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CONVERSATIONS] >> TO DO OUR INTRODUCTIONS, LET ME INTRODUCE TO YOU MICHAEL POLLING OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND ROTC CHAPTER. CADET POLLING. [APPLAUSE]...
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AVIATION OFFICER OUT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. FIRST OFF, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK AGAIN THE ORIGINAL BAND OF BROTHERS FOR WITHOUT THEM, I DON'T THINK...
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NEW BAND OF BROTHERS STARTING WITH STAFF SERGEANT REX SCHWARTZ, HE WAS SECOND BATTALION, 502 KBLD, --nd, AIRBORNE DIVISION, STATIONED IN BAGHDAD. MUCH...
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GENERATION. THEY NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING. IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE, TO TELL OUR STORY. WE ARE A NATION AT WAR AND SOMETIMES IT'S HARD...
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SERVED UP THERE. IN FACT, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE SOLDIERS AND OFFICERS WHO WERE THERE ELECTED TO STAY THERE AN EXTRA YEAR. WE WERE NORTH OF THE...
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ALSO HAVE. THE CAMP WAS WELL WITHIN RANGE OF ALL THE ARTILLERY AS WELL AS ALL THE MORTARS. NEXT SLIDE. THROUGH THIS THE UNIT PULSE. OUR OLD BATTALION...
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TRUE, YEAH. I SHOULD HAVE GAVE THAT QUESTION TO MATT. MATT WAS SO, -- >> IT WAS A PRETTY CHAOTIC TIME. THERE WERE A LOT OF RUMORS ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT...
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| 00:09:21 |
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GOING. AND SO EVERYBODY WAS ABUZZ. WE HADN'T GOTTEN WORD FROM CHAIN OF COMMAND. PEOPLE'S
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| 00:09:27 |
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WIVES AND FAMILIES IN THE UNITED STATES WERE GOING CRAZY NO, IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. AND I RECUR NELL CLARK AND COLONEL PATTON, THEY HAD THE COMPANY...
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| 00:11:15 |
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IN THE FELLOW CURRAHEES, TO KNOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT I WILL STAND WITH MY BUDDY, I IT FIGHT, I WILL DIE WITH MY BUDDY. SO EVEN THOUGH WE WERE IN A MONSOON,...
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| 00:13:58 |
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UNCOMMON TO SEE SIX-STORY BUILDINGS. THE GOVERNMENT CENTER
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| 00:14:01 |
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IN DOWNTOWN RAMADI HAD BUSY
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HIGHWAYS AND STREETS AND THE NORMAL AMOUNT OF ACTIVITY THAT YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE IN A MID-SIZED TOWN IN THE U.S. WITHIN, THOUGH, WITHIN TWO KILOMETERS...
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| 00:15:01 |
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OF BAGHDAD. JUST SMALL SUBURBAN AREAS, BUT ALSO A LOT OF RURAL FARM LANDS, RICE PADDIES, LOTS AND LOTS OF CANALS. ON THE SIDES OF THE ROADS THERE WERE...
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| 00:15:15 |
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STUFF. YOU HAD TO BE PRETTY CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT OR DRIVING IN THE DAY BECAUSE IF YOU GOT BLOWN UP, YOU DIDN'T WANT TO WIND UP IN A CANAL,...
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| 00:15:50 |
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WE FACED, WE DIDN'T KNOW THEM. YOU DIDN'T KNOW WHO THEY WERE. THEY WERE INSURGENTS HERE AND THERE. YOU COULD BE IN THEIR HOUSE DRINKING TEA WITH THEM...
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| 00:16:06 |
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PERSONNEL OUT THERE SO IT COULD BE ANYBODY YOU TALKED TO IS THAT YOUR ENEMY. IT WAS DIFFICULT TO SAY, SIR. >> ALSO STAY ON THIS SLIDE, THAT HELICOPTER...
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| 00:16:36 |
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SIDE. ANOTHER VERY LARGE HOLE ABOVE WHERE THAT PILOT WOULD BE. ON RPG HIT THIS RELATIONSHIP AND DID THAT DAMAGE AND FORCED THE HELICOPTER TO CRASH....
