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So this is the second best warrior of

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the rotation competition that we have

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executed here in Romania . One of the

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main reasons why we do it is because we

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are in the pursuit of building

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relationships with our NATO allies ,

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the host nation , international

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partners . And that is a way for us not

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only to bring an opportunity for the

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service members on the ground to

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compete in a friendly way , but also to ,

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to interact with each other and and and

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kind of get to know their culture ,

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their history . I want all service

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members to know that this competition

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is available regardless of brands ,

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regardless of gender , regardless of

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your upbringing , regardless of your

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beliefs , regardless of where you think

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you are fiscally and mentally speaking .

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I want them to come in and sign up for

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it and just be able to go out there and

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have a good time , enjoy and make some

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memories that will last forever . So I

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heard about this competition through my

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command team . So my so major heard

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about the competition and he wanted me

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to participate . So I think working

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with the other nations definitely bring

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interoperability only because one it

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brings us closer together . We're

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working together , we're competing

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together . So I think doing it in a

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competition kind of way , it kind of

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makes it easier because it's not like

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so serious with just work , work , work .

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So being able to compete with them and

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engage with them and talk with them and ,

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you know , while doing it through a fun

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event , it will definitely bring us

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together because then , you know , we

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could laugh at Jove . So it makes us

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more approachable and easier to talk to

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and just easier to work with all

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together . So then when it is time to

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do something serious , then we know how

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to just coexist and work with them

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because we already kind of broke the

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ice .