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I'm Staff sergeant William Clarkson .

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I'm the FNL for the 17th MTD . I'm the

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FNL for the 17th MTD . Which is the

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foreign national liaison . I take care

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of politicians on the convoy , make

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sure that they have food and water ,

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ice , anything that they need like that

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medical , make sure that they get in

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processing the base . Take care of all

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the cell phones , passports or anything

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like that . There's definitely a

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communication barrier with language .

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Um Sometimes they give an A . C . C .

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For them as well and they hardly speak

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in english . Uhh that's one of the

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major barriers and they don't really

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understand , you don't understand our

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tactics when it comes to intervals or

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anything like that . They just like to

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follow the vehicle in front of them and

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if that vehicle stops right there at

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that it poses a problem . How do you

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guys have ? Uhh we usually I don't have

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it with me but it's a like a little

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pamphlet with pictures or anything like

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that . They respond well to pictures um

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or having somebody that does speak some

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english , break it down and translate

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it . That's a good way time wise . This

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is will be the shortest time I've been

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here First time . 11 months . 2nd time .

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nine months this time is supposed to be

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eight . And the mission is it's still

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the same mission but it's harder

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because you don't have as many child

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halls to go to or it's not guaranteed

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that you're gonna get building or

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anything like that . It's first come

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first serve . How was it ? Make sure I

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get back to space safe , make sure that

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everybody with me is back here safely

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and just completing the mission as I do

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it for the , for a mission out here us

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as a group particularly we've meshed

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very well together . I mean every group

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has its bumps , but we're very close

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and I think that brings a big thing to

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the table , but mission wise it's the

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same mission for everybody's just turn

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and burn too hard Because you don't get

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time down like you normally would . So

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when you get back , I think within 72

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hours before you get back to the fob ,

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you have , you're pmcs quacks , make

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sure the vehicles are good to go again ,

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you have time to do laundry , get some

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rest and you're back out on another

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mission . So it plays a toll on the

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body .