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| 00:18:38 |
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WAS KIND OF A BASTION OF LEADERSHIP IN THE BATTALION AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST LOVED HUMAN BEINGS I HAVE EVER MET IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. I NEVER MET...
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| 00:20:22 |
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FORCES EVENTUALLY WAS ATTACHED TO US. I REALLY DIDN'T GET TO SEE THAT BECAUSE I WAS WOUNDED IN NOVEMBER AND JUST THREE MONTHS IN TO OUR DEPLOYMENT. BUT...
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| 00:21:05 |
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WITH THE IRAQI
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POLICE FORCE AND IN THAT CONFIGURATION, TRACING BACK IED WIRES BACK TO THEIR CHECKPOINTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. A LOT OF CORRUPTION AMONG THE HIGHER...
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| 00:22:04 |
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TEDIOUS. BECAUSE NOT ONLY FOR TRAINING THEM TO DO THE RIGHT JOB, SO WE CAN GET OUT OF THERE, BUT JUST TRYING TO KEEP THEM ALIVE. THEY FOR SOME REASON...
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| 00:24:14 |
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WITH INSURGENT MIND SET, BETTER FOR THEM
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| 00:24:17 |
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TO WORK AGAINST US THAN FOR US. THAT TOOK OUR TOLL. NUMEROUS FIRE FIGHTS THAT WOULD INCLUDE IN THE AFTERMATH, DOING SMALL ARMS ENGAGEMENTS WITH IRAQI...
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| 00:26:36 |
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IN THE SUNNI TRIANGLE THAT YOU HAVE THE MAJORITY OF THIS FIGHTING AND EVEN IN PLACES, WELL, OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF IT NOW IS RIGHT IN BAGHDAD, IN...
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| 00:27:28 |
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ACADEMIES TO TRAIN, YOU KNOW, YOUNG ADULTS ON HOW TO LEAD SOLDIERS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PROFESSIONAL NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER CORPS EITHER. WHEN...
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| 00:28:19 |
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HOW TO SURVIVE, HOW TO KEEP OURSELVES ALIVE AND THEN HOW TO KILL THE ENEMY. BUT WE'RE QUICK LEARNERS. SO WE PICKED ON TO IT PRETTY QUICK. THERE WAS...
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| 00:29:23 |
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OF ATTACKS DURING THE
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| 00:29:24 |
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POLL SITES. BUT NONE OF THAT HAPPENED. ONE OF THE BIGGEST HONORS
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| 00:29:31 |
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WAS ACTUALLY HAVING ONE OF THE FEMALES COME OUT AND GIVE YOU A HUG BECAUSE IT'S THE FIRST TRIM THEY EVER GOT TO HAVE A SAY IN THEIR COUNTRY. AND THAT...
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MAYBE 100 OR A FEW TO SHOW UP. AND SEEMED ALMOST EVERYONE IN THAT AREA ACTUALLY CAME OUT
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| 00:30:38 |
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TO VOTE, WE'RE GOING THROUGH, AND WORRIED ABOUT NOT HAVING ENOUGH BALLOTS FOR THEM WHEN WE STARTED OFF WONDERING IF ANYONE WOULD ACTUALLY SHOW UP. IT...
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| 00:31:13 |
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ELECTION WAS A
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SUCCESS IN THAT ANBAR HAD AN ELECTION. I DON'T THINK PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES, PARTICULARLY POLICYMAKERS AND POLITICIANS DIDN'T THINK THAT THERE...
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| 00:33:39 |
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A SQUAD LEADER GO TOE TO TOE WITH AN IRAQI GUY BEFORE WE GOT THINGS SQUARED AWAY. WE MANAGED TO GET 26 VOTES IN THAT POLLING SITE. THAT WAS ALL THE...
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| 00:34:19 |
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DURING WORLD WAR II AND ACTUALLY I THINK WORLD WAR I AS WELL. BUT ANYWAYS, SO WE HAVE TO INCORPORATE
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| 00:34:29 |
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THESE IRAQI UNITS INTO OUR
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| 00:34:30 |
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CAMP AND KIND OF TAKE -- WE HAD LIMITED SUPPLIES AND FACILITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO WE HAD TO SHARE THEM.
