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the most important thing that I want

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soldiers to understand about retention

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is this retention is going to be about

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standards . And if you're upholding the

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army standards , if you're doing the

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things that you need to do to get

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promoted , those are generally the same

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things that are going to be what we

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need for you to stay in the army . If

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you haven't , that doesn't mean that

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it's the end of the line , but you've

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got to work harder in order to

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demonstrate that you are among the best .

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We're interested in retaining the best

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qualified soldiers and everybody that

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has an opportunity to be the best

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should have a place in the room . Well ,

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we're going to do it in a couple of

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different ways . The first thing we're

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gonna do is recruit less people into

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the army . So only about 55,000 or so

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this year , which is less than last

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year or the year before retention is

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gonna be harder , Which kind of already

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hit on . And then for those that are

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beyond retention , who are career

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indefinite or retirement eligible ,

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gonna look at records every year . And

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if you don't have an opportunity to

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move up , uh , then we're gonna ask you

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either reclassified to a different Mos

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or retire or leave the service . I'm

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proud of him , each and every one of

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them . And what they're doing every day .

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There are amazing people and it's a

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testament to our country . You know ,

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their courage , their desire to

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represent the United States around the

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world and specifically here in

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Afghanistan and I'm just extremely

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proud of what they do each and every

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day , just an honor to be here again

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and to visit with the soldiers and to

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hear what's on their mind and and to

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really get inspired by their

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enthusiasm for what they're doing .

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They're amazing folks , and I'm in on

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its honor to be this are major .