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- On this 2017 Memorial Day,

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more than 3500 Mississippi Guardsmen

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are here at the National Training Center in California.

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Training in the Mojave Desert

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against a formidable foe.

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Fort Irwin's 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

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Leaders on both sides are striving

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to improve their war fighting skills,

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to learn from their mistakes,

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and to become better stewards

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of our nations sons and daughters.

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On Memorial Day in 2005,

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the 2nd Squadron of the 11th ACR

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was also with Mississippi troops,

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but it was in a rack as brothers in arms.

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Together with Mississippi's

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155th Armored Brigade Combat Team,

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they took the fight to the enemy.

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Together, they pursued victory,

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and as war goes,

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together they mourned their dead.

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On Memorial Day,

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we honor the memory of the Americans who died

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while serving in our nation's armed forces.

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Would you now join with me?

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From Corinth to Waveland,

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and Meridian to Vicksburg,

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all of us pause together

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for a national moment of remembrance.

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Please join me.

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We remember.

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Thank you.