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Pleasure to welcome each of you to the

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United States Army Reserve Noncom

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Commissional Officer Academy at Fort

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Dix , New Jersey for the 2024

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United States Army Reserve best squad

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competition award ceremony .

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Our host for today's ceremony is

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command . Sorry , Major Gregory , Betty ,

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United States Army Reserve command

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command . Sorry , major . Our official

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party for today is Lieutenant

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General Robert Harter . United States

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Army Reserve Command , commanding

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General and commander Major Betty .

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Please stand for the arrival of the

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official party .

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Please be seated .

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Please be seated .

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We would now like to welcome our

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distinguished guests . Commanding

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General United States Army Reserve

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Command , Lieutenant General Harter ,

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sergeant major to the deputy commanding

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General United States Army Reserve

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Command , CS L sergeant major Pompeii ,

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commanding general and acting command ,

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sergeant major from the 99th ratings

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division major General Bellinger and

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Sergeant Major Caswell , acting

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commandant for the Fort Dix NCO Academy

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Sergeant major Toro Cologne , commander

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and command are made of us army support

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activity . Fort Dix Colonel Donker and

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CS M Vanslyke commands are

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major from the United States civil

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Affairs and psychological operations .

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Airborne CS M Benedict

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commands are major from the army

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Reserve medical command . CS M Hilton

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commands are major from the 377 theater

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sustainment command . CS M Muso

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command , sorry major from the 76

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operational response command , CS M

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Goodman command sir . Major from the

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63rd readiness division , CS M Bethurum

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command are major from the 80 fi 81st

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readiness division . CS M Hubbard ,

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deputy commander from the 807

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medical deployment support . Deputy

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commanding general , brigadier generals ,

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Saladin and CS M . Cope commands are

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major from the Army Reserve Aviation

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Command . CS M Slater Command are major

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from the army reserve careers group ,

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CS M Rogers and CS

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M came from the third medical command

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deployment support . We would also

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like to extend our gratitude to the

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command . Teams of the competitors ,

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mentors and cadre who contributed to

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making this event a success , a success .

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Once again this year ,

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today , we will announce the winners of

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this year's United States Army Reserve

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best squad competition . The winning

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squad will represent the United States

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Army Reserve at the 2024 Department of

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the army best squad competition

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during this year's best squad

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competition . 14 squads competed to

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achieve the title of the best squad .

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Additionally , the top scoring soldier

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and non commissioned officer will be

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awarded the United States Army Reserve

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and res reserve soldier of the year and

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non commissioned officer of the year .

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Now introducing our 2024

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competitors

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representing squad one from the first

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mission support command

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sergeant medina

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sergeant Santiago

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specialist Bonilla special

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machado and especially as Rivera

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representing squad two from the 108

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training command . Staff

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sergeant , lamb sergeant ha

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sergeant Leon sergeant Patrina

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and Sergeant Vander shoot

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representing squad three from the 200

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military police command . MP S

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staff sergeant Jarman ,

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sergeant mccune sergeant

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court specialist Silka

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and specialist swab

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representing squad four from the 311

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signal command . Sergei

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first class chagoya sergeant

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Galvin specialist Bobby Coco

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and specialist Rodriguez

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representing squad five from the 377

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theater sustainment command . Sergeant

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phrase sergeant Sampson ,

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specialist mcfadden , specialist

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Moreno and specialist Williams

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representing squad six from the third

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medical command , deployment support

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staff sergeant Sergeant Anderson ,

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specialist Brock Meyer , specialist

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Peterson and specialist Lytle

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representing squad seven from the 412

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theater engineer command . Ok ,

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Sergeant Pagar

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sergeant Sho specialist

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Koji specialist Thomas Miller

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and specialist Thompson

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representing squad eight from the 4/16

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theater engineer command . No

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sergeant Sergeant Stewart sergeant

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house specialist Benson ,

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specialist Ruger and specialist

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Dankowski

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representing squad nine from the 79th

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theater sustainment command ,

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Sergeant Reeves , Sergeant Williams

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specialist haggard , specialist Richard

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and specialist Sousa

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representing squad 10 from the army

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from the Army Reserve Aviation Command

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Sergeant Covey SARS and Zak

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specialist Alan and Sergeant Ria

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representing squad 11 from the United

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States Army Civil Affairs and

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Psychological Operations command .

