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hundreds of army leaders converged into

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El pASO's downtown . For Fort Bliss is

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annual Iron Summit held at the El pasO

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Convention Center marking the first

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time the event took place off post ,

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effectively what this is , is an

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opportunity for us to pause bring

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together leaders from across four from

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across the installation . So we're

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talking about battery company and troop

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um command teams . So those are

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captains and first star and above and

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bringing them together to focus on

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particular issues or topics for this

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summit in particular , today's focus is

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on leadership . Leadership is one of

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those critical components of what we do

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within the military . The two day event

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featured presentations from a few

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speakers ranging from current Fort

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Bliss leaders to retired Major General

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Robin fonte's to motivational speaker

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James Kerr and NF Hall of Famer Mike

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Singletary Colonel Mackenzie feels each

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speaker brought a different shade of

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leadership for participants to take in

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the most critical thing we do right ?

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And we're in the uniform is lead . Um

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at the end of the day , we don't get to

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choose the missions that come our way .

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Our nation expects us to accomplish

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whatever mission that's that's provided

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to us . So I think it's worthwhile for

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leadership to take some time out of

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their busy days and busy schedules to

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really think about this fundamental

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thing that that that they are required

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to do , which is the lead senior

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leaders at all levels . Say the Iron

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Summit gave them the space to learn

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grow and further develop their

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leadership skills for the soldiers they

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lead . Well , I think it's a great

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opportunity for me As a company

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commander . Number one , my division is

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investing time in me , something that I

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haven't experienced in any other

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echelon . Uh , so it's an opportunity

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for me to take a step from the

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formation to better myself for my

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formation holistically . At the very

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least , Colonel Mackenzie hopes the

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Iron Summit reconnects leaders with the

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Seven Army values . It's not just

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enough to just espouse those values ,

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but we've actually got to begin to ,

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we've got to live those values , right ?

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Because you know , values that are just

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spoken to or just spoken right ? But

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when there lived when we take the

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intangible and make them tangible in

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terms of our actions . That's when we

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really have impact reporting in Fort

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Bliss texas . Sergeant Quinton G .