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Practice makes perfect at least that's

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the rallying cry for these Oregon .

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Army National Guard . 1186 military

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police company soldiers who are

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training to prepare for an upcoming

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deployment to Afghanistan . I guess

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it's more real because I'm getting

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closer to the time of deployment So

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they give me stuff that I got to digest

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and keep with me . Over the span of

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nearly a month , the 1186th has been

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training at Army Chemical Depot and

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Hermiston Oregon to get ready to go

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overseas . They go through a combat

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lifesaver course , learn army combative

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and go through an extensive course to

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learn to identify improvised explosive

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devices or I E . D S Mp Gunner

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Specialist doc Howard says the training

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is important so the soldiers know how

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to react to any situation . It's given

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us a physical preparing but it's also

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in preparing us mentally to know that

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we actually have Like know what to do

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in case of things happening . Many of

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the nearly 300 soldiers deploying with

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the 1186th saw great value in the

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training soldiers like specialist Aaron

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Druze who now feels more prepared for

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combat situations in Afghanistan , you

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never know how you're gonna react in

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combat until you actually have been

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faced with that situation . I think we

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were well prepared . We have very good

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instructors . Staff Sergeant Isaac

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angle is the squad leader of first

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platoon's first squad after the I . E .

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D . Course he talked about why the

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training is so valuable . It gives us

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stuff to look out for , you know , and

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it gives us training to counter

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possible threats , thoughts echoed by

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another first squad troop private first

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class Mariah Kaskey who has only been

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with the 11 86 for six months but still

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realizes the importance of the training

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going overseas . Now I know what to

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look for , what to see if something's

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out of place , If something is

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discolored , it's not something that

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you would put through your , your

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thought process of , you know what the

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enemy is is going to go through . So I

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think it's very beneficial . While the

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military police soldiers like

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specialist Sean may feel more prepared

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for their deployment , a U . S . Army

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soldier is always going to want more

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time training with his weapon .

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Hopefully , you know , I don't have to

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use a CLS , get my fingers crossed and

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I pray to God I never have to use this .

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But so far I think rangers trigger time

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um its overall , that's gonna be

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hopefully the most beneficial reporting

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from Hermiston Oregon . I'm specialist

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matt Nicholas over here