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Airborne Sergeant

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Selden Corporal Corliss

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spirit specialist Gira specialist

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Peterson and specialist wards

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representing squad 12 wing . It to

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bring it is sergeant ,

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first class picot from the 63rd

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readiness division Sergeant Tucker from

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the 99th readiness division sergeant

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Newsome from the 99th readiness

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division Sergeant Tolbert from the Army

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Reserve medical command and specialist

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Hendrix from the army Reserve medical

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command

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representing squad 13

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sergeant first class Aranga from the 3

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35th signal command . Staff Sergeant

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Dyer from the 80th training command

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sergeant Den Brook from the 807 medical

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command sergeant is from the 807

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medical command and Sergeant Mass from

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the 807 medical command

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representing squad 14

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sergeant first class blessed senior

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from the Army Reserve careers group

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Sergeant Colunga from the Military

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Intelligence Readiness Command

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specialist cook from the Military

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Intelligence Readiness Command and

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Sergeant Rosinski from the 76

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operational Readiness Command .

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Let's give all these soldiers another

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round of applause .

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Please stand for the invitation given

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by chaplain Enrique Mpanza and the

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national anthem performed by the 78th

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army band .

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I invite you to pray with me as I pray

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in my tradition and you pray in your

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faith tradition . Oh God

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of all people , we thank you for

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affording us this beautiful opportunity

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to honor these men and women who so

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bravely have served and still serve

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this country . Father , we ask you to

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bless and strengthen these brave souls

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who selflessly have given themselves

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for the course of freedom and peace .

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We ask that you restore and replenish

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their strength for the amazing efforts

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they have given during this BSC bless

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all the leaders who have , who gave

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their all to support the process of

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this competition . We pray you give

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them peace and bless them all this . We

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pray in Jesus name . Amen .

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Please be seated

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to reach this point . These warriors

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demonstrated their tactical and

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technical knowledge and proficiency in

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their warrior tasks and drills at

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competitions healed by their battalions ,

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brigades and higher commands .

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Culminating this week was the

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opportunity to earn the title of the

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United States Army Reserves soldier of

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the Year , non commissioned officer of

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the Year and Best Squad .

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Ah

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How many go

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hang it out ? Go

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right .

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They on

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reach up , boys .

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Hello ,

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cross board

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guys . We are intel . We're gonna move

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out

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just

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boy . I just fired 400 m .

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You what ? 29 .

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Yeah , I really want this . That

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perfect

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have .

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Oh ,

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the host of today's award ceremony

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commands our major Gregory , Betty .

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What's going on ? Best warriors ?

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How do I follow up that ? You know how

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just congratulate y'all ? I love that .

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Y'all came out and y'all take it to

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another level . I'm big on soldier to

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100% and this is what soldier to 100%

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means to me and the boss . When you

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guys come out , we're building

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lethality . We're build , we're showing

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war fighting skills , we're showing

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everything we need to do . So that when ,

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when we get called , the boss said ,

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yes , my soldiers are ready , right ?

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So , so we , we love it that you came

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out and you took , you took the time

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and the energy to train up because you

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can't just show up here and perform

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this . This , you gotta go through

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months of training on your own , on

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your own time . We're citizens , we're

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twice as citizens on your own time

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doing things so that you can get to

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this level and to get to this level and

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to be here , every one of y'all that

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showed up are champions in our books ,

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right ? Are champions . So I applaud

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you another round of applause for the

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team . I applaud you for getting out ,

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for getting up and getting out and

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showing up and showing out because

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that's what we gotta do . We gotta show .

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So when I go back to this video , I'm

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gonna shoot this video to the S MA and

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let them know that we're out here doing

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it because we're coming for , we're

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coming for the championship , right ?

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We're coming for it , right ? We're

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gonna make sure we train up and get

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ready and when we show up , we're gonna ,

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we're gonna take it . We go , I can't

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wait to see who the , who the , who the

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winners are . You're all winners , but

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who the ultimate winner is so that we

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know what team it is and we're all

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gonna get behind that team and make

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sure that they're well prepared and

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ready to go to take this championship ,

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right . So we're gonna get them to a ,

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to a location , train them up , make

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sure that they are 100% ready and we're

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gonna get after it and keep soldier to

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100% right enough enough for me . We

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got the boss in the house . So the ,

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the , the 10th commanding general of

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the United States Army Reserve . I

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wanna bring him up , Lieutenant General

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harder . Ok ?

