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So out here we are building a multi

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purpose storage warehouse that's going

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to be used for military forces use in

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the future . This exercise , defender

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21 really helps us nail down the

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vertical skills that we don't get to

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practice as often in years past , we've

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constructed case bands which are

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essentially metal buildings , there's

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no real wooden framework to it . And so

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for this project specifically , we've

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been able to come out and do actual

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woodworking . So that's something that

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my platoon hasn't seen in a really long

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time . And it's good to get to practice

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those skills . So they have them moving

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on into the future partnerships with

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NATO countries , really just enforces

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our presence throughout europe ,

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especially in countries like North

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Macedonia . They are some of the first

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United States forces to be in this

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country and a very , very long time .

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So the partnerships that we've been

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building as well as the projects that

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we're doing is making a huge impact on

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the country . And we've seen that with

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all of the visits that have been

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happening since we've been out here ,

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the ambassador coming out , the

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Minister of defense coming out , the

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president coming out . It just really

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enforces the idea that what we're doing

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is making a difference and what we're

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doing is pretty pretty impactful .