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American forces are handing over patrol

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base razor , which guards the main

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artery in the Samara to Iraqi forces

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working to secure the city Sergeant

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eric Cohen reports .

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Patrol base razor is a tiny

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outpost near the city of Samara , home

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to a company sized element of american

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forces . Soon however , Iraqi soldiers

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to Fourth Company , Second Battalion ,

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First Brigade , Fourth Iraqi Army will

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assume responsibility for the patrol

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base in the americans . Mostly

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engineers will take the President's

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Contingency Operating base Spyker near

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Tikrit , I think the handover the

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positive things what it does . It

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allows the Iraqi Army to assume

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security of more of the fixed

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installations in this part of Iraq and

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around the key city of Samara . This

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handover is an important indication of

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the progress Iraqi troops have made .

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Tamara has been identified by General

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Casey . The multinational force Iraq

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commander is one of 10 key cities

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essential to the security of Iraq .

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Established in early 2004 . Patrol base

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razor is strategically critical for one

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reason , razor guards , the one

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bridge leading from the main supply

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route into Samara . No Iraqi troops are

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currently on the ground at patrol base

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razor . Although leaders of both forces

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are beginning to logistical operations

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required to move one force out and

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bring another one in slowly will work

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in the Iraqi Army forces . The only

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people left on that operational base

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will be Iraqi soldiers . This

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particular company of the Fourth Iraqi

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Army has already been partnered with

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coalition forces performing joint

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patrols in the area . Major flood is

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optimistic that this turnover will

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successfully lead . Coalition forces

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one step closer to the ultimate goal .

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If the step showing that the Iraqis are

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ready to assume the responsibility ,

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Security in this area of Iraq and the

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step forward as we move forward to

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turning over the other patrol bases and

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the other forward operational bases in

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this area of operations . Army staff

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sergeant eric Hayden from patrol base

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razor in Samara . Iraq protecting

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soldiers as they meet with local

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leaders is an important step to allow

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people to talk freely . Special .

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Samantha's Orca follow the team of

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military police as they prepared for an

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aspect of protection that they wouldn't

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normally take part in . The U . S .

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Troops regularly meet with and work

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with ideas . Local Iraqi police and

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army to protect the city from common

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insurgent threat . Roadside

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bombs have unfortunately become normal

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for the tiny town . But lately a new

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threat has emerged from the city's many

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rooftop snipers have been targeting the

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area around the local Iraqi army and

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police headquarters called the joint

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coordination cell for J . C . C . But U .

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S . Military police and Iraqi police

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have come up with a plan to counter the

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gunman using the J . C . C . S own

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rooftops to their advantage . Not

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nearby . At a small firing range ,

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soldiers from the 1 28 military police

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company or practicing with M 14

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commonly known as sniper rifles . With

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shot after shot . The soldiers practice

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there in until they're sure they are a

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deadly force to be reckoned with ,

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That's what you want to hold . The

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weapons are small lights and accurate

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from a long distance . They're perfect

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for rooftop warfare and that's exactly

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where the military police plan to take

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them . Tomorrow . Tomorrow we take it

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up on the building . Their whole job is

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to scare us away , keep us from putting

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operations in place and we're going to

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take care of that . With the next

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morning the squad prepares for the

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day's mission . Everyone is brief , the

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vehicles are checked , weapons are

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locked and loaded and the convoy broke

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out into my idea As they arrive at the

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joint coordination cell . Some of the

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soldiers head into other daily meeting

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with the Iraqi police , but a few men

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head up to the roof , joined by Iraqi

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police . They take up low line

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positions and stand the neighborhood

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for trying to trouble you look around

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the hotel , there are a lot of places

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around here that they take fire from .

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We want to come up with a presence and

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see what we can see . Using our

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expertise and knowledge with the

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positions that stoppers might take up

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and hopefully by our presence here ,

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maybe eliminate some of that . The

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group watches the surrounding rooftops

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for suspicious movement or anything

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that seems out of the ordinary . Keep

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watching to see that in the end of the

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day is uneventful . But that was the

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ultimate goal of the U . S . Military

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and Iraqi police together , they will

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continue to be a presence on the

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rooftops to protect the JCC from the

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insurgents , rifle sights removed .

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Iraq , our specialist finances , orca

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coming up on tales of glory , soldiers

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working to the beat and calvary

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soldiers get their spurs . These

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stories come on . Tales of glory

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being

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deployed , hasn't stopped the cavalry

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from practicing their traditions .

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Sergeant eric Cahan gives us a look

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into the world of the calves . It's new .

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It's been a long day so far for the

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spur candidate , the second squadron

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six U . S . Cavalry regiment that began

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with a physical fitness test just after

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four o'clock in the morning .

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A

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spur ride .

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A

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day of grueling team building exercises

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and stress designed the form of more

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Kobe's of unit . Uh , all the soldiers

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know each other but is to bring them

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together as a team to build through

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certain tasks and burn their coveted

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spurs

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the completion of this day . Or is each

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trooper an induction into the order of

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the spur in old cavalry tradition and

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the rights where the signature spurs of

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the U . S . Cavalry . It's nice . It's

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nice . There's a lot of history behind

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it . It feels nice to be tied to it .

