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mhm . Every soldier has a time in their

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career where they are asked to push

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themselves to their physical and mental

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limit . Yeah , mm hmm .

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Yeah .

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Today these soldiers are competing in

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the 1st Battalion , 21st Infantry

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Regiments Gimlet Challenge tenant ,

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whoa ! The officer in charge of the

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event explains the importance of this

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challenge . We call this the Gimlet

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challenge . It's a time honored

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tradition where uh these young soldiers

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that arrived near to the unit , they

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get to test their mettle as number one

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as infantrymen , number two as soldiers

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and number three to build a dispute

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accord , not only as teams which is the

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size are operating in right now but

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also as a battalion . The Gimlet

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challenge brings together newly arrived

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soldiers to the unit and puts them up

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against infantry oriented tasks and

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objectives . While ruck marching a

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total of 12 miles around skull field

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barracks . We will be following Team

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number 28 which includes sergeant ,

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first class Emmanuel Nevaeh's

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specialist Cody Stansbury specialist ,

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Joshua Herrera . Thank you in private

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Justin Young Beginning 28 in nearly

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20 minutes behind the first team , they

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must make up time and try to catch up

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to the teams that started before them .

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Even though this challenge is not a

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competition , each soldier pushes

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themselves to their very limits to try

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and prove how physically and mentally

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strong they are 1928 . Led by Sgt .

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First Class Nevaeh's starts off strong

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with the mindset performing above their

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peers . Quickly gaining on each team ,

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they continue the 1st 4.5 mile hike to

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push onto the object of the head . Okay ,

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arriving at the first objective , they

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are briefed on their challenge . The

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team must treat an injured soldier

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portrayed by specialist Justin fire

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shaker who has been shot in the arm

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while also preventing any other

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injuries such as shock .

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They apply an Israeli trauma bandage

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along with a combat application

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tourniquet to stop the bleeding

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good . So

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what we did , we checked his body well ,

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put pressure on the on the injury ,

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stop the bleeding . And we had our

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other two guys check his body for

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anything else and then uh my other guys

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put Israeli bandage on it . It's good

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to go Passing 23 teams

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before the second objective . They are

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making excellent time . The next

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mission is to complete a preventative

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maintenance checks and services or pmcs

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of a striker vehicle . The team goes

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through a checklist to make sure that

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each part of the vehicle is serviceable

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and mission

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ready .

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Yeah .

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Once

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finished , the team once again don

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their gear and move out to the next

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objective . Yeah , yeah ,

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Arrimed at objective three , the team

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receives a brief on the task . Each

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member has a separate task , they have

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to land a grenade in a certain area or

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object .

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Mhm Specialist

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Stansbury has to land the grenade

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within a five metre radius around the

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target from a distance of 35 m

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private young has to

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bound to a mock bunker tossing a

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grenade and move out to cover .

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Mhm Okay , good .

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Failing to identify the five types of

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grenades , the team had to complete 10

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birdies before they move out to the

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next task . It's a little tired but

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drop it off . Come on .

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Yeah , the next station included a

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shift from known point as part of a

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call for fire along with an R . T . 15

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23 radio assembly and check

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after running into assembly problems .

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Private Young successfully assembles

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the pieces together and they complete

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the radio check

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after

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another two mile hike , the team

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arrives at the pool still pushing hard

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and staying motivated . Keeping strong

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sergeant , first class Nevaeh's tries

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to keep soldiers motivated while

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pushing them to complete the task . You

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hear that four years ago . Let's go

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hurry up , let's wait at the bottom .

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That's alright , let's pull him . Yeah ,

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using only the equipment on their bags ,

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the team starts to construct a raft so

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their gear can safely travel across the

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water , you know , pull up so we put on

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this

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after completing the raft , they place

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it inside the pool . Already tired ,

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they strive to push the gear to the

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opposite side always . Mhm .

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Mhm . That you know ,

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successful soldiers moved to the aid

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station where the medics spot a small

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blister on the heel of specialist

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Herrera's foot . Great start ,

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good man , appreciate it With the wound ,

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patched up with mole skin , their

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bodies pumping with the general and the

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team continues on to the 6th mission ,

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especially after the Gatorade right

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there . They keep a quick pace as they

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continue to make good time on the teams

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in front of them . Yeah . Mhm . As they

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arrived , the soldiers begin their

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mission which is to complete the

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confidence obstacle course .

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After climbing the first obstacle

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course , the team swiftly continues on

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to the rest of the course which

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includes climbing the net wall . Do you

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want rope climb God God and bounding

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between wooden beams ,

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finishing the mission ? The team rushes

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back to the starting point to grab

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their gear and vowed ,

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yeah , okay ,

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arriving at duck hill , the team finds

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out that part of the scenario involves

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sergeant first class neves having an

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amputated leg . The team will have to

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carry him to the next objective a few

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100 m away . Yeah .

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Already tired and fatigued . The team

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switches off between weapons gear and

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the wounded sergeant . Mhm . Come

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on . Yeah . Yeah . Mhm .

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Hey we're gonna have to switch going

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switches , I'm not smoking young the

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whole time you're doing the right thing

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to do . Oh

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it is a test of their endurance .

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However , the team reaches the

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objective , a landing zone where they

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have to given online medical evacuation

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and ensure site security broken online .

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I think Completing the nine line , the

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team pushes to the gimlet history

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station where they answer questions

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about the unit . It's your mountain ,

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See the mountain one Gettysburg to

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and see the mountain . So we said that

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Petersburg three good . Unfortunately ,

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the team doesn't answer all the

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questions correctly and have to pay

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with log sit ups before they can carry

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on to the last objective of the day ,

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which is the 240 Bravo . Machine gun

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assembly and functions check station .

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Yeah . Mhm . Yeah .

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Private

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young completes the task with ease and

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they move out .

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Come on . Team pushes as

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hard as they can while jogging towards

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the finish line . After a long awaited

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a team number 28 completes the

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challenge in an official time of four

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hours and 49 minutes . All right . So

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we just finished the challenge here .

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Uh property cycle too . I think it's

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about roughly 12 between 12 or 13 miles .

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Uh Probably got one of the fastest

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times in the battalion . We started out

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28 and came in 3rd place . Uh Had a

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good time . I don't want to do it again

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though . Yeah , for sure . The

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soldiers we followed placed third ,

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passing 25 different teams that left

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prior to them , which shows the amount

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of strength and dedication that our

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soldiers possessed today . Yeah .

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The game will challenge . Not only

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tests the soldiers skills and physical

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abilities , but instills a sense of

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belonging and membership within the

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battalion . After all the teams have

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completed the challenge . A ceremony is

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held to recognize each soldier as a

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Gimlet . They receive a certificate

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there . Gimlet stick and a tradition

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drink known as Grog after the

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competition of the Gimlet challenge and

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receiving the prize skinless Stick ,

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the soldiers are now members of the

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Royal Gimlet clam and honor that has

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always earned , never given

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right .