podcast where Coach B promotes his/her product or program. Coach C has Coach A on his/her podcast to discuss Coach A’s book. Coach A writes a glowing social media post of Coach C’s program/product. You get the idea. Worse, when you end up buying Coach A, B and C’s program/product, you’ll see lots of fluff and little substance. Beware.

10. There Are No Short Cuts

One of the many frustrating things about program design is “everything works, but nothing works forever.” I’m constantly trying new techniques, unique pieces of equipment, etc. and 99 out of 100 times the “new” either doesn’t work or after a quick initial bump, stops showing improvement. The storage area in my gym is full of this stuff and what remains are the barbells, plates, dumbbells/kettlebells, plyo boxes, ropes, and sandbags. There is no quick shortcut to mission-direct fitness. It takes solid program design and lots of simple, hard, work.

11. Careful of Righteousness

First in others. Find a coach who swears by kettlebells and nothing else? Another who swears by CrossFit, or PX90, or bodyweight or TRX or Oly lifting or whatever, and nothing else? Beware these guys. There are many ways to skin a cat.

Second – in yourself. If you finding yourself swearing by kettlebells, or power cleans or box jumps, or whatever, and nothing else …. you’ve fallen into a common coaching trap.

Constantly challenge and test your own exercise choices and program design. Probe hard for weak links, too-complicated exercises, hard to explain theory, and cut, cut, cut. Every time I’ve been righteous about an exercise, piece of equipment or programming theory, I’ve been proven wrong.

Questions, Comments, Feedback? Email coach@mtntactical.com

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By Josh Jespersen

I’m a former Navy SEAL, and now a snowboard mountaineer.

As a SEAL I was fortunate to reach the elite level of tactical athletes. In 2016, I set a record for climbing and snowboarding all 54 of the Colorado 14ers, and entered the elite world of mountain athletes.

I’ve directly experienced the challenges, heartbreak and brutal beauty of both the battlefield and the alpine. There are many similarities and a few differences between both worlds and the athletes who live in them.  

Bold

When you willfully go down a path less traveled, where the outcome is uncertain, and you might not make it, you are saying, “I’m the one.”  “I’m the guy that can overcome any barrier put in front of me, and I want that challenge.”

This is absolutely a characteristic shared by service members and mountaineers.  

Entering a program where the attrition rate is over 75% to get a pin on your chest, or a patch on your shoulder is most certainly akin to Amundson and Scott having the audacity to race to the South Pole.  

It’s not saying that you are the best, but it is saying that you are willing to risk defeat, embarrassment, hardship, turmoil, and possibly even death to become the best.  

The gateway into these worlds ensures only the bold may partake.

Crush, with the volume cranked

Now, to be one of those bold ones, there are traits inherent.  

The saying “work hard, play hard” might describe both these types of athletes to a tee, but it doesn’t go deep enough on one trait.  

The insatiable appetite to strain, to sweat, and to go so hard that you want to collapse.  To crush yourself.  This is a will I can’t shake, and what originally drew me to the programming of Rob Shaul all the way back in 2007.  I was in Baghdad, and when my pack of knuckle draggers wasn’t knocking on doors, we were throwing iron and constantly craving protein.  I got one look at what was then “Mountain Athlete,” and saw exercises called “Curtis P’s,” “Man Makers,” “Mutant Makers,” and workouts that purposely lasted more than 60 minutes, I was hooked.  We would be asked to leave gyms on base because we would blast a Zep set, and refused to wear our shirts whilst crushing.

These athletes will find any program that will push them physically and make their shoes foam with sweat, because we get off on that shit, with the volume cranked.

Embrace the Suck

To cross a threshold, and attain a high level of accomplishment, you must be willing to laugh off any level of complete suck that might come your way.  This goes beyond second-hand fun, and mandates an ability to weather the worst of storms, sand or snow.  It ranges from getting mortared over twenty times on election day in Afghanistan, and taking bets on what time the next one will come in, to being tent-bound in a 48-hour storm on Denali with 80 MPH winds, and cackling like a Hyena when the gusts sound and feel like those mortars from years before.  

“Embracing the Suck” is a learned skill, built over time by first purposely putting yourself in these situations and learning to be comfortable being uncomfortable.

Yet “Embracing the Suck” this is a step beyond stoic. It’s relishing the experience and making the best of it.  

Love thy Brother

That guy or girl sitting next to you who you’ve been throwing rocks into a helmet with for hours to kill the boredom, or who you share your last block of cheese with while there’s still miles to go … these are the individuals you bond with.  

However, building this bond takes time.  You don’t sign on the dotted line for those people to start. You sign up at first because you’re one of the bold ones.  And when you take that turn down the uncommon path, you find out there are others that might be like you.  You struggle together through the selective training and weeding out.  Never openly at odds, but when someone fails and rings out or chooses a different path, you don’t remorse.  

