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- [Narrator] From Soldiers'
Radio & Television,

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this is The Army Now.

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- [SSG Fulghum] Several days in the field

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have helped prepare the
2153rd Finance Battalion

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for their deployment.

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Entry control point
training and learning to

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spot and react to an
improvised explosive device

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were the main focuses during
this training exercise.

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- [CPT Martinez] They're really motivated.

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Got a good bunch of seasoned soldiers

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and a bunch of new kids who
are ready to rock & roll.

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I got a couple of ISP86's

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and a great detachment sergeant

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who's getting my other soldiers ready.

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They are definitely mentoring
my younger troops here.

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- [SSG Fulghum] Despite
several of the troops

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having never been on a
deployment, the unit feels ready.

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- [SSG Brown] Okay, a lot of them are new,

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the training's new to a lot of them.

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They never have really experienced
to this specific level.

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Now that we've actually been able to

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put our hands on them
and able to mold them,

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to make sure that they're
actually ready for it,

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I think they're gonna
do a pretty good job.

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- [SSG Fulghum] The
2153rd will be in Kuwait

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for one year.

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- [Narrator] That's The Army Now.