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All right . Team . How we doing ? You

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hear me ? OK , I tell you what , who

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did that video ? Who put that video

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together ? He's

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hiding in a freaking closet . That was

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incredible . Well , that's all right .

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Well , hey , listen , it's an honor for

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me to be here . Great job , great job ,

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young man . That was incredible .

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And I'll try to be brief because we

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wanna get the winners up here . It's

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about this , these awesome soldiers ,

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men and women getting after it . But a

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thank you to the band for being here .

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Thank you to the cadre to put all this

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together because I know how hard this

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is to put an event like this on . So

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thank you for all that you did bringing

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all this together . Give yourself a

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round of applause , please .

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But a special thank you to our

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competitors in this best squad

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competition and soldier of the year NCO

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of the year , right ? So I saw what ,

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14 squads , 70 some plus competitors

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across 20 of our MS ES . Now we have 28

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MS ES . So that tells me that eight

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embassies didn't pony up . I'm paying

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attention . Right . I'm paying

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attention . But , uh , just an

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incredible performance . Let me tell

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you , it was , it was not , it was not

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super easy for me to get here today . I

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was , we were out of Rock Island . We

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had a lot of stuff last week and out in

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Rock Island we're able to get a flight

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in here last night . But I tell you , I

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worked hard to get here because there's

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no place I'd rather be than with these

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young men and women that are leading

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the way every day . You are the only

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reason I'm still serving in the army .

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I could have hung it up a long time ago .

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But you are the reason I continue to

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drive on this because you inspire me .

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I tell you less than 1% . Raise your

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right hand today , less than 1% join

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our great military of our American

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population . That's ok . 99 the other

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99% of Americans are great patriotic

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folks . They're all paying our salaries

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right by paying , by paying their taxes ,

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but only 1% raise the

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right hand and defend this great

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country . And you are the 1% of the 1%

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said , hey , here's this tough

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competition . Eight plus days , we saw

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the rock marches , we saw the physical

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training . We're putting rounds down

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range , we're jumping out of

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helicopters into the Atlantic Ocean ,

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getting after it . So thank you for

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soldiering up and getting out here and

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getting after it , the Army Reserve has

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one purpose , overriding purpose

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deliver combat ready soldiers and

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formations at point of need in support

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of the United States army and the

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nation . And that's the kind of stuff

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we're going to be called on to do . And

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I will tell you and this is not as much

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for the best squad folks , but for the

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leaders in this room , right ? Because

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I think these soldiers get it or they

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wouldn't be here . But the army has

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made some decisions and force structure

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because we the capo three , the Army

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Reserve have been so good over the last

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25 years deployed in the theater . So

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the Army Reserve has made some

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decisions on reducing some of the key

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enabling capability that now exists in

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these young men and women that we have

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in this room . And if something bad

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happens , people have heard me say

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September 10th 2001 was just another

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day . The next day , everything changed .

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I don't know what the next 911 looks

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like , but it's gonna be bad . I know

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there will be one and it's gonna be bad .

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We're gonna be rocking up and we may

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not have an opportunity to go to a mob

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site . We may not have an

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opportunity to go to the range one last

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time , we may not have the opportunity

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to work all these tasks that you saw in

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this video . It might be , grab your

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weapon , kiss your family , goodbye .

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Come to the Reserve center . We're

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going to the airport . I'm not an

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apocalyptic guy . Folks that know me ,

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I think would say I'm a very cheery

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happy person CS M . Would you say that ?

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Very cheery and happy ? I'm a glass is

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half full , right ? Chris Bellinger ?

