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^(upbeat orchestral music)

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- [Narrator] Members of the 40th Brigade Engineer Battalion

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gathered to commemorate Kuwait's liberation

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from Iraqi occupation at Kuwait Naval Base, Kuwait.

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^- This is a joyous time where Kuwaiti flags are raised high.

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^It is a time of reflection on the unity

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and harmony in Kuwait.

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(translator repeats)

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Today we are here to commemorate these events

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and to continue to strengthen our bonds

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with our host nation.

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- This ceremony allows us, a member

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of the Naval Base community, to pay respect to the blood

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^and pains that has been shed by our Kuwait partners,

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^with this flag exchange ceremony.

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We will retire this Kuwaiti flag and replace it

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with a new one, symbolizing that this nation

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is as strong as ever, and we will defend her

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as brothers in arms.

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- [Narrator] For U.S. Army Central,

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I'm Staff Sergeant Day McDonald.