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Just 1 2 , 3 . Yeah .

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Okay . I'm Dennis cabin of the Vice

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President for army and missile defense

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programs for Lockheed Martin

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Corporation . Dennis D E N N I . S last

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name . Your cabin , C A B . I am .

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What we have behind what we have behind

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us is the squad missile support system .

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It's a brand new technology developed

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by Lockheed Martin out of Grand Prairie

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Texas . And what the squad mission

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support system does is providing relief

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for our soldiers who right now in

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Afghanistan and previously in in Iraq

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were carrying almost £200 on their

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backs . What the system does , it

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allows , it's an autonomous vehicle .

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It allows allows the squad to be able

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to put all of their rucksacks , all of

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their extra baggage ammunition ,

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whatever they would like on this

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vehicle . The vehicle will then follow

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them along any marked route , March ,

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follow them along convoys and because

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its autonomous at GPS base ,

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it has the ability then to turn around

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without any commands from the people in

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front of them and go back to where he

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came from to return to retrieve more

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ammunition to retrieve additional

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supplies . Should the squad become

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engaged in a firefight , we can put a

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wounded soldier on here and the vehicle

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itself knows where the base camp is and

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can be able to take that soldier back

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without having to reduce the number of

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people in the fight . We have currently ,

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we have four systems that are deployed

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with the 10th Mountain Division

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Afghanistan . They just showed up this

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week . So it's getting its initial

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tests in a combat zone with the 10th

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Mountain Division . Well , Lockheed

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martin is continually looking at army

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capability gaps and how we can evolve

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our technology to meet the needs that

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our soldiers on the ground have today .

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And as our motto says , we never forget

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who we're working for . That's an

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absolute uh , not a slogan . That's a

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belief of all of our 100 26,000

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employees . Well , thank you for asking .

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I'm actually the guy that started the

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all american Bowl when I was on active

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duty in the Army . I was the commander

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of the recruiting command . And we

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first started this program here in 2000 ,

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with our very first bowl game and it's

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evolved 12 years now And it's been my

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great pleasure to be a part of this

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entire process . When we started , we

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had 17,000 people attend Today . We've

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got probably 45,000 people live

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on NBC at , you know , at noon today .

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So what else can you ask for ? It's

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great for the Army . Lockheed martin is

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a co sponsor for the program and we're

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delighted to be here , Michael Thompson .

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M I C H A E L T H O M P S O N .

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Um , the whole experience up on the

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podium uh , during halftime was just

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exhilarating . Like it's really hard to

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explain how how all the emotions come

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together . Um , the all that hard work ,

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I was paid off in the end because that

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final salute was was the symbol of the

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band's ready after that whole week and

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it's just phenomenal . Well originally ,

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um I was going to be on the podium

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finishing up the show , but um we

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decided to add a twist and I ran up to

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the army zone where all the soldiers

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were sitting and I finished the show

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and while we were holding that last

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note , we just , we're just pumping

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everybody up , making sure we had all

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the audience is standing and having all

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those soldiers look at me was just , I

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can't even explain how how great it was

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to see all those heroes just like so

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pumped up for that performance . It is

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hi I'm Michael Thompson and I'm from

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Miami Sunset Senior High School , Miami

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florida , I'm the 2012 U . S . Army all

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american . Uh , drum major and I'm

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currently the battalion executive

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officer at my um high School J ROTC

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battalion . My whole experience here as

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a U . S . Army all american was , it's

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indescribable because you're , you're

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in a , you're in a place where you feel

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that everyone shares the same passion

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towards what you do and you had the

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chance to perform for all these U . S

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Army soldiers . It's all experience

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basically meant the world to me because

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I , I love what I do as a musician , I

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love being on the podium conducting for

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just an audience and I love the outcome

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of our halftime performance . Um ,

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the my experience with the military

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really helped me out as a leader and it

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helped me , um , just as an overall

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person and it's just phenomenal .

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Well the whole week has been absolutely

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incredible . Today was a blast . We

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didn't end up as a team . Like I wish

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we would have , but I would really lose

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with these guys on the east , then play

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with those guys in the west and all

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honestly . So I made some great

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friendships , um , really enjoyed all

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those guys and it's such a privilege

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just to be here and be recognized by

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the army . It was amazing there . Who

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are , I was in all every time . We

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can't get that right there . We can't ,

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we can't get guys to do that . And we

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tried to the locker room a couple times .

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It didn't sound anything like that . So

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it was such , it was such an honor to

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play in front of them and I'm just so

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grateful for everything that provide me

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it overall the week was fun man , can't

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complain . It's a blessing . It's a

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blessing to be here is an experience of

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a lifetime that I always a little bit

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out of my element more running place ,

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but I can't complain man , It's a fun

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game . It was an honor honor to be

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representing those guys in the United

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States . I feel blessed a something

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that hopefully hopefully can get used

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to , who's your experience , like out

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here at the all american vote , just

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coming out here and just competing

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against the best of the best cause some

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of these guys might start forward over

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the school , they decided . So just

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coming out here and having a good time

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has been a manly , the most important

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thing . Okay , how was it playing out

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here in front of all the soldiers ? I

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mean , I mean it's an honor to come out

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here to stand out and play in front of

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the soldiers that those , the ones who

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sacrificed their lives for all of us is

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just to come out here and compete and

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be the best . Okay , appreciate that .

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And do you have anything else you want

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to say to people ? Oh , thank you . All

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right . Congratulations . I appreciate

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your time . Thank you .