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That was not very convincing . I'm a

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glasses , half full kind of guy . I

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really am . But when I hear some of

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these leaders talk today , the

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Secretary of the Army and the chief of

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staff of the army talk about how this

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is the most dangerous national security

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environment they've ever seen . And

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then I , I was in on an OPD

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professional development with General

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Chris Cavoli . He's the commander of

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the European , the Supreme allied

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commander Europe American officer ,

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brilliant leader , speaks five

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languages to include Russian . He's

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working a lot right now , obviously

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supporting the fight over there between

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Russia and Ukraine . He was , he was

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talking through the violence of that

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battlefield , the violence of that

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battlefield . You hear this , our major

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of the army recently did a podcast

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and in that podcast , if you don't know

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our sergeant major of the army

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phenomenal leader , combat leader , Ben

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down range a lot in his , in his

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podcast . He says I've seen a lot of

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combat maybe more than most . I've

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never been to war . That's what we're

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getting ready to do . That's what you

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demonstrated in your awesomeness out

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here . So I'm honored to be here , you

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know , it was awesome . I saw some E

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sevens up here , squad leaders leading

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the way . Pretty hula , some older

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soldiers getting after it inspired me .

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Maybe CS M and I will compete best

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squad next year . Give it a go . I

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don't know , I look pretty tough . Um

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But I appreciate what y'all are doing .

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I really do . You are getting after it ?

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Now , let me share this with the

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leaders real quick and I'll get off the

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stage . So I had breakfast with some of

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these soldiers here this morning .

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Every one of them talked about how

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awesome this training was . There was

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an area complaint , right ? I had one

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young man say , well , we didn't get a

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lot of sleep . So I think that was by

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design , but I do have , where's salt ?

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Salt ? Raise your hand ? Yeah . So , so

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I said , well , the only issue he had

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was not no salt with the meals . So

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we'll fix that . I was paying attention .

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Um But I asked every one of these young

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leaders that I talked to . I said ,

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what do you do back at home station ?

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What do you do at about assembly ? Do

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you do this ? Very few said yes .

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So to the officers and the sergeant

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majors and the senior leaders in this

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room , that's the wrong answer .

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That is the wrong answer . So it's our

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job to knock down the obstacles , get

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rid of the bureaucracy . I'm trying to

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smash that , but I want you to operate

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with intent . That's why we have

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commander's intent and commander's

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intent is to get after realistic

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training . Tell me what resources you

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need . Most of these soldiers that I

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talked to this morning said we'll do PM

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CS . Some said they did some training ,

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some got out to , um , you know , the

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Fort mccoys of the world or the

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Shelby's of the world . Uh and said

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they got after it , but I'll be honest

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with you and I'm not gonna ask any of

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these kids that , you know , I'm not

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gonna point them out , but they said ,

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hey , we'll go in , sir , we'll do PM

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CS . You know , of course , we always

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got to do our DD 93 and our SGLV ,

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right ? But I tell you what if we don't

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get after realistic training whenever

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we're together , we're gonna be doing a

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lot of DD 90 threes and SGLVS

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not on my watch . I wanna get after it .

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So you tell me , you leaders , tell me

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what you need , you have intent get

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after it . We'll get you the resources .

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These young men and women deserve it .

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These are the young men and women that

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are gonna be at the tip of the spear

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and they're demonstrating that they're

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willing to do it by entering this

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competition . So I finish where I

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started . Thank you for what you do

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know that I got your back . The CS M

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has got your back and every leader in

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this room has got your back . I ask you

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to take this back to your formations .

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You know what wright looks like . This

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is how I want you to train . And if you

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got a leader that's getting in the way

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you elevate that up through your chain

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of command , we'll deal with that . I ,

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we owe you this training . We owe you

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this train . Thank you for inspiring me .

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I'm honored to serve with you . I look

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forward to seeing who these winners are

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and , uh , I look forward to seeing you

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out there as I get on about the

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battlefield . Ok ? Keep doing what

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you're doing . Keep doing what you're

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doing who twice a citizen combat ready .

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Yes , sir . Thank you , Lieutenant

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General Harter .

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We will now recognize the top

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performers from the best squad

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competition . This

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includes the highest scores on the

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expert physical fitness assessment ,

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the 12 mile ruck March and overall

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marksmanship . Each awardee will

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receive a coin of excellence and a cer

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certificate of achievement .

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The expert physical fitness assessment

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is conducted in the army combat uniform ,

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boots , body armor with plates and

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helmets . The event consists of a one

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mile run , 30 dead stop push ups .

