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Hi , I'm Captain Devin Hubbard . I'm

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from third of my battalion , 50 1st in

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my brigade . I've had some experience

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working with officers from Ally Nations ,

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both in my basic officer leaders course

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and my captain's career course . Those

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officers were from all over the world

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from asia , europe , south America and

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the Middle East . This was , however ,

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my first time working with officers

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from the korean and japanese militaries .

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Um , so I was very grateful for this

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opportunity to attend this event . Uh

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During the exchange , we visited the D .

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M . Z . I never thought I would be so

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close to north Korea . This really put

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into perspective the history of U . S .

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Forces in Korea as well as the reason

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for our remaining presence here today .

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It also was a reminder of how important

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it is to build strong relationships

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with allies in the region , which was

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the main purpose for the trilateral

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junior officer exchange .