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you see here today , What was , what

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was the purpose of visiting case as

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down here in Helmand Province ? Seeing

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the training that we're beginning to

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give and doing a lot of to the afghan

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security forces , both the army and the

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police so that we can make sure that as

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we transition out of a combat role here ,

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that they're ready to take over that

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they're highly trained , highly skilled .

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And watching this training is just

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incredibly impressive . I mean , the

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literacy training , but also the , the

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specific schools that they go through

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very high standards , very high

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enthusiasm and I think that what it

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does is it gets us on the road to as we

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draw down our combat capabilities ,

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they're gonna be there in place with

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the skills , with the training , with

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ready to do what they need to do to

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keep a stable Afghanistan . And

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what was the , what was the most

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impressive thing you saw here to this ?

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I , there was wasn't any one thing the

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american instructors and their

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enthusiasm for this , their knowledge

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level , but also the afghan students

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and how competent they are and how

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intense they are in terms of learning

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these skills , These are life or death

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skills and a lot of cases . And

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the impressive thing about this is how

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broad the training is , but also how

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deep it is . All right . So one last

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question for you , do you have a

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message you'd like to give to the

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marines and sailors here serving in

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Helmand province ? I would uhh number

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one , thank you . Thank you for your

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service . Thank you for your skill .

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Thank you for what you're doing .

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Number two . Your success . The

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progress that we've made in helmet is

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incredibly incredible . If you measure

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it over the last couple of years as the

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marines have moved from the south to

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the north and help of the security

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situation has stabilized everywhere .

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Marines are everywhere that marines and

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the Navy brothers and sisters are . And

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the fact that we're able to do this .

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The fact that our marines are able to

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have this sort of success just speaks

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volumes about the marine skill level ,

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dedication level , patriotism level and

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their willingness to commit to

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something bigger than themselves . Hoo

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rah marines doing a great job here .