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Yeah . Major General Raymond Carpenter

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recently visited Guantanamo Bay as

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acting director of the Army National

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Guard . He uses his years of both

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enlisted and commissioned experience to

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represent the interest of his soldiers .

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That happens to be and relationship

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with the active army or whether it

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happens to be Congress or whether it

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happens to be the Department of Defense

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and I'm in a three star position . I'm

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only a two star general , but I'm

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motivated by those 361,000 people

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carpenter tour joint task force

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facilities and met with service members

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including those from the Puerto Rico in

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Wyoming National Guards . The soldiers

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that we see joined the National Guard

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today . They want to serve , they want

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to be part of something . They want to

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be a patriot and it's a totally

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different kind of organization than

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what I joined 44 years ago . The Major

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general said that he was impressed by

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how the JTF is ever evolving to

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changing times . Think Guantanamo has

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shown itself to be a world class

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facility and it's being manned and

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staffed by world class people reporting

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from Guantanamo Bay CUBA . I'm Army

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private first Class Amanda Russell

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