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people first to me , um pretty near and

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dear to my heart , it is one of the

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most fundamentally strong things that

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we can do um getting to know our

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soldiers , placing their needs in a

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place that's higher than ours and

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putting them above us . When that's not

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always easy . Knowing what makes your

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soldiers tick and knowing what makes

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your soldiers not want to work for you

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is extremely important . Um , you know ,

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if if we're placing the mission first

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all the time , we're not gonna have

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people on the front lines , we're not

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gonna have , we're not gonna have

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soldiers and we're not gonna have the

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support of their family members , which

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is going to degrade our forces more

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than we could ever imagine . So by

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putting people first and understanding

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that humanity has its place in the army ,

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we're going to see monumental strides

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in not only the quality of soldier but

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the support of the american people

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and their families .