WEBVTT 00:00.240 --> 00:02.250 Hi , my name is Nicholas . And my 00:02.250 --> 00:05.550 question is , how is Baghdad similar to 00:05.560 --> 00:07.616 other cities in the US and how is it 00:07.616 --> 00:11.510 different ? Well , Baghdad 00:11.520 --> 00:14.880 is actually a very beautiful city , I 00:14.890 --> 00:17.057 wasn't really sure what to expect when 00:17.057 --> 00:18.612 I first came here , but the 00:18.612 --> 00:22.580 architecture , it's very kind of a 00:22.590 --> 00:25.040 it's very historical here . The 00:25.040 --> 00:26.873 buildings are very beautiful and 00:26.873 --> 00:29.040 there's a lot of potential in the city 00:29.040 --> 00:31.830 being there by the river and um there's 00:31.830 --> 00:35.100 just so , so much beauty here and it's , 00:35.110 --> 00:37.540 it's got a new world taste with it too . 00:37.540 --> 00:40.180 I mean you've got new style buildings , 00:40.180 --> 00:42.402 it's got the same things that any other 00:42.402 --> 00:44.458 city would have banks and government 00:44.458 --> 00:46.513 buildings , apartments for people to 00:46.513 --> 00:48.569 live in . So it's very similar , but 00:48.569 --> 00:50.890 it's got a uniqueness um with the 00:50.900 --> 00:53.540 historical side of Baghdad . Yeah , 00:53.550 --> 00:55.661 it's probably a little bit like going 00:55.661 --> 00:58.750 to uh London where you have uh you know , 00:58.750 --> 01:00.750 the parliament and you have all the 01:00.750 --> 01:02.972 government going on and all the new and 01:02.972 --> 01:05.083 all the new things , but then there's 01:05.083 --> 01:07.250 also that taste of uh of the old world 01:07.250 --> 01:09.472 also maybe going , you know , someplace 01:09.472 --> 01:09.280 uh it's like a cross between like an 01:09.280 --> 01:11.336 american city and then some place in 01:11.336 --> 01:13.558 Italy maybe where , you know , you have 01:13.558 --> 01:15.724 old architecture side by side with new 01:15.724 --> 01:18.920 architecture and uh one of the things 01:18.920 --> 01:21.560 that really just blew me away was how 01:21.560 --> 01:24.050 green this area is there a lot of trees 01:24.050 --> 01:26.960 here . Um there's a lot of lush plant 01:26.960 --> 01:29.040 life here in the city and then , you 01:29.040 --> 01:31.096 know right next door , you just have 01:31.096 --> 01:33.318 these uh these buildings the government 01:33.318 --> 01:35.540 buildings , They have , uh , you know , 01:35.540 --> 01:37.651 the , they have a couple of monuments 01:37.651 --> 01:40.760 here . Uh , they have a lot of arches 01:40.760 --> 01:43.093 that you drive under . Uh , so , I mean , 01:43.093 --> 01:45.260 there's a lot of things here that make 01:45.260 --> 01:47.316 in the city and then you look across 01:47.316 --> 01:49.649 the street and will be a beautiful park . 01:49.649 --> 01:51.649 Uh , you know , that you just don't 01:51.649 --> 01:53.871 really expect it to be growing out here 01:53.871 --> 01:56.093 in the desert . So it's , it's a really 01:56.093 --> 01:58.149 beautiful city and I just hope to to 01:58.149 --> 02:00.316 see it . Keep getting more beautiful . 02:00.316 --> 02:01.649 Thank you . Thank you . 02:04.640 --> 02:08.260 Hi , my name is jake . My question is , 02:08.270 --> 02:10.510 does the military use any hybrid 02:10.510 --> 02:14.030 vehicles ? Mm hmm . Is the 02:14.030 --> 02:16.610 military using hybrid vehicles ? Uh , 02:16.620 --> 02:20.040 we don't use hybrid vehicles . Um , but 02:20.040 --> 02:22.096 some of our Humvees actually use the 02:22.096 --> 02:23.984 batteries . They are mostly solar 02:23.984 --> 02:26.151 powered . So there's a little bit of a 02:26.151 --> 02:28.207 twinge of green for the army green , 02:28.207 --> 02:30.373 but right now we're not using a hybrid 02:30.373 --> 02:32.740 vehicles , but maybe one day soon as as 02:32.740 --> 02:34.962 we continue to adapt and change For the 02:34.962 --> 02:37.640 21st century and be something that I'm 02:37.640 --> 02:41.530 sure is out there . Thank you . Thank 02:41.530 --> 02:45.240 you . Hi , my 02:45.240 --> 02:47.420 name's Marley . Why is , and my 02:47.420 --> 02:49.580 question is why is it so difficult 02:49.590 --> 02:52.150 being the campaign in Iraq to a close . 02:54.040 --> 02:56.560 Yeah , good question . Yeah . Uh huh . 