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predecessor passed on you . Uh , he

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started passing on lessons to us

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probably 10 months ago . The most

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important lesson that he passed on was

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that as green forces or his army forces

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were beginning to draw down . We were

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going to wind up depending more and

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more on contract services . So his

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suggestion to me was to make sure I

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came in heavy with contracting officer

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representatives . So what we wound up

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doing was carving our staff section a

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little bit differently and creating a

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combat support section or essay with

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four officers , all of whom are Ceo are

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qualified . We also required all of our

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E seven ZR above to get CEO are

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qualified so that we'd be able to pick

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up the contracting mission in stride

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without any delay , expectations for

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the tour . What do you expect ? Well ,

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I told my troops at our deployment

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ceremony , the expectation was that we

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would make a significant positive

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impact on the sustainment operation and

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that we would return with our integrity

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intact . I think that that will still

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hold true . I think we'll accomplish

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those two goals . But more importantly ,

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I think by helping the war fighter , I

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think we'll be able to help Berroa be

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able to conduct their own sustainment

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operations . Which is why it's so

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exciting to be involved in the

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partnership mission to

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you have the partnership mission . What

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are your folks to working with that ?

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You know , we're at the bottom level .

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What we call a dash 10 levels were

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teaching them how to maintain their

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rolling stock or their vehicles were

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teaching them how to operate their

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vehicles and we're teaching them how to

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conduct convoy safely . My hope is that

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we can increase the tempo of their

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convoy logistic , their combat logistic

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patrols From maybe four year to maybe

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six a year . And and by doing that ,

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the local population will see more of

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an A . And a face , uh , not only on

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the ring route , but passing by

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villages on the way in order to keep

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the A . N . A . Forces sustained

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internally and without coalition

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assistance , you

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bet .