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over 5000 people filled the stands at

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doughboys stadium for the West Point

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Black Knights Spring scrimmage . The

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army team honored the maneuver center

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of excellence by having armor and

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infantry squads instead of their

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traditional black and gold teams with

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an opportunity to bring the team to

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Fort Benning uh , to historic Fort

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Benning . Uh , playing doughboys

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stadium play in front of soldiers up

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close and in person , people that we

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identify with that we , we want to

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represent , we want to represent well

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we want to be accountable to . I think

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we managed to put as much

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competitiveness and import on this

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contest as any regular season game you

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might come across . This scrimmage

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wasn't only a day of football . It also

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offered an opportunity for Fort Benning

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to host a group of distinguished

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soldiers who know a lot about the day's

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theme duty . They had a chance to speak

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with basic trainees , officer

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candidates and students from the N . C .

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O . Academy . There's not many other

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countries in the world where somebody

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raises their hand and say , I volunteer

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to serve for my country in the

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military , in the army . You've chosen

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to do that . That's your first step

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towards duty . The cadets of West Point

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have chosen the army as a way of life

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where one day they will be the leading

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force of our soldiers . For now they

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are playing football and demonstrating

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duty to their teammates on a day to day

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basis . Duty is what you do when

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nobody's nobody's watching duty is how

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committed you are that you learn

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somehow to reach down inside yourself

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and give the best at everything you do

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with duty on their minds . The cadets

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played a game full of action packed

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plays

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at the

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end , the armor squad 1 22

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14 . Soon they will be taking what they

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learned as a team and as leaders on the

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playing field to the battlefield

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Melissa Anderson , Fort Benning

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Georgia .