02:58.040 --> 03:00.460 Gonna start up . Oh yeah , it's , um , 03:00.840 --> 03:02.896 you know , one of the things here is 03:02.896 --> 03:05.118 that there are a lot of people involved 03:05.118 --> 03:07.340 that want to make this successful . and 03:07.340 --> 03:09.340 then there's some people still that 03:09.340 --> 03:11.451 don't want to see Iraq succeed within 03:11.451 --> 03:13.850 their own country for political reasons 03:13.850 --> 03:16.320 or personal reasons , but one of the 03:16.320 --> 03:18.431 things that we're seeing right now is 03:18.431 --> 03:20.653 that there are more people that want to 03:20.653 --> 03:22.876 see Iraq move forward and become a very 03:22.876 --> 03:25.098 successful um cutting edge country that 03:25.098 --> 03:27.264 really takes the lead in the world and 03:27.264 --> 03:29.209 so those people are trying to work 03:29.209 --> 03:31.042 right now to build a very strong 03:31.042 --> 03:32.987 government , but it doesn't happen 03:32.987 --> 03:35.209 overnight , it takes a long time and it 03:35.209 --> 03:35.000 takes a lot of involvement from other 03:35.000 --> 03:38.660 countries , you know , and so it's 03:39.140 --> 03:41.029 one of those things where I think 03:41.029 --> 03:43.196 people want to see uh things come to a 03:43.196 --> 03:46.380 successful close uh but it's one of 03:46.380 --> 03:48.380 those things that sometimes takes a 03:48.380 --> 03:50.436 little bit longer than you wanted to 03:50.436 --> 03:52.436 take , uh so hopefully we'll get it 03:52.436 --> 03:54.491 done in the right amount of time and 03:54.491 --> 03:56.491 then when it's all through uh we'll 03:56.491 --> 03:56.370 have the best possible outcome that you 03:56.370 --> 03:59.580 can have and yeah , and we're making 03:59.580 --> 04:02.260 allies in the process to um 04:03.040 --> 04:07.030 we're working with Iraq . So I 04:07.030 --> 04:09.270 think that's the unique thing about 04:09.270 --> 04:11.540 this is we're working together and it's 04:11.540 --> 04:14.990 not just the US doing it for Iraq or or 04:14.990 --> 04:17.212 Iraq trying to do it alone , but trying 04:17.212 --> 04:20.890 to take a lot of input from a lot of 04:20.890 --> 04:23.112 different people just trying to come up 04:23.112 --> 04:25.334 with the best solution and the best way 04:25.334 --> 04:25.310 to work through things and just make 04:25.310 --> 04:27.421 sure that it's the best for the Iraqi 04:27.421 --> 04:30.120 people and also , you know sometimes 04:30.120 --> 04:33.260 people's opinions change and their 04:33.260 --> 04:35.204 minds get changed . One example is 04:35.204 --> 04:37.316 there's a group called Sons of Iraq a 04:37.316 --> 04:39.093 couple of years ago , they were 04:39.093 --> 04:41.400 fighting against us , then they started 04:41.400 --> 04:43.567 working with us . Uh they change their 04:43.567 --> 04:45.678 minds and now they work for the Iraqi 04:45.678 --> 04:47.940 government uh and you know , so just in 04:47.950 --> 04:50.228 a couple of years you see a big change , 04:50.228 --> 04:52.930 you see progression uh forward . So you 04:52.930 --> 04:55.263 know , that's also that also takes time , 04:55.263 --> 04:57.097 but it was because we cultivated 04:57.097 --> 04:58.597 relationships , we develop 04:58.597 --> 05:00.708 relationships and really put the time 05:00.708 --> 05:02.930 and energy into it to make sure that it 05:02.930 --> 05:06.160 worked . Thank you . Thank you . 05:07.940 --> 05:11.220 Hi , my name is john and my question is 05:11.230 --> 05:14.290 how have life and Iraq changed to , 05:16.980 --> 05:20.620 I'm sorry , can you say that again ? Hi , 05:20.620 --> 05:23.990 my name is Sam and my question is 05:24.170 --> 05:28.070 how how has life and Iraq painted 05:28.070 --> 05:32.070 you ? Oh , okay , well 05:32.230 --> 05:34.480 I think life here has changed me a lot 05:34.490 --> 05:37.120 actually , but for the better when I 05:37.120 --> 05:40.510 came here um it can be 05:40.520 --> 05:42.853 hard to hear that you're being deployed , 05:42.853 --> 05:44.742 you're going to be away from your 05:44.742 --> 05:46.909 family for a while and you're going to 05:46.909 --> 05:49.110 a foreign country . Uh you've seen 05:49.110 --> 05:51.166 things on the news about it , you're 05:51.166 --> 05:53.388 not quite sure what you're going into . 