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Yes , sir . Staff Sergeant Kelly Davis

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Tucker at the Seventh Army N C O

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Academy . I'm currently an instructor

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slash facilitator for a company . I

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think that is enhanced our teaching

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process in a , in a great way . Uh , a

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lot of the students . Um , because this

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is one , this is one topic that sadly

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gets brought up all the time in the

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army . Um , and I think , especially

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from the , the junior crowd , a lot of

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times it's , it's very easy to not take

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seriously because you're constantly

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hearing about it . Um , and one thing

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that we have on our side is statistical

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data from our region of Germany . Um ,

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so I think that kind of hits home a

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little bit more to the students . It ,

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it affects it greatly . Uh , readiness

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is everything . And this is one thing

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that , that again continues to happen

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across the force within the army . Um ,

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so it's one thing that we try to strike

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home to the students that your actions

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off duty can affect the entire

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organization on duty , uh , especially

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with , um , conflicts that we're seeing

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now across Europe . This is a very

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serious deal from an instructor

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standpoint . I think that's an awesome ,

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an awesome thing , an awesome

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opportunity that we have here that a

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lot of B L CS pretty much every B L C

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out there . They , they don't get that

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opportunity . Um , I know from , again ,

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from an instructor standpoint greatly

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enhances the class . Uh , we , we

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constantly have soldiers from Slovenia ,

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Slovakia , the Netherlands , Italy ,

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France . Um , that really make a

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difference within the countries because

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they get to tell their , their

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counterparts our soldiers , um ,

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stories that they've never heard before

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and give different opinions , different

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points of view that our soldiers just

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have never thought about before . So I

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think it's a , it's a great thing . I

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think one of the , one of the things I

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try to stress in our classrooms is your

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point of view , your perspective . Uh ,

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a lot of times we get , um , it's very

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easy to fall in that complacency where

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you're only viewing things from your

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perspective . And , and it's harder to

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see the , the bigger picture , um ,

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especially with larger operations that

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we do here within Europe . And I think

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that enhances it greatly getting

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another country's perspective on this

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war , fighting capability that we're

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doing or this large operation that

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we're doing . It's very easy to see

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your mindset , but it's a little more

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difficult to see another country's

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mindset on it . One thing I would say

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to a future student here at the Seventh

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Army N C A is prepare yourself , do

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everything you need to do . Now before

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you get here and everything that we go

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over in class , we're going over for a

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reason . So chances are you're , you're

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gonna get tested on something we're

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talking about . It might be a month

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after you graduate . It might be a

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decade after you graduate . But , uh ,

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pay attention , take everything

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seriously and be ready to learn . The

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one thing I would tell , uh , hopefully

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a future instructor here at the Seventh

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Army N C O Academy is to take this

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opportunity . Um There , there's a lot

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of B L CS across the army , but this

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one in particular , you're gonna be

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able to experience things and teach

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students things that no other academy

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is able to do that . Uh Because we are

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here in Europe . So if you have an

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opportunity to come here and be an

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instructor , take it , um I can't tell

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you how much I've learned . Uh not only

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from students that I've taught but

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fellow instructors . Um it is a truly

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great environment to be in .