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I am definitely excited to be here . I

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feel like we are here making history .

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I was told this is the first of its

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kind . So the first of anything is

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always very exciting , especially as a

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female here to represent , you know ,

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food artillery . Um That's very

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exciting . Um I'm honored that our

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leadership picked me and my other

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teammates to come here and participate

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in this event . Um I definitely will

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remember this for the rest of my career .

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We did uh a lot of different types of

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training . Um Not only is this

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competition gauging uh who the best

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artillery unit is , but there's a lot

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of non-specific M OS events as well uh

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that we had to touch up on . So it's

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gonna be a very well rounded

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competition . So we hit everything from

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um our normal M OS task to uh anything

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for medical training , um weapons

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training , things of that nature . It's

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pretty awesome . Um Being the first

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ones out here to compete in a

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competition like this . Uh It's , it's

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a big deal . It's cool to have my guys

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out here as well . Uh We're messing

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around with some of the other

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competitors . Um , and we're gonna see

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if they can show up no matter what , uh ,

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to compete . It's a pretty big honor .

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Um , I , I value it no matter where we

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fall . Uh , if we win or lose , it's a

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pretty big deal to be part of the first

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artillery competition , especially here

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at the home of artillery . I've always

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prided myself on being the best of my

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job . So , you know , coming out

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here doing the first best red leg , it

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means a little bit more . You know ,

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I've gotten top gun twice , so I wanna

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come out here and compete against all

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the other best top guns . So see what I

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got , see if my section can bring , uh

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bring it home for me as a private . It

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means a lot . You know , there's not

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many PB twos around here , mostly uh E

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four and above . So for a PB two that's

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been in the military for less than a

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year for him to be , uh in this part of

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this competition . It's a lot shows

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that I'm good at my draw . It feels

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amazing , you know , being part of

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something like this , uh this big army

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wide , it's the first one ever . You

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know , it's really special being part

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of something like this .

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Now . General eo , the namesake of

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this competition said the problem about

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our soldiers and our nation . He was

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exactly right . The street of our

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nation is our army , this streak that

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our army and our soldiers , the

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strength of our soldiers and our family .

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And this is what makes us army strong

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and fires strong .

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I could not be more proud to call

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myself the NASA major of a few of our

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Children . As time evolves , technology

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will grow . We got equipment all over

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this field , but that is irrelevant

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when it comes to the warfighting

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functions to the fires . If our red

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legs are not built to the heart , soul

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and inspiration , regardless of what

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division devo battalion you come from .

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We all have one common bond and that

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common bond is being red legs in the

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king of battle for the United States

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Army .