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we're dealing with the third

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Battalion of the 11th Brigade of the

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third Iraqi Army Division . We are

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preparing each battalion each month in

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order to defend against external

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threats . It's a 21 day plan where we

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go through squad training , platoon

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training , company training it in the

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battalion train that we're conducting

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right now . Interspersed in that is

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every week we do a lot of leader

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training so we train the leaders as to

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what the classes are going to be for

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the following week and we also train

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the battalion staff on this exercise .

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So it's a single thread that goes

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throughout the entire month . That

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preps these battalion staff as well as

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the battalion to do what they're doing

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out here with this live fire exercise .

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Once we complete all of those exercises ,

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then it's a it's a good day for the

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Iraqi battalion because they get an

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opportunity to go back home . Um So

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we'll out process them all and bid them

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farewell and tell them to be safe in

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their in their upcoming missions . Mhm .

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I think they enjoyed getting out of the

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normal routine of being put on

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different checkpoints and they get an

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opportunity where in many cases is the

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first time that their battalion comes

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together in one team , in terms of

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mission accomplishment , we all knew

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before we came here , we were coming in

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here to advise and assist the Iraqi

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Army . Um so whatever we could do to

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make that a reality is very , very

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important to the squadron and the fact

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that we get to take in no Kiddin 600

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soldiers each month to do this for a

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period of 7-8 months . When you do the

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quick math , that that is a lot of

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people that we get to make an impact on .

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And we get to see all of our hard work ,

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culminating one event that allows us to

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feel good about when they leave the

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gate , that they are definitely better

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than when they first came to us . Yeah ,

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Yes .