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- Alright, check it out.

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- [Reporter] Military members from the Texas National Guard,

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Chile, and the Czech Republic came together

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for the 2017 Texas Military Department

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Best Warrior Competition at Camp Swift, Texas.

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- The state partnership program allow us

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^the opportunity to invite soldiers

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^from our partner countries to compete

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alongside our soldiers and airmen

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here at the Best Warrior Competition.

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And it's just a good time.

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(gun shot)

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^- [Translator] Well we had a lot of opportunities

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^to converse with Czech soldiers,

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^and we ended up building a really good relationship

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^with the competitors during the competition.

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As far as the US competitors, this competition

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only strengthened our relationships.

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- [Reporter] This is also the first year

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the Czech Republic competed in the event.

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^- It's great, their hospitality is pretty awesome.

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^I really do enjoy it here,

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^and I pretty much like those guys.

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- [Reporter] Reporting from Camp Swift, Texas,

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I'm Airman Sean Kournegay.