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This is your blackjack minute . Since

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the arrival of US forces in Iraq seven

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years ago , an enormous amount of

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equipment has built up throughout the

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country and every piece of that

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equipment needs to be moved in a short

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period of time . That's where the 2/30

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old hickory's expertise comes into play .

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They established an operations base at

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Joint Baseball Law to coordinate the

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extraction of equipment from northern

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foreign operation bases to Central Iraq

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and instead of wearing out trucks by

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driving 800 miles north , the hall

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equipment from the north to Joint Base

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balad , then transfer south to Kuwait

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or other destinations throughout

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theater , allowing for greater

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flexibility , Weather , road

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restrictions and Iraqi checkpoints can

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slow truck movement to a crawl , along

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with the ever present threat of

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roadside bombs and enemy fire . Old

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hickory troops are on full alert .

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Captain Jack Tyler , Joint Task Force

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Hickory Support Operations Officer said

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they're not focusing on getting caught

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up in the overall picture , but on what

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they can control which is their

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elements and making the most effective

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use of them . This puts the focus on

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the ground level where it needs to be .

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This has been your blackjack minute