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I had the distinct honor of serving

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with Rodriguez . Also , at the same

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time , very eye opening experience for

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me because I was also the first handler

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uh that I saw passed away . Uh , so it

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was very eye opening to what we do . Um ,

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It's not just we hold on to a leash and

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we walk um down the streets of some

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installation . We're going Secret

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service missions . Uh , we go down , we

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go down range , we're in the front ,

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were expected to protect everybody .

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Find it . It was very eye opening

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experience for me

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Today , we're gonna do a 21 minute and

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wrap as many rounds as possible .

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Mhm .

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I'm very thankful that you guys are

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doing this . It's very meaningful A lot

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of times . I'm overwhelmed with emotion .

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So it's hard to say a lot of words .

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Um , I , you know , I can say a lot

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more words and I'm good at lecturing my

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kids . I'm good at lecturing my

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patients , but as a gold Star spouses ,

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you know , I don't always have the

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words to say , but all this is very

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meaningful to our family . I like to

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see what my dad's footsteps were to see

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what you've gone through and stuff like

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that . I've always found this stuff and

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like , you know , messed with it ,

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pretend like I was like with him or

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something like that . So today we will

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be covering a building , search how we

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train our dogs to locate an individual

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in the building . You'll see the

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beginning stages as far as well as some

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more advanced stages as the dog's

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progress through training . We'll also

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cover basic obedience , which are the

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building blocks of what we build off of

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for the dogs will also do scouting ,

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which is the same as similar to

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building um where you're searching for

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an individual , but out in a field

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would line that kind of area bite work

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as well . That's part of our patrol

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training . So bite apprehending a

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suspect , um , biting the arm holding

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the decoy .

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Of course , it's my dad's of course the

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shows Rodham mothers on the other side ,

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this is probably one of the only , you

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know , services , occupations ,

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communities that do a lot to honor the

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fallen . Um and that to me , they

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really accommodated Zachary to bring

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him out to let him see and follow in

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the footsteps of what his dad did for a

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living with his dad . One of the things

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that he loved and enjoyed most , of

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course was canine . Um he loved that

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job . He said that that was the best

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job in the world , the best job in the

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army . Um and today Zach got to expiry

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that first hand . I was a kid when his

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dad got killed in Afghanistan and I

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think being an adult now it was good

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for him to experience this today .

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So

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if you look on the collar , three 41st

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TRS , it's pretty cool . I had an

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amazing time at the training squadron

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for working with the dogs and you know ,

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I'm a bit sore from like the workout ,

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but you know , it is what it is . I did

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enjoy it . I really appreciate you

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coming out . I'm glad to see that you

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wanted to come out and see what it is

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to be a military working dog handler

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for a trainer . I think that is

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phenomenal . All right , there's a very

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small select few that want to do this

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job day in and day out , so I greatly

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appreciate that . So , on behalf of the

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commander of the 341st , the military

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working dog course , we're going to

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present you with your honorary blue

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patch . Zachary Rodriguez is hereby

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recognized as an honorary apprentice

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military working dog trainer on this

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21st day of december 2022 . Alright ,

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so this is something that you can take

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with you okay ? And hanging on your

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wall , put it on your desk or whatever

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you wanna do with it . Okay ? And along

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with this , you actually get the patch .

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All right ,

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thank you . And I think I have one more

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thing on behalf of the dog town .

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Get you already Got

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one . I

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got to see what my dad did and I think

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that's pretty cool because I kind of

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want to be like my dad , but at the

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same time I want to be my own self cos

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we appreciate you and your family . I

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wanted to thank you