05:53.388 --> 05:55.554 So I think you just have to go into it 05:55.554 --> 05:57.666 with an open mind and just being here 05:57.666 --> 05:59.710 and seeing that they're just people 05:59.720 --> 06:02.610 just like me who want a better life for 06:02.610 --> 06:05.690 themselves really . And so I've learned 06:05.690 --> 06:07.910 not to take things for granted , like 06:07.910 --> 06:11.150 talking to my family every day or um , 06:11.540 --> 06:13.707 just simple things like having running 06:13.707 --> 06:16.470 water in my home or being able to 06:16.480 --> 06:18.647 putting trash on the , on the curb and 06:18.647 --> 06:20.813 knowing that the garbage man is coming 06:20.813 --> 06:23.036 every monday to get it . So just little 06:23.036 --> 06:25.258 things like that , not taking the small 06:25.258 --> 06:26.813 things for granted and just 06:26.813 --> 06:29.036 appreciating how blessed we are just to 06:29.036 --> 06:31.091 live in the United States . And um , 06:31.091 --> 06:32.980 it's just nice being able to help 06:32.980 --> 06:35.250 others and , and watch this country 06:35.250 --> 06:38.340 grow . I couldn't agree more . I don't 06:38.340 --> 06:40.673 think I really have much to add to that . 06:40.673 --> 06:42.507 I , you know , I just learned to 06:42.507 --> 06:44.810 appreciate what I do have back home and 06:44.810 --> 06:47.032 I learned to appreciate keeping an open 06:47.032 --> 06:49.199 mind because I didn't really know what 06:49.199 --> 06:51.254 to expect . I know what people say , 06:51.254 --> 06:53.366 but until you know , until you see it 06:53.366 --> 06:55.588 firsthand , I think , uh , you really , 06:55.588 --> 06:59.240 you really have your eyes open to the 06:59.240 --> 07:01.296 larger world out there . And again , 07:01.296 --> 07:03.690 you know , I can't stress enough that 07:03.740 --> 07:05.796 it's really amazing to be in a place 07:05.796 --> 07:07.851 that has such a direct connection to 07:07.851 --> 07:10.018 the ancient world . Uh , and two older 07:10.018 --> 07:12.129 civilizations and you start realizing 07:12.129 --> 07:15.520 how far back uh , history goes and you 07:15.520 --> 07:17.798 know , that we are really connected to , 07:17.798 --> 07:20.076 to something that's far bigger than us . 07:20.076 --> 07:22.187 So you really start seeing your place 07:22.187 --> 07:24.820 in the world too . Thank you . Thank 07:24.820 --> 07:25.820 you . 07:27.740 --> 07:31.480 Hi , my name is jenny . My question is 07:31.490 --> 07:33.920 one of them the most rewarding part of 07:33.920 --> 07:35.920 what you and the other soldiers are 07:35.920 --> 07:39.700 doing most rewarding 07:39.700 --> 07:42.960 part well , um , probably about a 07:42.960 --> 07:45.730 month or know about a week after I got 07:45.730 --> 07:49.110 here , I was uh riding down the 07:49.110 --> 07:52.030 street with , I think I had two or 07:52.030 --> 07:54.740 three other people with me and we could 07:54.740 --> 07:56.796 hear people on the streets that were 07:56.796 --> 07:58.907 kind of just walking around just like 07:58.907 --> 08:00.851 you would do in town . And I saw a 08:00.851 --> 08:03.850 group of kids and we slowed down and 08:03.860 --> 08:06.320 they were speaking to us and one of the 08:06.320 --> 08:08.710 girls pointed at us and said , hey , 08:08.710 --> 08:10.821 when I grow up , I wanna be just like 08:10.821 --> 08:13.920 you . So I think uh , for me that was 08:13.920 --> 08:16.040 probably my best moments as I've been 08:16.040 --> 08:19.510 here , was just to know that um , these 08:19.510 --> 08:22.110 kids know we're here for them and we're 08:22.110 --> 08:24.460 here to help them and they trust us . 08:24.740 --> 08:27.280 So I think that's probably my best was 08:27.280 --> 08:29.447 just knowing that they are watching us 08:29.447 --> 08:31.502 and they do appreciate us being here 08:32.440 --> 08:35.570 again , you know , similar experience 08:35.570 --> 08:38.450 and it's just being able to , to know 08:38.450 --> 08:42.020 that , you know , you , you can give a 08:42.030 --> 08:44.900 child some , some school books and some 08:44.900 --> 08:47.410 toys and that uh , you know , they're 08:47.410 --> 08:49.640 gonna grow up uh , with a different 08:49.640 --> 08:51.473 life ahead of them and uh , in a 08:51.473 --> 08:53.730 different world in a different area and 08:53.740 --> 08:56.490 uh , you know that that that's probably 08:56.490 --> 08:58.546 the most rewarding thing , is really 08:58.546 --> 09:00.546 just seeing what you can do for the 09:00.546 --> 09:02.490 Children here and making sure that 09:02.490 --> 09:05.100 their their futures are better . Thank 09:05.100 --> 09:07.440 you . Yeah .