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Yeah ,

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hundreds of soldiers at Kandahar

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airfield formed up to welcome their top

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enlisted leader . What they know is U .

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S . Soldiers , Sergeant Major of the

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Army . Raymond Chandler sharing his

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perspective on reducing the overall

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size of the army retention is going to

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be about standards . And if you're

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upholding the army standards , if

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you're doing the things that that you

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need to do to get promoted , those are

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generally the same things that are

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going to be what we need for you to

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stay in the army . He added . He wants

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to keep the best soldiers who want to

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continue to serve . We're interested in

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retaining the best qualified soldiers

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and everybody that has an opportunity

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to be the best you should have a place

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in your room . Sergeant Major Chandler

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added . The first step is less

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recruiting and less retain ability .

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Reporting from Kandahar Airfield , I'm

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Staff Sergeant Shannon O . Piara .