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You know , it's a good feeling

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induction into the order of the spur is

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for life a badge of honor , traveling

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with trooper from unit to unit for a

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cavalry trooper . This is the

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equivalent of an infantryman earning

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his expert infantryman badge in some

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units . Gold spurs are awarded for

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combat reductions ? Like turning the

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combat infantryman's badge ,

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the tradition of having to earn your

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spurs ? State facts at the beginning of

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the U . S . Cavalry . New troopers

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required extensive training amount of

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sportsmanship wearing first while

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learning the basics . It only caused

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more problems once they are able to

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prove their skills with a horse and

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savor , they're rewarded spurs to six

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paths , objects , their soldiers to a

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variety of tasks . Beginning with the

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army physical fitness test , which

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soldiers have to score to 40 or above

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out of a total of 300 points . Then

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soldiers face a written test , A

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presentation before a board weapons

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qualification in a series of combat

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related tax while facing the stresses

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of existing members of the order of the

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spur has some doubts , but I still get

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through that awesome team gave me a lot

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of motivation coming through it . You

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know , 61 of 63 candidates completed

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the challenge and were inducted into

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the order of the spur , reporting from

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Kirkuk Iraq . I'm Army staff sergeant

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erIC A on a concert . Four soldiers by

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soldiers . PFC just input shows us how

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a group in Mosul is leaving their

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experiences in Iraq with rhythm and

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blues group ,

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strong arm of the south or S . A . S .

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Is stepping up to the mic to perform

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for their fellow soldiers in Mosul

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within their music , the emotions and

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lessons belt and learn from life in

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Iraq . We'll all ride in a one way

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street you know from from birth to

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death there's no going back in that so

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why live scared while driving slow when

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you can cruise enjoyed arrive S . A . S .

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Has only been together for a month and

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even its creation holds a message out

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there about individuals coming together

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for a common cause . Um and a lot of

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different aspects , all of us are from

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different states , all of us are from

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different units . All of us have

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different dreams and aspirations and

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like but we all come together and even

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though we may talk about different

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things on the first of all , in the

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same song at all , you know , coming

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from different places but ended up in

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the same uh , by making him performing

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music . The members of the S . A . S

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provide an outlet for their fans and

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themselves from the stresses of

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deployment to me and music is is an

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outlet for a lot of emotions and stuff

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like that . You can get especially out

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here in Iraq , you can get pretty down

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if you keep everything inside you . So

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I choose to write it out the concert

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ends with soldiers curing and lining up

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to sing their praises

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for

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the group . The concert was an

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experience to remember , I was scared

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at first I was like are they going to

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like it , are they going to hate it ?

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And once we got on the stage it was so

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much love being sold through the whole

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concert . And that just made me feel

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real good . Then after the concert

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everybody can shook hands , we love

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your music , I love your voice and I'm

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like , wow , you know , s a s hopes to

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bring their music and their message

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back home to the states and onto the

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charts . Army private Justin puts most

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schools are uh , most dining facilities

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operate with contractors behind the

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counter , but it's Sergeant Aaron pagan

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shows us there's still a demand for the

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mess sergeant . How many jobs do to

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some soldiers serving in Iraq ? It

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might seem like the army cook is a

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thing of the past catering services now

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run many dining facilities , but if

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France field mora here tomorrow , green

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shooters serve a top fuel to hungry

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soldiers . I'm actually out here doing

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my job . What I signed up for the

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military delivery trucks , don't pull

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up to post here in tomorrow . Aside

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from cooking and ensuring the

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sanitation of dining facilities , they

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also have a convoy to get the wrong

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green these meals , their soldiers say

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this beginning to end involvement with

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their meals , gives them a sense of

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accomplishment . You gotta take

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somebody with you . It reflects

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reflects your product , what you're

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cooking with somebody . You take pride

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in the products come out great .

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Everybody say , man , that was a good

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meal , I appreciate something like that .

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Most of these soldiers arrived at work

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at five in the morning to prepare for

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the meal , which begins at seven and

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often don't even so late in the evening .

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Yeah , good mentality , your mentality ,

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long hours and hard work . You guys ,

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what would it cooks are ? But a few of

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the unsung heroes here in Iraq holidays

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of the time for most appreciated the

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special meals to remind us of home ,

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but every day they provide the fuel to

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drive our soldiers from Samara . Iraq .

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I'm army Staff Sergeant eric Taejon .

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The USO has been putting on shows for

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the troops is a morale booster for a

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very long time . And because the troops

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are here in Iraq , the U . S . A . Has

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been bringing over acts to help the

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soldiers relax recently . Country

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singer Carrie Underwood stopped in to

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perform as well as the Sergeant Major

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of the Army and US So open freedom

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tours . These acts range from comedians

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Bell shadow . That's it for this

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edition of Tales of Glory . I'm Army

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Sergeant Patrick Show . We'll leave you

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this time with some more of the sights

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and sounds of the 2006 Sergeant Major

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of the Army and US So Hope and Freedom

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Tour . Thanks for

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watching

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like a baby