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All right . Can you tell me your first

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and last name and spell both for me ?

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Benjamin , lamb B . E . N . J . A . I .

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M . I . N . L . A . And B . Your staff

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sergeant . And um where are you from

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Troy new york . It's whole thank you .

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Yeah . No just do they use it all is

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all one piece ? No they're probably not .

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Where are you from ? Troy new york troy

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new york . T . R . O . Y . Roger . Okay .

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Can you tell me how does it feel being

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part of the 237th birthday of the

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United States Army in Times Square ?

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It's a real honor . Glad to be down

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here and celebrate with fellow 10th

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mountain soldiers . You guys just

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returned from Afghanistan ? Not too

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long ago . That's correct . Did you

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feel about your experience there ? You

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think you made a difference ? I believe

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so . And so why do you think it's

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important to celebrate the army's

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history ? Um Why do you think it's

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important to have a birthday

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celebration and kind of include the

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rest of the world in it ? We have the

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greatest army in the world most best

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equipped . I mean it was a year before

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the nation 1775 . It's a big deal and

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I'm just really glad to be a part of it .

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And what kinds of , I know you guys

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have been out all week celebrating the

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Army birthday going out into the

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community . What kinds of things have

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you been able to participate in in New

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York City ? I'm actually on a team that

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deals mainly in Brooklyn North . Uh So

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we went down to Elmhurst Hospital

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Children's Hospital and I went down

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there , passed out some flags color .

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But the Children , it was really nice

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to bring them some joy and see some

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smiles from Children in a Children's

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hospital . Okay , great . And that you

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got more stuff to do this week . Still

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going out , Are you done ? No , we're

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still out there doing what we can

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pretty much 06-2200 every night going

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around visiting people doing what we

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can . Okay , great . Anything else you

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wanna mention ? I just like to say hi

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to my family , my wife , kids and my

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parents were like Detroit . Thank you .

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Thank you . Thanks very much appreciate

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your time .