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five members of the 85th Civil Affairs

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Brigade volunteered their time to

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participate in the 2012 ride two

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recovery texas challenge , a seven day

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bicycle ride from san Antonio to

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Arlington . Although they may only

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cover 65 miles of the route . It goes

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much further for some . To me

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personally , it's , it's just a one day

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ride Of about 65 miles I believe

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today . One , I want to see if I could

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do it . I haven't ridden a bike in

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quite a while . Um , but also it means

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to me that I'm visibly showing my

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support to those soldiers that have ,

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that have sacrificed a limb or eyesight

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or received physical injuries or mental

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injuries in the particular case of road

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to recovery and show them that no

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matter what I personally support them .

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Um , in this conversation , I wanna

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make sure , you know , everybody's

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where it's not just a one day ride for

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the wounded warriors . Um , they are

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actually coming all the way from the

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center for the intrepid in Fort Sam

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Houston and they're going all the way

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to Arlington . It's a five day ride for

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them . So it really shows a lot of

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heart and , and a lot of physical

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endurance for these uh , these soldiers

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mentally and physically to ride . You

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know , from all the way from san

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Antonio to Dallas basically . And

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that's , that's uh , I wanna make sure

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that that's captured that these guys ,

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even with their injuries are doing

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things that I'm only gonna do for one

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day reporting from Fort Hood texas .

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I'm army Staff Sergeant David House