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as paratroopers prepare for their next

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deployment . They realize insurgents

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aren't the only enemy unsafe acts can

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pose as much of a threat by making

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safety a priority . The devils won .

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The Secretary of the Army and Chief of

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Staff of the Army Award for excellence

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and Safety for having the best brigade

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safety program in the army for fiscal

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year 2000 and eight with the help of

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their safety manager , Dale Wagner , a

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former first sergeant in the 82nd .

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These troopers are in the clear as he

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and the devil's prepare at the Joint

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Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk

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Louisiana . He tells us the key to

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their success And we're gonna go talk

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to two additional duty safety officers

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that they were additionally safety

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efforts for the entire year that we won

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these awards and we will drive 25 or

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slowly .

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The worst program was implemented in

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Iraq for the Devil six . And what it is

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is we started instead of punishing

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soldiers , We uh , we start rewarding

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soldiers for doing the right thing with

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safety . They usually get big results

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from first times and potential . So

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that's kind of where I fight to fight .

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I think it just goes to show the

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leadership , their heads in the right

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spot were hard chargers . We operated a

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very fast up tempo , but it also shows

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that they're taking that time to assess

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and mitigate as many things as we can

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to enable that virtually job to be safe .

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We were able to get a hold of our

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problems and choke them out and we

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brought everybody that to me that's

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dale's race . We didn't lose anybody

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because they were unsafe . I'm prone to

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paratroopers , You know , it's just who

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I am . Help . I get no promotion ,

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I get nothing out of this and don't

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want nothing . I don't want no

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recognition . The only , the only thing

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I want is that the message got out and

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we were able to bring a large part of

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our brigade back .

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As safety dale finishes his rounds for

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the day , He gives credit to his safety

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team and every paratrooper that

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maintains the safety standard

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specialist , jennifer fisher for polk

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Louisiana .