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Hello and happy New Year . Welcome to

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the first theater sustained commands ,

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blackjack Express . I'm staff sergeant ,

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Kimberly cooper Williams coming up .

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We'll take you to the scene where the

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last troops crossed the border from

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Iraq to close out Operation New Dawn

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and a message from a comedian that you

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may remember from the hit television

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show in living color . Also coming your

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way , a highlight video for the first T .

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S . C . S . Flag football team at camp

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Sheriff john . But first Master Chief

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Petty Officer of the Navy request

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visited the sailors deployed to kuwait

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recently during his visit . He spoke to

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the CVS at Camp moral , the sailors at

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camp pair of john and at kuwait naval

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base . West has held his current

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position for the last three years and

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is only the 12th Master Chief Petty

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Officer of the Navy since the position

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was created in 1967 . While in Kuwait

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West answered questions from the

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sailors in regards to navy uniforms ,

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enlisted review boards , physical

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fitness , retirement and more Cbs

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coming out of Iraq were also able to

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speak to the Master Chief Petty Officer

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of the Navy and even took time to take

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photos with sailors for them to post to

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their facebook pages . While at Camp

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Arifjan kuwait visiting the sailors of

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the naval expeditionary logistics

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supply group and the warrior transition

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program . West challenged a couple of

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sailors to push ups as a means of

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motivation and some good spirited fun .

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Before ending his trip West was able to

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watch the army versus navy volleyball

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tournament that was part of the 2011

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cam pair of john army versus Navy game

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challenges , which is a build up to the

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army versus Navy football game . In the

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end , sailors got some of their

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pressing questions answered as well as

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having a little fun with the senior

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enlisted of the navy , the first TSC

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flag football team . The blackjacks

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that can pair of john kuwait may not be

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in the NFL , but they are showing the

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competition what it means to be a part

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of the first team . Specialist Kelsey

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Jeffers has more on the story and the

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blackjacks take the football field . It

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becomes apparent that they work hard

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and play harder . The team is close

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knit and it works to their advantage as

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their defense and offense never gives a

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competition any wiggle room . The

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Blackjacks finished the regular season

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with a 6-3 record and advanced to the

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playoffs where they lost in the

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quarterfinals when it comes to playing

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football . The first theater

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sustainment commands Blackjacks don't

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mess around with a season that boasts 6

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to 3 . Blackjacks are showing the

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competition what it means to be . First

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TSC tough . The blackjacks thrive on

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support from their fans . The fans

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cheer them on when they're doing good

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and make sure they know about it when

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they aren't giving 100% the blackjacks

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fans not only support the team , they

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also helped push them to become better

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and show the competition what it means

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to play against the first team . Oh ,

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actually feels pretty good . I don't

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know that we have people that actually

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care about us out here playing for no

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for the unit or stuff like that . All

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right , go let go

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reporting for the first theater

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sustainment command from camp john

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kuwait , I'm specialist Kelsey Jeffers .

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The blackjacks fought hard to make it

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to the playoffs , but unfortunately

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their championship run ended in the

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quarterfinals if you're deploying soon

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and want to be a part of any of the

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first TSC league teams stopped by the

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headquarters company to get information

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on practice times and dates . Funny man ,

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Tommy Davidson from the nineties hit

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television show in living color was in

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kuwait for a show recently along with

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Dante carter and had this message for

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the troops of the first TSC . Hi , this

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is Tommy Davidson and Donte carter and

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we would like to thank all of the

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soldiers , civilians and family members

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of the First TSC . We appreciate all

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your hard work and dedication . First

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team . First team man . The Iraqi re

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posture is being called the biggest

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draw down since World war two . During

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this historic movement . Service

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members , civilians and contractors

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pulled together to accomplish this

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enormous task and ensure operational

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success . As the mission came to an end .

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The first theater sustainment command

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followed the last unit , the third

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Brigade combat Team , first calvary

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Division or Grey Wolf Brigade as they

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passed through the Khobar crossing and

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came out of Iraq . Specialist Kelsey

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Jeffers has the story

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the cab Ari crossing has been the

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gateway for the passage of troops ,

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equipment and supplies between Iraq and

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Kuwait during Operation Iraqi freedom

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as well as Operation New Dawn . Now as

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the last unit redeploys out of Iraq ,

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it symbolizes the closing of emission

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spanning nearly a decade . The last

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unit to pass through the Cribari

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crossing has played an essential role

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in Iraq since the start of Operation

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Iraqi Freedom in 2003 , the Gray Wolf

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for Gate was there for the beginning of

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the mission and now his Operation New

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Dawn ends . There will be a part of

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history in the making and we'll see the

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mission to its end . It felt pretty

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good knowing that we've accomplished

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something like that and we've done a

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lot of good for Iraq helped build up

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what was tore down uh , knowing

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that nobody else was going back was a

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pretty good feeling knowing that uh ,

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we was closing it out , finishing it

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without the help and support the

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Kuwaiti government . Operation New Dawn

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would not be the success . It is the US

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government and the Kuwaiti government

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work as a team to ensure troops are

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well supplied during the war fighting

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efforts . As Operation New Dawn ends .

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The Kuwaiti troops celebrate a mission

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well accomplished through teamwork ,

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collaboration and a very close

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partnership . Yeah , Well , but it's

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been very well coordinated with us . 50

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are set and your team . So coordination

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has been really good .

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We are happy

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that the mission has done successfully

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from both sides from America

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Iraq and kuwait

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and I'm glad that

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everything went

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good

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at the end of Operation New Dawn will

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become a historical event for America

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and its troops generations to come will

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read about America's role in helping to

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rebuild and restore Iraq after almost a

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decade of operations geared towards

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helping the Iraqi people . The last

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unit out signifies a closure to the

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longest war fighting effort in U . S .

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History . While troops and families are

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glad to see Operation New Dawn come to

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a close US forces are proud to have

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been a part of the missions that

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provided the Iraqi people opportunities

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to govern and defend themselves . Check

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this out . It'll be it'll be nice to be

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able to have the stories and say that

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you know you were there going back to

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my father and my stepfather and my

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grandparents , you know all been in

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different wars and heard the stories as

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you're growing up . It'll be nice to

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have some stories that I can tell . My

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sons growing up as well . At the Great

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Wall Brigade rolls out of our back and

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passes through the body crosses the

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gate closes behind them ending the

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monumental chapter in american history

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reporting for the first theater

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sustainment command from the Khobar

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crossing . I'm specialist Kelsey

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Jeffers . While the troops have left

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Iraq , there is still a huge task of

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removing all the equipment from the

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country and getting the troops back

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home to their loved ones . But most of

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the troops will be at home in time to

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enjoy the holidays with their family

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and friends . Now a highlight video

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from the first TSS commanding generals ,

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holiday potluck held at fort Bragg

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loving . This is going to ask everybody

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get together meeting greek for the

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holidays . Good

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have begun .

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I'm not I'm not your business .

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Mhm . Yeah .

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He said what ? Mhm .

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And every holiday you're gonna be

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always together moment right here was

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going on Jersey .

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Yeah .

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Yeah .

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Uh

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huh .

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The potluck was a great way to

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celebrate the season before everyone

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broke for the holiday weekend . Thanks

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to everyone who brought all of the

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delicious food for the celebration .

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Well that's all the time we have for

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now . Thanks for watching stay up on

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the latest news by logging onto our

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facebook page . Keywords first theater

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sustainment command again . Happy Union .

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And we'll see you next time first . Now

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in fact vision