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- Good morning, I'm
Colonel Michelle Munroe

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and it is my honor and pleasure

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to open this summit for
these next three days.

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- This year's theme is very
much about soldier readiness,

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but also provider readiness.

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So, getting us ready to meet
the changing needs of the Army.

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- You keep soldiers in the fight
and that's the bottom line.

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Anything that we can do to make sure

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that soldiers are there,

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they can complete the mission

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and support their battle
buddies to their left and right,

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then we're doin' what
we're supposed to do,

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so that they can do what
they're supposed to do.

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- As a force multiplier,

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we have to be ready to be that conduit

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between the regulations, the
command and our providers

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in order to facilitate the mission.

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- It's important as we
have our health providers

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to understand the limitations
that soldiers may face

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or what we need to consider

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when we are either prescribing medications

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for soldiers or treating
them in regards to therapy

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and how that can affect their readiness

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or their ability to deploy.

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- We are focusing only on military topics,

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so the whole point of
doing this at the beginning

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was is to identify training

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that was specific to treating veterans,

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soldiers and their families.

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