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when it comes to effective air defense

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one shot is usually all you have . Yeah .

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Soldiers from the 1st Battalion , 188

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Air Defense Artillery Regiment Forward

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of the North Dakota Army National Guard

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came to Fort Bliss last month to take

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that shot . The shooters came to the

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borderland to fire stinger missiles as

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part of their pre deployment live fire

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exercise on the Fort Bliss training

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complex in New Mexico , june 22nd as

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the D . O . D . S . Premier joint

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mobilization force generation

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installation . Heartless supports the

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deployment . Redeployment and training

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of Total Force troops Hailing from all

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50 states , the District of Columbia

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and four of five U . S . Territories .

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After their ramp up the first of 188

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will deploy to the national capital

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region to collaborate with D . O . D .

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Agencies as part of the integrated air

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defense system designed to protect

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capitol airspace . The North Dakota

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guards most deployed unit . The

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shooters have been tracking targets

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throughout the global war on terrorism

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and contingency operations with 12

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deployments since 2000 and four with

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all their training and tracking the

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value of the opportunity to take that

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shot in a training environment and make

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it count wasn't lost on the North

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Dakota troops . The weather has been

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uh pretty warm , wait warmer than I'm

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used to up north . Um , it's been a

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great experience . Training paid off

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for sure , maybe more confident and

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engaging the actual aircraft if I

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needed to reporting from the Fort Bliss

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training complex in New Mexico for the

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garrison .

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I'm

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david power . Mhm . Yeah .