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A 100 m sprint , 1640

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pound sandbag lifts a 50 m farmer

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carry with 240 pound water cans .

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A 25 m high crawl . A 25 m

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3 to 5 2nd rush and another one mile

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run . Sounds like the next you

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something .

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Now , the fastest expert , physical

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fitness assessment time with a time of

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19 minutes , 25 seconds

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goes to

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staff Sergeant Nicholas Jarman

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of the 3 91st military police battalion

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under the 200 military police command .

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Hm .

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During the 12 mile foot march ,

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competitors must carry 35 pounds of dry

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weight in their rucksack over the

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entire course . This way is in addition

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to their M four carbine carry at the

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ready position and water . The 12 mile

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foot mark is executed in an army combat

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uniform with boots . Immediately after

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finishing each competitor clears

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disassembles , assembles and performs a

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function check on their M four carbine .

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The fastest 12 mile foot march with a

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time of one hour 59 minutes and

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57 seconds . Goes to Sergeant

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Daniel Frase of the 3 26 6

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Quartermaster company on the 377

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theater sustainment command .

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The marksmanship assessment includes

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standard qualification on the M 17

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pistol M four carbine day and night

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M 240 bravo machine gun , M 250

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caliber machine gun and M 320 grenade

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launcher . The best marksmanship with a

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total score of 4 , 13 out of

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542 points goes to

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specialist Daniel Peterson of the 377

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medical company under the third medical

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command deployment support .

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We will now recognize the United States

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Army Reserve soldier of the year and

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non commissioned officer of the year

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for the highest individual score during

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the competition , they will receive a

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trophy and an army commendation medal .

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The 2024 United States Army Reserve

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soldier of the year goes to

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specialist Andrew . So of the 660

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Ordinance Command from the 39th theater

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sustainment command .

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Yeah . So . Mhm .

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Ok . And the two and the 2024 United

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States Army Reserve Non Commission

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Officer of the year goes to

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Sergeant Nelson Medina . On the first

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bit of support ,

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please remain seated for the award .

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Publication , attention to

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orders . The army commendation medal is

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hereby awarded to specialist Andrew

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Sosa and Sergeant Nelson Medina for

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outstanding commendable service while

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competing in the 2024 Army Reserve best

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squad competition . Your unwavering

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professionalism , technical and

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tactical expertise and indomitable

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spirit have earned you the title of

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United States Army Reserve soldier of

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the Year and United States Army Reserve

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non commissioned officer of the year .

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Your exceptional devotion to duty and

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dedication to excellence are in keeping

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with the highest traditions of military

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service and reflect great credit upon

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yourself . The United States Army

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Reserve command and the United States

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Army

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right now . Let's give these soldiers a

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round of applause .

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I now the moment we

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all have been waiting for after eight

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long days , 192 hours of

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competition by displaying team cohesion ,

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resilience , mental or physical

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toughness discipline and training

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proficiency . One squad rolls above the

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rest . The 2024

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United States Army Reserve best squad

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is first mission

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support .

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Hello .

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Ok .

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All right , attention to orders . The

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army commendation medal is hereby

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awarded the best squad for outstanding

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commendable service while competing in

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the 2024 Army Reserve best squad

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competition . Your unwavering

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professionalism , technical and

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tactical expertise and indomitable

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spirit have earned you the title of the

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United States Army Reserve . Best Squad .

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Your exceptional devotion to duty and

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dedication to excellence are in keeping

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with the highest traditions of military

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service and reflect great credit upon

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yourself . The United States Army

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Reserve Command and the United States

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Army .

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You may be seated ,

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please give another round of , uh , of

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this year's competitor .

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Uh Please stand for the

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Benediction by chaplain Enrique Impanza

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and join in singing the army song .

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Shall we pray ? May the Lord

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bless you and keep you . May the Lord

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continue to shine his face towards you

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and give you peace . Peace in your

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homes is in your workplaces

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as you travel . We pray this in the

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name of the father and of the son and

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of the Holy Spirit . Amen .

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Yes . You know .

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Yeah ,

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about the five .

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I , yeah ,

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no one . I

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wow . Hi . Ah .

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Oh ,

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so always .

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Ok .