WEBVTT

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(military drumming and gunfire)

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- Hello from Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

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I'm Major General Ron
Clark, Lightning Six.

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- And I'm Command Sergeant
Major Brian Hester,

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Lightning Seven.

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- [Ron] Currently, our soldiers

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in America's Pacific Division are training

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to meet the nation's needs in

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a division-level war fighter exercise.

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This war fighter is just one more example

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of the combination of
real-world deployments

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and dynamic realistic training

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our soldiers have done over the last year.

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- [Brian] Right now we have
Tropic Lightning soldiers

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from the division's sustainment brigade

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deployed to the Central Command
Area of Responsibilities,

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supporting the Counter-ISIS fight.

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Our CH-47 aircraft and their aircrews

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for the Combat Aviation
Brigade are deployed

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in support of the ongoing
fight in Afghanistan.

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- [Ron] In the Indo-Pacific region,

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we've deployed to support
exercises in training

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with partner nations around the Pacific

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as we build partnerships,

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interoperability and combined capacity.

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- [Brian] Our soldiers are the fittest,

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best trained and motivated
soldiers in the world.

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They are our proud reflection of the

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standards you set for all of us.

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- Regrettably, we can't be
in Providence to celebrate

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the divisions birthday with you in person,

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but we wanted to send our best to you

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attending the Tropic Lightning
Division Association reunion.

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- [Brian] But don't worry,

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we still plan to celebrate the

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division's birthday in style
during Tropic Lightning week.

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- Command Sergeant Major Hester and I

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are honored to welcome all
of you to join us in Hawaii

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for this years celebration
of Tropic Lightning week

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from December 17th to 21st.

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- We hope you all can join
us and in the meantime,

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thanks for what you do for our soldiers,

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our alumni and their families.

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- Thank you for your service.

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Enjoy the reunion and from all of us

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both here in Hawaii and
around the world on missions,

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Tropic Lightning,

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- [Soldiers] strike hard.

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(drumbeats and chanting)