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| 00:34:35 |
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AND WE HAD GOTTEN THESE NEW SHIPMENT OF SHOWER TRAILERS AND IT WAS REALLY AWESOME BECAUSE WE GOT TO TAKE HOT SHOWERS MOST OF THE TIME. AND IT WAS JUST...
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| 00:35:52 |
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GO AHEAD. >> EXCUSE ME.
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| 00:35:54 |
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BEING AN NCO WE THINK DIFFERENTLY THAN
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| 00:35:56 |
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THE OFFICERS DO. BUT THERE'S ONE THING I'D LIKE TO PUT OUT. I KNOW I'M GOING OFF THE SUBJECT HERE. WE GET A LOT
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| 00:36:02 |
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OF SUPPORT THROUGH -- FOR THIS WAR ON THE SOLDIERS HERE. MIGHT GET A LILLY MOTIONAL. -- LITTLE EMOTIONAL. IF I DO, I APOLOGIZE. WE NEED TO
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| 00:36:13 |
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RAISE OUR HANDS AND THANK OUR FAMILY MEMBERS BECAUSE WITHOUT THEM, WE COULDN'T BE SUPPORTED AND WE COULDN'T DO WHAT WE DO. IF IT WASN'T FOR MY BEAUTIFUL...
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| 00:37:05 |
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BEST ARMY IS OUR NONCOMMISSION OFFICERS. [APPLAUDING] >>
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| 00:37:09 |
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THEY DEFINITELY DESERVE IT, YEAH. [APPLAUDING] >> AND THEY KEEP US ON THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW. AND I THINK SERGEANT SWARTZ DEMONSTRATED THAT. SO I'M...
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| 00:37:32 |
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EVEN CAUGHT ONE IN THE REAR END AS I WAS CRAWLING OUT OF THAT
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| 00:37:36 |
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ALLEY WAY. I WAS IN WALTER REED FOR TWO WEEKS. THEY NEEDED MY BED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF FALUJA. WE HAD A THOUSAND SOLDIERS WOUNDED AND OVER...
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| 00:38:47 |
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PUBLIC, ASK THESE GUYS SOME QUESTIONS. >> ACTUALLY I'D LIKE TO SAY I SEE A LOT OF CADETS OUT THERE. IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE ALL DAY, YOU'VE GOTTEN A LOT...
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| 00:39:10 |
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IRAQ IN A FEW YEARS OR WHEREVER WE ARE FIGHTING THE WAR ON TERROR. AND I THINK THAT ONE THING I LEARNED IN IRAQ WAS THE IMPORTANCE OF PROBLEM SOLVING...
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| 00:40:15 |
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IN AFGHANISTAN, THE COUNTRY STILL NEEDS A PROFESSIONAL ARMED FORCES. SOMEBODY HAS TO STAND UP AND SAY, I WILL GO, SEND ME. I WILL PROTECT THIS GREAT...
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| 00:41:09 |
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YES, YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY, BUT IT'S THEM THAT HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT ARE GOING TO HELP AND TRAIN
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| 00:41:13 |
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YOU. SO MY BIG THING IS TO TAKE THAT AUTHORITY, BUT ALSO LISTEN AND PAY ATTENTION AND LET THE YOUNG SOLDIERS LEAD YOU IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >>...
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| 00:41:46 |
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EVERYONE CAN BRING SOMETHING TO THE TABLE. AND IF YOU LISTEN TO THEM,
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| 00:41:49 |
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LET THEM HAVE THEIR VOICE, BUT TAKE CHARGE, YOU'LL BE GOOD. >> I WOULD SAY YOU'VE GOT TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING OVER THERE, TOO. YOU CAN'T JUST BE SOMEBODY...
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| 00:42:15 |
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FACTORS PLAY INTO CREATING STABILITY WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO. YOU JUST HAVE TO KNOW A LOT OF DIFFERENT STUFF, SO STUDY. >> JUST...
