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each drum beat

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each solute brought these soldiers one

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step closer to this .

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Until today . The soldiers of the

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second striker cavalry Regiment have

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been focused on getting themselves and

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their equipment from Fort Lewis

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Washington to build south Germany , A

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massive logistical undertaking that

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consumed the unit for a year . For

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Lewis did an outstanding job of helping

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us get to that level . Um , you sure

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did a great job . Kind of pulling us

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over here . It wasn't as hard as I

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would have been a time when most

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ceremonies on military bases in europe

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are sending units back to the States .

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This one's welcoming troops in . They

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bring a huge capability uh , to the

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army to um to NATO anywhere else . They

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might be called of a very , very mobile ,

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agile legal infantry centric

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organization that we don't have today .

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I guess what I think the best about

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these kind of units is their

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flexibility . The fact that if we are

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in a more conventional engagement , we

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still got kind of all the mobility and

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firepower to really take on Anatomy .

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Uh , we're finally here , we're finally

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ready to go get back to doing good

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training . It's really exciting to be ,

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to be here . Finally , after all this

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time , it's very good , especially if

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we have a lot of new york provinces in

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the army . Now , they're finally

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getting to see what the army is all

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about . Not so much moving and packing

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and unpacking . We're actually going to

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the range is uh , the job

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ahead is as the U . S . Army in

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europe's Premier fighting force . I'm

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Tony mckinney in Vilsack Germany