The crucible eventually ends, and those remaining become the “brotherhood.”  You still don’t know them, but you are like them, and you progress together.  When you work hard, they are there pushing you and driving you on.  When you play hard, they are there too, reeling you in or egging you on, and finally, after you have shared enough bunkers and tents to last a lifetime, they are your brother.  They are your sister, and that bond lives forever.

Completing the Mission vs Living to Climb Another Day

This is where the worlds of tactical and mountain athletes diverge, and for good reason.  

Both have a mental game that is unparalleled.  Both tactical and mountain athletes have proven they can weather the storm, sit through the blasts, and push themselves to the limits.  Subjectively, you have done all these things.  It was your choice, in your head, to continue through whatever hazards you might have determined you could handle.  

Then, the mountain objective risks start to surface.  The cornices start to build, or the snowpack goes upside down.  Route Irish becomes the only option, or an operation runs well into daylight.  

These hazards are objective.  It’s not your iron will that made them a real threat.  It’s the alpine or combat environment.  

Tactical athletes on the battlefield often don’t have the choice of returning to try again when things are safer.  They must complete the mission and hope their tires straddle the pressure plate, and when the ambush comes, they’ll be the better shot.  

But in the mountains, athlete’s have a choice. You don’t have to step foot on the slope waiting to rip away or expose yourself to a serac after it gets too warm.  

You can quit and live to climb another day.

Die a Hero vs Die In Vain

Here is where being a mountaineer, and being in the military go opposite ways.  

Die in combat, as so many brave men and women have done, and you are a hero.  You died for your country; you died for your brotherhood.  Yours will be considered a “good” death; an honorable sacrifice and your brothers will be proud that you may enter Valhalla.  

Die in the mountains, and chances are, you blew it.  That’s what people will think and say anyway.  

They’ll say she shouldn’t have been out there alone, or he knew the avalanche danger was extreme.  Your death will not be considered a good one, and the Valkyries will not be escorting you out of the debris.  

It is a curious dichotomy, for athletes so similar to die and be considered either brave or unwise.  

Don’t blow it.

About the Author
Former Navy SEAL Josh Jespersen if an MTI Crux Award winner and this Winter set the record for climbing and skiing or snowboarding all 54 Colorado 14ers.

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Military
North Korea and the ‘Blink’ of War, War on the Rocks
Leadership in the Air: The Fighter Pilot, Part I, War on the Rocks
McMaster and Mattis Have Twelve Months to Succeed in Afghanistan, Real Clear Defense
Milley: Future wars will be long, they’ll be fought on the ground, and spec ops won’t save us, Army Times
U.S. Military Should Not Be the Only Foreign Policy Tool in Africa, The Cipher Brief
Future Battlespace Emerges as F-35 Variants, F-22 Train Together, Defense Tech

Homeland Security/Terrorism
Protecting the power grid from low-budget attacks, Homeland Security Newswire
4 UK Men Convicted Of Plotting Attack On Soldiers, Police, Inhomeland Security
Trump Is Considering Perry for Homeland Security Chief, Bloomberg
Evaluating John Kelly’s Record at Homeland Security, The New Yorker
Sydney terrorism raids show police prepared to make pre-emptive strikes, The Guardian

Mountain
Watch Now: “Lite Years” trailer chock full of big air and fresh tracks in the BC backcountry, Freeskier
Patagonia’s Big Business of #Resist, Outside Magazine
Video: Mountain Biker Explorers Norway with His Dog, The Adventure Blog
Neil Gresham: Coming Back From Injury, TrainingBeta
Book Review: My Old Man and the Mountain by Leif Whittaker, American Alpine Institute
First American Woman Summits K2, Gear Junkie

First Responder
8 Lessons Every Cop Learns, Law Enforcement Today
Border Agents Test Facial Scans to Track Those Overstaying Visas, NY Times
What You Can’t Control, What You Can, and How, Average Jake Firefighter
6 Most Wanted MS-13 Gang Members, Law Enforcement Today
Senate Confirms Christopher Wray as New FBI Director, Police Mag

Gear
CORDURA® Brand and The North Face Recreate Vintage Packs, Soldier Systems
Marine Corps’ Compact Fires Support System, Real Clear Defense
The Mid-layer I Wore Every Day Last Winter, Powder
Gear of the Show: The Best from Summer Outdoor Retailer, Outside Magazine
Operational Use Of Russian K2 Exoskeleton, Soldier Systems

Nutrition/Fitness
Is Your Tap Water Safe? Find Out With this Searchable Database, Men’s Journal
A Fast Mile Is More Impressive Than a Slow Marathon, Outside Magazine
5 Food Label Myths, Debunked, Outside Magazine
Clean Eating vs Flexible Dieting: Putting the Argument to Bed www.robbwolf.com
Importance of Glucose Control in Adults With Type 1 Diabetes, Science Daily
New Supplement Can Repair, Rejuvenate Muscles in Older Adults, Science Daily
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1. If you haven’t been able to train in 24h,  you get cranky.

