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- [Reporter] On a cold
morning, on the hills

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of Hohenfels, Germany, soldiers

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of the First Army Brigade Combat Teams,

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First Cavalry Division, 91st
Brigade Engineer Battalion,

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ruck-marched through
the chilled morning air.

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(wind blowing)

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It's one of several events
that make up a train-up

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for up-coming Sapper and Ranger schools,

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once these soldiers get back State-side.

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- Let's go Sapper!

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- [Reporter] This train-up
is about getting them ready,

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making sure deployment
time isn't wasted time.

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Because for Sapper and Ranger school,

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there's no getting around the fact that

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on day one, you have
to be ready to perform.

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- Thirty degrees, 100
degrees, it doesn't matter.

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You've got to always be
prepared, mentally, physically.

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Ranger Sapper, it's not a
school you just decide to go to

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and pack up your stuff and go next week.

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It's something that we put effort into.

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We want to get these guys
trained up the best we can.

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Get them prepared.

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The end state, ultimately,
for all the instructors

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and stuff that are going
to run this program

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is to have them graduate the course.

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Too many times we've sent
people or people go to school,

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and they just don't accomplish

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what they set out to accomplish.

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So, we're here to facilitate and make sure

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that they accomplish their goals.

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- [Reporter] The train-up
includes field skills

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to test heart and mind, but
on this 34 degree morning,

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they were also doing a PT test.

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With all the other
physical and mental demands

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of Sapper and Ranger school,
the army physical fitness test

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is still a major gauge of readiness.

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- For Sapper, day one it PT test.

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If you can't meet the
standards of the APFT,

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you don't even get in to the course.

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So, this is where it
all starts, right here.

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15.10!

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15.12! Let's go!

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All the way through!

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All the way through!

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- [Reporter] Whether
deployed or at home station,

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army schools and
requirements don't change.

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So whether deployed or not,

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training exercise or not,

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these soldiers will continue
to prepare themselves

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and be ready.

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Reporting from Hohenfels, Germany,

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for the First Army Brigade Combat Team,

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First Cavalry Division,
I'm Army Sargeant Ron Lee.