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(upbeat drum music)

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(gun bangs)

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(gun bangs)

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- So training like this just
gives troops a better idea

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of what they're going to
get when they go downrange,

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and they're actually running in convoys.

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(engine roars)

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(bangs)

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It keeps us sharp because,
think about like a PT test,

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if you don't PT at all,
throughout the whole year,

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and you try to take a PT test,

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most likely you're gonna fail.

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Same thing with gunnery.

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If you do it once a year,

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your troops are not gonna be ready.

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(gun bangs)

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(radio mumbles)

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If something happens where an
RFX1A unit has to roll out,

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and they've done everything
they needed to do,

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and they've trained on their
weapons systems multiple times,

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or they're DA, CSTX, anything like that,

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when they go out there,

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they're gonna be good to go and be there,

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they're not gonna get
hands on a weapons system

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and not know how to use
it for basic operations.

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(mumbles)

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(engine roars)

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I take a pride in what we
do, solely because I know

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the troops coming through here
are going to go downrange.

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We've had troops that we've trained,

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that a month later they've been downrange.

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So I take pride because I
know I'm gonna train them

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to the standard, and I'm
gonna take it personally,

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where if they're not ready,
I'm not gonna sign off.

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(engine revs)