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Months of planning and training pay off

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for the 14th Iraqi Army Division as

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they demonstrate their skills during

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Operation Lions Leap , the soldiers

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demonstrated their ability to perform

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an integrated air , land and amphibious

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assault operation in the basra province .

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The Grail of brigade assisted with

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planning of lions leap but had no role

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during the full scale live fire

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exercise . Colonel Douglas Crissman

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explains the importance of the exercise

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for the Iraqi security forces this

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first time an operation of this size

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has been conducted and it represents

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the tremendous progress that the Iraqi

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security forces have made in the last

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several years , within in particular

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the last several months . And this

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exercise represents uh their

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independence and their desire , their

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strong desire to continue to get better

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every day , reporting for the Grail of

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Brigade from Cobb bahsrah Iraq . I'm

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Army Sergeant robert Trachsel

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Oh !