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Hello. I'm Sergeant Jacob Slaymaker and welcome to the  AFN Europe Report.

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The U.S Army’s annual Exercise Saber Junction has arrived in Germany and this time around they brought in the tilt rotors.

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Along with traditional helicopters, MV-22 Ospreys transported paratroopers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade from the Grafenwoehr

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training area into Hohenfels training area as part of an air assault. The Ospreys were chosen for their versatility and the marines flying them say

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everyone involved in the exercise benefits from them being there.

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Anytime we get an opportunity to conduct some inter-service training it makes more effective as a unit in whole.

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Here specifically working with the paratroopers they get an opportunity to see our aviation asset capabilities

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and we get a uh hands on understanding of what the paratroopers ground tactics area.

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In the German city of Rothenburg the U.S and German communities came together to glimpse into the humanitarian side of war.

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The Ansbach military community teamed up with German film students for a documentary of the arrival of American troops to Rothenburg

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during World War II. The film features German soldiers giving first-hand accounts

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about the peace negotiations and how both sides came together to save the town. The documentary was shown at the Rothenburg Wildbad,

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the historic building where the negotiations first took place. The films impact was felt across generational lines.

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I think it’s really important for like young people like me to know about

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the history and what happened to children our age and like…just how our um experiences can impact the world.

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It’s a legacy project and it’s intended to go into the future and that way

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these people’s words and what happened to them won’t be forgotten and will be transformational. It’s very moving.

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That's all for the AFN Europe Report. Thanks for watching.

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