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Well ,

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uh , James Bradley to A M E

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S E R A . B L E Y .

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I'm the battalion commander of

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31 aviation . Well ,

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uh ,

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today is an awards ceremony for the

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crews that were involved in the

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operation with harvest a mission with

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one precinct cop out of the , one of

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the 1st 111 D . C . T . Took place on

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the night of 15 16 , january

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2000 and eight . We had the

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mission to be an aerial reaction force

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uh , to apprehend any individuals

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that were leaving the objective area

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while the chinooks conducted an air

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assault to court on off a region uh ,

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down south of here . And it was a

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significant contact made with that a

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real reaction force . We provided some

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suppressive fires in order to initially

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try to get them to break contact . What

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we ended up doing was killing the Al

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Qaeda uh , individuals that had are

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impossible to pin down .

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Well ,

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I think it's important because

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heroic events take place in no , I f

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every day and most of them go

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unrecognized . Uh , these guys

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uh , acted unselfishly in

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support of the mission and the ground

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force . Uh , it was

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uh , the selfless acts of

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courage that they trade that day

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are just examples of

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what we see every day out here from

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forces on the ground and in the year .

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Uh ,

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these guys are great and this is the

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best job I've ever had in my career . I

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can't imagine doing anything else . Uh ,

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you know , they make me proud every day

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that they go out , every mission that

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they accomplished this . Just this .

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Just being one of the , uh ,

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I personally

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don't feel that I'm worthy of any type

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of individual recognition . What I did

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was no different than what

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anybody else would do in a similar

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situation . Um , and it was came as a ,

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quite a surprise to me when I was

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notified that I have been putting

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forward and approved for a reward of

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this type of magnitude . Uh , what what

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we did , You can't replace the three

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individuals that were on the ground

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below us that died that day .

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Uh , and any one of these guys would

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get back , uh , any measure of

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recognition , uh , to make ,

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we can go back and do this mission and

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have it come out .