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here to talk more about the troops

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themselves . As command Sergeant Major

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Kenneth patent joining us live from

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camp in Iraq , Sergeant Major , I guess .

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Getting right to it . How are the

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troops holding up at this time ? The

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truth holding up extremely well .

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They're extremely motivated and ready

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to conduct our mission

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here in the States . The attention has

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shifted to the weather on crisis . Have

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you noticed it over there and has that

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helped her hurt your mission ? No , it

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hasn't . Again , our soldiers are

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extremely dedicated to what they do .

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They're focused on conducting aircraft

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maintenance for helicopters and

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conducting missions to support the

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troops on the ground .

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Sergeant Major . There's been no firm

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timeline set for troop withdrawals .

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Does that make your job harder ? No ,

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it doesn't . Again . We as soldiers ,

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we know what we're over here to do .

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We're very focused on conducting our

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mission and supporting the soldiers

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that are in contact with the enemy .

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Or have you seen a growing urgency to

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get the Iraqi security forces trained

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so that they can take over ?

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Well , of course we're extremely

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focused on that because that's what

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we're over here to do . We're over here

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to train them and we're over here to

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ensure that they take care of their own

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people . Sergeant Major Patent , thank

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you so much for joining us tonight and

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just know our thoughts and prayers are

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with you guys . Thank you very much .

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Have a good evening