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soldiers from the company to 37

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1st armored Division know exactly why

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they're here in Tal afar help out great

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town safe for people that like in the

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example for the rest of Iraq in order

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to do that , these veterans from

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Friedberg Germany emphasize training

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the Iraqi security force counterparts

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greatly been trying to get the Iraqi

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security forces up to see getting ready

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for them to take over the job as far as

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security , making sure that uh the city

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of Job are well protected . B company

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also known as battle company work

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scenario of responsibility or hor

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that's almost twice the size of A . O .

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R . S . Of other companies . Still this

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unit that has more than 100 soldiers

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assigned as elements of infantry

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tankers , engineers and fire support

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specialists . There are more than well

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equipped for the job . After six months

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in country , their efforts to train

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Iraqi security forces have made a major

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impact . Yeah it was pretty hectic here .

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Uh We have had no major incident in the

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last the last two months and uh partly

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because they're doing their job and we

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get out there with them and make sure

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that they're doing their job directly .

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A platoon sector that I had was pretty

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bad . We had quite a bit of I . D . S .

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Uh the first couple of months over here

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uh we moved the man uh in the past

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month . Have you walked through there

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basically with no issue whatsoever .

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This wasn't always the case but the

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hard work of these soldiers and the

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enthusiasm of the Iraqi security force

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trainees have made a world of

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difference at first . You know , they

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were just out there uh really want

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around with no actual tactics , but as

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the last couple of months they have

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gotten a lot better . They perform

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patrol is a lot better . They have more

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of a tactical formation . Iraqi

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security forces have a long way to go

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and taking over the price against

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terror . However , that company

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soldiers filled . They're headed in the

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right direction . Overall , I think we

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are making a difference slowly , but we

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are making a difference . Army sergeant

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Phil Belasco , it's a lot of our Iraq .