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golf company will now be re flagged to

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echo company on this date . 23 october

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2020 friday was bittersweet for the

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task Force 1 to 8 with the third

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Infantry Division . The task Force was

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converted to the first Battalion , 28th

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Infantry Regiment in 2015 . The third

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brigade combat team of the third

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Infantry Division cased its colors ,

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converting the task Force 1 to 8 Black

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lions . We went from 44 active brigade

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combat teams to our current set of 31

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brigade combat teams . The conversion

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on friday included the activation of

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Excalibur battery and theory company .

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They also re flagged gambler company to

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enabler company today marks a sad day

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and especially so for me . So we're

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bidding farewell to an outstanding

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Battery . Excalibur which happens to be

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the last remnants is of the first

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battery that I served in the black

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lines with the army's last standing

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light infantry task force and during

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the ceremony , task force leaders

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talked about the unit's legacy .

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Changes necessary to keep up with the

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ever changing threats that face our

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nation . The Fury Company will no

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longer exist . Its legacy will live on

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in you . The soldiers . You may not all

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have a combat patch on your shoulder ,

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but believe me , we have all earned the

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right to say we've been through Royal

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together . 128 still represents the

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sledgehammer brigade at Fort Benning .

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So while the pack gets smaller over the

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pack , black lines in the morning ,

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they say their memories will live on

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cassandra burkes . Fort Benning Georgia