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Hey , hello from Baghdad . I'm Jeff

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Hammond commanding the fourth in for

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division and here the multi national

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division Baghdad , I want to thank .

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Take this time . That personally ,

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thank you for your selfless service on

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behalf of your loved ones here in Iraq

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and back there in central texas and

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colorado springs , you always amazes me

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to see what you're accomplishing back

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home . Many of you taking care of

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families on your own a full time job

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itself . If you still find time to

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volunteer to help others , tha that's

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incredible . Truly a personal sacrifice ,

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I must say 1000 times plus , thank you

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each one of you . You know , you

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deserve the recognition is an ivy go

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volunteer year . Now there are no

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winners . There are no losers . This is

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not a competition , whether your

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service is a testament , your character .

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Each of you are selfish , you're

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carrying responsible . You're wonderful .

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You represent the very best of America

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and certainly United States Army and

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the families that supported so well on

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the trials ahead are made confident and

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reassure that our soldiers and families

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will be well taken care of because of

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your untiring efforts , we remain

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steadfast and loyal to you . So the ivy

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gold nominees we honor Today , I again

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say thank you on behalf of the

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steadfast loyal soldiers here in Iraq

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and in both four Hood and Fort Carson .

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God bless you , our soldiers and our

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great nation and on a final note , I

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just want to say that Even though we're

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a long distance from home , 4000 miles

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at least I suppose . And some days it

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seems seems further . I know that

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I must tell you how much you mean to

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each and every one of us that weren't

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for you . Our families back home ,

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standing behind us and loving us and

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listening to us when we call it , write

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emails when we have a bad day . Are

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simply knowing that you're back there ,

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loving us , carry for us by the mere

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fact if you stand strong force back , I

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don't know how we make it . I don't

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know how I would make it highlighting

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each my days . Here is when I get the

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chance to hear center or see an email

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from my wife Diana . My Children micro

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Megan or even greater trees when I

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might get a chance to call and talk to

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hear their voice . Maybe the greatest

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of all trees there once in a while a

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little btc I see them . I can't visibly

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touched my soul matches . There's this

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is your soul matched against your

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soldier here . But we are one we

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desperately love . You were doing a

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good job hanging strong and this too

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will end one day we'll be back home

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with these ones are But until then I

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want you know , his mission Soldier

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family team as volunteers like you that

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saved the day and in the end probably

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saved the world and make it all right ,

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thank God bless each and everyone , you

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and we remain always here in Baghdad

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steadfast loyal and loving to you back

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home . Thanks so much .