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hundreds of army leaders converged into

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El pASO's downtown for Fort Bliss

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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 insulation . 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 start 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 at the

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end of the day . We don't get to choose

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the missions that come our way . Our

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nation expects us to accomplish

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whatever mission that 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 they are required to do ,

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which is the lead Senior leaders at all

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levels say the Iron Summit gave them

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the space to learn , grow and further

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develop their leadership skills for the

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soldiers they lead . Well , I think

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it's a great opportunity for me as a

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company commander . Number one , my

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division is investing time in me

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something that I haven't experienced in

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any other echelon . Uh , so it's an

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opportunity for me to take a step from

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the 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

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just spoken to or just spoken , right ?

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But 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 .