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Hello and welcome to the first theater

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sustainment commands . Blackjack

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Express . I'm specialist Kelsey jeffers

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coming up on this edition , we'll tell

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you how the first TFC and other units

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are training the force and ensuring

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that our troops are always ready to

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fight , both while deployed and in

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garrison with our warrior game segment .

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But first Sergeant , first class

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Kimberly cooper Williams is out of the

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port of Beaumont texas where she has

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been following a very special piece of

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army history . Thanks specialist

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jeffers . This is the early morning

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scene out of the port of Beaumont in

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Beaumont texas where the ocean crescent

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has just docked and it's carrying that

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very special piece of equipment that

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will soon make its way from here to the

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first cav museum in Fort Hood texas .

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We'll check back in in just a few for

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the full story . But right now Sergeant ,

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first class Kimberly cooper Williams

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tells us how the troops back at fort

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Bragg north Carolina are saying army

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strong and well trained . This is not

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your typical combat readiness training .

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It's training amped up to the next

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level with hands on training real world

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scenarios and the experience to prepare

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soldiers for war . It's called Mounted

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Warrior Week and the soldiers of the

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First Theater sustainment command are

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being equipped with the tools they need

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to survive and save the lives of the

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men and women to their left and to

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their right . Those tools are so

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important . No matter what your job is ,

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whether you're pumping fuel issuing

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supplies , no matter what , When it all

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comes down to it , we're basically

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instrument when it comes down to it ,

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if we're running a convoy to get from

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point A to point B , everything's fine

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when you're in that vehicle and you're

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rolling . But the moment something bad

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happens , you may have to exit that

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vehicle . You have to do combat

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operations and it's no longer about

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supplies or issue and fuel . The crawl

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were on walk method was the way the

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training was accomplished the week

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began with instruction and skill level

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one tasks that every soldier in the

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army should know , but a refresher is

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needed from time to time for all the

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troops . This train is going to really

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prepare us , especially for going into

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Afghanistan . We're looking to probably

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take this type of training and maybe

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even make it a mandatory training you

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have to go through before you can

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actually roll out to Afghanistan . So

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you're certified or you have a better

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understanding of what to expect

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throughout a convoy . So this type of

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training is really big for TSC soldiers

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for the ones that we have office jobs

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or we don't get out to be able to do

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this type of training on everyday basis ,

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such as combat combat arms . So this is

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good for service support training

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culminated with a mounted convoy

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exercise where the troops were tested

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on all the tools they had been trained

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on throughout the week . So I always

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said the best training , his hands on

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being out here doing the actual hands

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on training , going through doing the

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classes and stuff like that . It gives

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them the better know how to better

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knowledge . So when I can take troops

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out there or when they become my place

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and take troops out there , they have

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the know how and I experience and the

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knowledge to complete the mission and

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come back alive . But the constant

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rotation between kuwait and Afghanistan ,

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it's vital the troops get the training

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that they need to keep them alert and

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alive while they are back home in

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garrison and training like a Mounted

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warrior Week , it's just one of the

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ways to keep the force ready to fight

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for the first theater sustainment

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command at fort Bragg north Carolina .

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I'm sergeant first class Kimberly

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cooper Williams . The Mounted Warrior

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Week is the first step in a series of

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training events scheduled that will

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culminate in a live fire convoy

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exercise later this summer , we will

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bring you updated information on these

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training events as they happen now that

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the last vehicle out of Iraq has hit us

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soil . There is a great deal of work

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ahead in order to get it ready to take

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its place to live on in history will

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now take you back to Sergeant first

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class Kimberly cooper Williams with the

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conclusion of the story . This was the

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scene mid december last year , the last

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military vehicle crossed the Iraq

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Kuwait border , bringing him into

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operation New Dawn . Months later , the ,

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mine resistant ambush protected or mrap

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vehicle that was the last across the

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border has made it back home to

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American soil . The troops and

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civilians of the 842nd Transportation

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Battalion along with the crew of the

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ocean crescent are proud to be a part

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of this historical event . It feels

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great being a part of history from

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being a soldier , from being a sergeant

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major here at the 842nd here at the

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port of Beaumont . Even even at Fort

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Hood and first calves , it's just ,

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it's just , we're all instilled in

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history . We have a long proud history

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and it's just great to be part of it .

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From Iraq to kuwait to the port of

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Beaumont and finally home the journey

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for the M rap has been a long and

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successful one , but the importance of

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the journey is what will live on in

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history . Well , several things that

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are making historical , obviously being

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the last uh first cab division vehicle

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to leave Iraq makes it very

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historically significant to the

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division itself . Um , you know , we've

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spent a lot of time in Iraq over the

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last 12 years and so this is a ,

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is a historically significant event for

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us , but also for the army . It is a

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historically significant event or

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vehicle because that it is the only m

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wrap that is in the army historical

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collection . There is still much work

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ahead before the Mrap takes its place

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in history at the first calvary

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division museum at fort hood texas .

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What we'll be doing . First off is

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getting the vehicle prepared for

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display . We'll be removing a lot of

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the fuel and other other liquids out of

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it uh will be plugging some holes we

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need to uh to keep rain out of it and

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also will be kind of do some bird

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proofing and things of that sort . Soon

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the last vehicle out of Iraq will be on

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display for the world to see and for

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those who have experienced operation

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Iraqi freedom or new dawn it will

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always serve as a reminder of the lives

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we lost . I'm standing here at Fort

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hood texas at the first calf museum and

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right behind me is the plot where the

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last vehicle left Iraq will be soon

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placed in just a few short weeks that

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in rap will then be placed and

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dedicated right here it will be facing

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out so that all of the troops and all

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of the families that pass by every day .

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We'll be able to see this vehicle and

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it will always be preserved right here

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for history . Now back to you

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specialist jeffers in the studio for

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more information on this historical

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piece of equipment or to find out how

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you can visit the first calvary museum

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at Fort hood texas log onto their

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facebook page . Keywords first calvary

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division museum . Well that's all the

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