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^- [Reporter] This is your AFN Europe Report.

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^I am Airman First Class, Deven Schultz.

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^A lot has happened in 2017.

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Today, we take a look back at some of the missions in July.

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^Ohio National Guard soldiers started off July

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^in step with our Hungarian allies

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^during Exercise Szentes Axe,

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as a part of the larger exercise Saber Guardian.

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Working alongside Hungarian engineers,

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U.S. soldiers worked to continue strengthening

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and streamlining the two countries' ability

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to move both manpower and firepower seamlessly

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across land and water to wherever needed.

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^Allied and partner nations also teamed up

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^with patient administrators

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from the 12th Combat Support Hospital

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to conduct a mass casualty exercise during Saber Guardian.

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It allowed U.S. and allied medical professionals

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to share techniques and ideas, improving their efforts

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in medical emergency response.

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^Operation Swift Response brought soldiers

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^from 173rd Airborne Brigade to Bezmer, Bulgaria,

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to conduct an airfield seizure operation

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alongside their airborne allies.

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During the training, soldiers secured key terrain

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to deny it's use by the enemy.

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U.S. and NATO forces gained critical experience

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working together to combat a simulated enemy

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and demonstrated U.S. resolve to support

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our NATO allies in the region.

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^Every July, France's longest-standing military parade

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^takes place down the streets of Paris.

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This July, the U.S. was honored by one of our oldest allies

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as France asked service members to lead the way

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in this year's Bastille Day parade.

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This was the first time the U.S.

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led the remembrance ceremony and did so with pride,

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as members from each branch marched in step

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with allies to remember the countless sacrifices made

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through the last hundred years.

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