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The soldiers here are no different than the soldiers that they work with on the line, in the motor pools, in the hospitals

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with one exception. They come here to perform the mission that the Army asked them to do and that is to

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not only make it but to get a medal at the Olympics.

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They're not negating their military responsibility when they come here.

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My job is to ensure that they stay that course as well. There's nothing like

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the World Class Athlete Program. Nothing like the soldier-athletes that are here.

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I remind the soldiers that every day you got to give 100 percent because the men and women in your sport from another country

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what are they doing? How are they training? Every four years we have an opportunity to

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to represent not only the Army but your country. And as they come out of their mission

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being a soldier athlete and hopefully an Olympian, they will come back and make their units even better.