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Spirit has grown over multiple

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iterations . The complexity that we

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added this year was conducting an

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airborne drop in the country of Turkey

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and then the units will move here to

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Georgia and the country of Georgia is a

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strategic partner for us and NATO

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forces in Europe and it has an enduring

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relationship with the state of Georgia

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with a state partnership program for

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over 25 years . Operations is very

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important that we're able to execute

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that . Well , because if we need to get

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supplies for us in a hurry , my come

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out here , attachment to the first

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final 32 battalion . We're out here for

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logistical support , transportation ,

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running the ammo over the ammo handling

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area and just making sure the

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operations go smoothly . It off . It's

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been a real privilege to work with the

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American forces so far , you guys are

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very professional and quite similar to

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us in a lot of ways . There's still a

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lot of differences where we've been

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able to learn things from you guys and

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hopefully vice versa . Working with a

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very different part of the nation .

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It's been a really good opportunity ,

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most valuable thing for us coming out

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of this training is we get to see how

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our partner nations operate . So that

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if we get thrust into a scenario in the

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future with these partner nations ,

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we'll already have those relationships ,

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established partners involved in this

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exercise . Get to train with us and we

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get to train with them through that

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they can see what we do and we can see

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what they do and that just makes

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everybody better . We also get to learn

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from each other's mistakes , which is

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helpful .