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| 00:42:45 |
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BE WORKING WITH TO BUILD THE CANALS UP AND TO BUILDUP THE SCHOOL AND THE MOSQUE TO MAKE THEM A BETTER LIFE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE OVER THERE FOR. A...
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| 00:43:39 |
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AND MY FAMILY
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| 00:43:42 |
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FROM HARMS WAY. GOD BLESS YOU. >> THANK YOU. [APPLAUDING] >> IF WE'VE RUN OUT OF QUESTIONS, I'LL START TELLING STORIES ABOUT STEALING RADIOS....
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| 00:44:04 |
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SOMEBODY ASK A QUESTION, PLEASE. [LAUGHTER] >> GENTLEMEN, I'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT HOW OUR PRESENCE IN IRAQ HAS LARGELY
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| 00:44:22 |
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BEEN IN ARMORED HUM-VS AND THE
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| 00:44:24 |
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BRITISH HAVE BEEN ON THE STREET TALKING TO PEOPLE. I WANT TO HEAR YOUR OPINION ABOUT WHICH WORKS BEST AND WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO GET TO KNOW THE PEOPLE...
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| 00:44:32 |
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ACTUALLY WANT TO WORK WITH THE UNITED STATES TO THE BETTERMENT OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY. >> I'D SAY IT DEPENDS. >> I'VE GOT SOMETHING. >> GO AHEAD. >>...
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| 00:44:56 |
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KNOW THE FEEL OF THE TOWN, BY FAR THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND
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| 00:44:59 |
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BEST WAY TO DO IT, I'D
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| 00:45:01 |
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SAY THE ISSUE IS FEASIBILITY. BOSRAH FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS ACCEPTABLE. I CAN TELL YOU IN CALDEA THE MAIN HIGHWAY, YOU WON'T SEE US WALKING AROUND ON...
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| 00:46:22 |
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AWAY FROM THEM, BUT DOWN IN THE SOUTH THEY'RE DEALING WITH ONE GROUP, THE SHIITES OR SHI'A. SO UP IN THE AREA IN THE ANBAR PROVINCE, THAT IS A CONTESTED...
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| 00:46:41 |
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TRYING TO KILL US AND THE SHI'A. SO IT WAS MORE OF A COMBAT OPERATIONS WHEN WE WERE THERE. I HEARD IT'S CALMED DOWN A LOT SINCE WE WERE THERE. >> NO....
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| 00:47:13 |
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THE IEDs AS
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| 00:47:15 |
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THAT'S THEIR PRIMARY WOMEN ON. THAT'S WHAT DID THE MOST DESTRUCTION. WE
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| 00:47:19 |
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WOULD HAVE BEEN STUPID TO WALK ROUND WITH BERETS LIKE THE BRITISH. WE WOULD HAVE A LOT MORE CASH UALTIES THAN WE ENDED UP HAVING. NEXT QUESTION. ...
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| 00:47:54 |
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ACTUALLY ALL OF US MOVED OUT OF THAT UNIT AND WE'RE DOING OTHER THINGS NOW. BUT IN TERMS OF THE TRAINING, THE ARMY
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| 00:48:04 |
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SPENDS A LOT OF TIME ADAPTING
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| 00:48:08 |
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THEIR TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THE NEW SITUATION. AND BEFORE YOU GO YOU SPEND A LOT OF TIME, THERE IS A LOT OF ANALYSIS THAT'S DONE ON EXACTLY WHAT THOSE...
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| 00:48:45 |
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TYPE OF FIGHT FROM THE OTHER TWO DIFFERENT AREAS. WE AS AN ARMY, WE DO OUR TRAINING BASED ON OUR TRAINING. WE DON'T LET OUR ENEMY DICTATE THE WAY WE...
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| 00:49:44 |
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YOU ARE IN EVERY RESPECT WORTHY SUCCESSORS TO THE BAND OF BROTHERS THAT WE HEARD FROM WORLD WAR II. AND I THINK NO ONE HAS HEARD THIS PANEL CAN COME...
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HAVE IN THE UNITED STATES MILITARY TODAY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. THAT CONCLUDES OUR SESSION FOR TODAY. THE BUS LEAVES IN TEN MINUTES...
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