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Okay . Um okay first of all , if you

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tell me your first name and last name ,

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last name and spell both for me , my

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name is Matthew kneeland . M . A . T H

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E W N E Y L . A N . D . And your rank .

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I'm a captain , United States Army and

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what's your branch ? What do you do ?

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I'm a field artillery officer . But

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right now I'm currently the commander

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of headquarters , Troop 371 cab . Got a

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fort drum new york from 10th mountain ,

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right from 10th mountain . And um , so

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what does it feel like being in Times

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Square and being part of the 237th

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birthday of the United States Army

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being a part of the 237th Army birthday

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here in Times Square truly is amazing .

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It's great to see all the support that

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we have for our country for our army

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and see everyone come come together for

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this event . And why do you think it's

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important to celebrate army history and

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let everybody in the United States and

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new york know about it ? Well the army

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really is a small percentage of people

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this country but it's very diverse

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represents everybody in this country

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was built from military , all of our

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exports and so there's a lot of history

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with that And so it's important that we

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don't forget that and all those that

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have served all the way back from the

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beginning when the army is created

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1700s all the way up until now in our

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current fights and all the soldiers

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that have given their lives for our

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country and we continue to recognize

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them . You've been , your unit has been

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here pretty much all week . Kind of

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celebrating the army birthday with the

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local community . What kinds of things

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have you been able to participate in

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and well ? And how do they make you

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feel ? What experience did you get out

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of it so far for this whole week We've

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been spending time here in new york

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city , celebrate the birthday . We've

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gone , we visited high schools . I

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talked with the local J . R . T . C .

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Cadets , visited a seniors home ,

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talked with the old veterans there .

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It's great to see them smile . Uh ,

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right in their days and they could , uh ,

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when we came through , we visited with

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several firehouses so far . It's been a

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great time . Great reception Now today

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here in Times Square . It truly is a

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tremendous to see all the people

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gathered here . The cake that was

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brought out today is , it's beautiful .

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It's good being here . All right .

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Great . Do you have anything you want

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to say to your family uh , proud to be

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in the army ? Proud to be representing

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san Antonio texas . My hometown . Ah ,

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glad to be here . Great . Okay . Thank

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you very much sir , appreciate your

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time . Thanks . All right . I think

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it's hard