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Yeah .

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Oh .

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Mhm . Hey warriors . Master Sergeant

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Robin Rizzo here . It's corporal brian

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adam jones and stuff starting flurry .

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My name is Staff Sergeant Williams .

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I'm sorry , major proof at this stage

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of the day . Fellow warfighters . I'm

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corporal bowling . And I just want to

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give a shout out to all the wounded

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warriors . Just wanted to let you know

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I am proud to be associated with you .

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Just want to thank all of you for your

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sacrifice , for your service to your

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country . For your uh dedication , your

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sacrifice . And just like to tell you

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guys that you guys are , all my heroes

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were truly able to stand here today

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because of the sacrifices that you made .

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His marines and sailors . I'm very

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proud to wear this uniform and share

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this time and share the title marine

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with you fellas . We appreciate all

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your sacrifice and thanks for what you

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do . God bless you and your family

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today . Thank you so much for me for

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the Marine Corps . Thanks You're great

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americans . Thanks . Hey , how's

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everybody doing out there in Beaufort

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south Carolina . This is Major General

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johnston talking to you live from

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leatherneck in Helmand province

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Afghanistan . I want to take a few

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moments to just first of all , thank

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all our wounded warriors for all the

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sacrifices and more importantly for all

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the efforts that you're putting in

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right now . They're making sure that

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you get yourselves recovered and you

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take care of yourselves . Thanks to

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your efforts and thanks to all the work

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that you've done either here in

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Afghanistan or over in Iraq is paying

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huge dividends . It's making our job a

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whole lot easier as we continue to try

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and bring peace and stability to this

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country here in Afghanistan . I also

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want to take some time to thank the

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families , the families who have taking

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our wounded warriors and brought them

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back and forth to the hospitals , spend

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time by their bedsides for hours and

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days on end . All that effort goes

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towards helping our wounded warriors

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recover and for us here in Afghanistan ,

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as we look at the efforts that's being

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being put forward back home to get

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those guys back on their feet is very

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important . Additionally , I want to

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thank the people , the caregivers ,

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they're working in the hospitals , the

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doctors , all those folks that have

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contributed a great deal of time and

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effort , but most importantly is taking

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their professional skills and really

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contributed to the recovery of our

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wounded . Um , I think that while

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you're out there on this weekend , I

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hope that you'll enjoy the music from

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Lieutenant dan Band . I was out there

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last year in south Carolina and I

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really know it's a , it's a good

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experience is a good time . But most

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importantly , there's a lot of real

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fine people that are out there tonight

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and supporting the efforts of our

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wounded warriors and I want to thank

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Gary Sinise and the band Lieutenant dan

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band for coming back out there time and

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time again and making sure that we

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don't forget the efforts of our wounded

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warrior and that we don't forget the

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sacrifices that the families and the

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caregivers and our wounded have put

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forward . So enjoy yourselves tonight

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in Beaufort , south Carolina have a

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great time and thank you .