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Sergeant Major Jason Walford . All

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right . No , we just , uh , I guess my ,

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my thought is Wyoming has some of the

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best soldiers out there and , and we

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continue to do well . Uh , every senior

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leader that we talked to that's over

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our folks here , um , has said how well

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they're performing , how good their

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discipline is , how good their morale

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is . And that just seems to continue on

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and we want to see him finish strong

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thanks . You know , it is a big

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sacrifice . You want to , you want to

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thank the soldier . You want to thank

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the families because it's , it's a two

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sided coin . You know , if there's

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problems at home , the soldier doesn't

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perform as well and vice versa . So ,

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you know , you , you want to say thanks

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for your sacrifice . Both both sides

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are given up for sure for that year

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forward , very proud of them . You know ,

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they're being separated from their

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families for a year . And you know ,

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that takes takes a lot of doing both on

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the family's side and the soldiers side

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that to make sure that things are taken

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care of and that everything is working

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okay just because the soldiers deployed

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doesn't mean that they're not any

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longer part of the family . So , you

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know , you gotta keep that . So , you

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know , families proud . The state as a

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whole , I'm sure is very proud of them .

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I know us as senior leaders are , you

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know , them keeping the birds up in the

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air and keeping the relevance of the

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mission out there is doing great things

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for this country . Well , it's uh ,

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it's very important what they're doing .

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I'm obviously , keeping the Blackhawks

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going is a , is a huge mission . You

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know , I've got everything from sheet

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metal repaired to the mechanics of the

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aircraft , um , and keeping the birds

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going as a huge part of the mission to

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keeping the peace here in Kosovo .