2. Random exercises like Mr. Spectacular or numbers like 3-5-7 make sense to you.

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4. You schedule your day around the Gym – even dates.

5. You get excited when a new Training Plan is released.

6. You also get excited about starting a new cycle.

7. You have a love/hate relationship with Sandbag Get-Ups. 

8. You have been asked more than once if you work at the gym.

9. You actually read the geeky stuff MTI releases.

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By Rob Shaul

We’ve studied Pull Ups, and the different ways to improve Pull Up performance, possibly more than any other fitness topic safe movement under load. Check out the links below to see our pull up improvement studies.

• Study #1
• Study #2
• Study #3
• Study #4

Over the years we’ve developed four distinct programming methodologies for pull up improvement – and found no single methodology performed significantly better than the others.

The Pull Up Improvement Training Packet consists of four 6-week plans, each utilizing different progression methodology to improve overall pull up performance.  With this packet, you can pick the progression which best fits your individual needs, or simply change up your routine to continue to improve on your pull up assessments.

Why did we include 4 plans? As stated above, despite all our study, testing and research, we simply have not found one pull up programming methodology that sticks out as the best for every athlete. Further, we’ve found that what worked well for an individual athlete one time, may not work as well the next time. So in this packet we’ve included 4 plans – each which deploys a pull up programming methodology we’ve had success with over the past decade of programming.

4 PLANS/PROGRESSIONS ARE INCLUDED IN THIS PACKET:

PULL UP IMPROVEMENT – ECCENTRIC
This plan uses weighted eccentric pull ups to train overall pull up improvement. The progression is based on the athlete’s max pull ups, and then assigned to Group A, B, or C for the follow on training sessions. The weight will be percentage based relative to body weight, ranging from 5% BW to 30% BW. The athlete will assess max pull ups 3x (beginning, middle, end) in this six-week cycle, training 4x/week.

PULL UP IMPROVEMENT – DENSITY
The density progression is our most implemented progression method for improving pull up performance in tactical physical fitness tests preparation programs. The progressions utilize percentages of the athlete’s max pull up effort on a running clock in order to automatically scale to the athlete’s level of fitness. A single training session only takes 8 minutes and has proven to be an effective method of improving pull ups for the Lab Rats. The athlete will assess max pull ups 3x (beginning, middle, end) in this cycle, and train 4x/week in this 6-week plan.

PULL UP IMPROVEMENT – VOLUME
The volume progression employs a much higher total number of pull ups conducted on a weekly basis. The athlete will conduct a max pull up assessment 3x (beginning, middle, end) during the 6-week plan. Due to the high volume, the athlete will only train pull up’s 3x/week in this plan.

PULL UP IMPROVEMENT – WEIGHTED
The Weighted Progression utilizes a format similar to the Density plan, but all progressions utilize a 25# Weight Vest or Pack. The progressions utilize percentages of the athlete’s max pull up effort on a running clock in order to automatically scale to the athlete’s level of fitness. The athlete will assess max pull ups 3x (beginning, middle, end) in this cycle, and train 4x/week in this 6-week plan.

See chart below for further details.

COMMON QUESTIONS

Do I get access to all 4 plans with this packet purchase?
Yes

What if I can’t make the prescribed number of pull ups for the progressions?
It’s ok to break up pull up reps during a round. Shake your arms out and keep working. If you hit absolute failure, substitute the remaining reps with eccentric pull ups instead. You may not make all of your progression numbers, but your pull up performance will continue to improve. Don’t quit.

How Long do the Sessions Last?
8-25 minutes depending on the plan. The Pull Up Improvement – Volume sessions will take the longest.

Can I complete these plans in conjunction with other training?
Yes – just be smart. Replace the upper body pulling and pull up work in another program with the pull up progressions in this program. Don’t double up.

Can I complete all 4 Training Plans? If so, what order?
Yes – just not at the same time! Complete one plan at a time in the following order: Eccentric, Density, Volume, Weighted.

Can I use the plans in this packet if coming in I can only do 0-5 pull ups?
Yes. Start with the Eccentric plan in the packet.

Questions? Email coach@mtntactical.com

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By Mintra Mattison

I think we can all agree that these days the number of self-proclaimed coaches, as well as the endless variety of online programming, can be quiet overwhelming. Luckily, at MTI we don’t believe too much in hypes or “Instafame”. Ours is more simple: quiet professionalism along with honest and hard work.

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The mountain doesn’t care about gym numbers, neither does selection or any other event.

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