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- [George] Infantry
maneuver companies have

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a sharp edge of the spear, forces trained

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to high levels of readiness and lethality.

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The Ohio National Guard fielded several

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of its infantry companies this summer,

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honing the cunning edge
of its combat power.

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(gunfire)

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- So, we're at Camp
Atterbury this AT period.

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We're out here with the
first platoon Alpha Company,

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1-148th infantry out of Walbridgre, Ohio.

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The training purposes
where we've come out here

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to Camp Atterbury, there's
a lot of overgrown area,

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and the weather is not the best,

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but those are the sort
of training environments

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that we're looking for.

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- [George] Alpha Company was joined by

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Bravo and Charlie Companies
as the regiment conducted

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squad and platoon level
field training exercises.

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The hot and wet conditions
serving as a forge

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for the company,
strengthening their bonds.

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- Conducting squad
operations gave everyone

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a chance to work closely together.

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Having that opportunity to get rained on,

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and get muddy, and dirty,
and hungry with other guys

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definitely just kinda
forcibly brings you closer.

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- Sam, Echo, Juliet.

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- I don't know what it
is with our soldiers,

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but the morale after such a
grueling and challenging event,

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was just absolutely astronomical,

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and I do appreciate their efforts.

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- [George] Complex mission
orders that frequently changed,

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and Atterbury's difficult
densely wooded terrain,

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created an especially
challenging training opportunity

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for the reconnaissance patrolling.

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- The one thing we don't ever know is what

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we're going to get into when
we actually have to fight.

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You know, our mission is
to close with and destroy

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the enemy, but we can't close with them

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if we don't know where they are,

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and if we don't know how they're composed,

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and what we're gonna be up against.

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So a lot of our training was
designed to put an emphasis

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on the communications aspect
of what we do to ensure that

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everybody's in synchronization
when assigned a mission.

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- [George] I'm Army Staff
Sergeant George Davis

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reporting for the Ohio
Army National Guard.