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Good afternoon , Centurions . My name's

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command Sergeant Major Denny Walker .

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I'm happy to have been selected and

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serving the 3/11 esc . I look forward

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to working with all the soldiers

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leaders and civilians in the command

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commands . Our Major Walker's journey

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began in July 1989 . His early

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years in the army shaped by rigorous

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training as a military policeman laid

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the foundation for a career defined by

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unwavering dedication , leadership and

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service . At this time . I feel it

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would be most suitable to toast our

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fallen comrades a very

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appropriate toast . Remember for

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surely they have not forsaken . You

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never , never . Hey , this is command

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star Major Denny Walker and my wife ,

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Melissa . We want to wish you all a

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holiday a safe and happy holiday and we

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hope that you can spend time with your

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friends and family all the best to you .

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I was fortunate enough to be here as

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well for the deployment ceremony for

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the 3/4 movement control team . You can

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see there are several vendors around

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the farewell ceremony , providing

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information for the family members and

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for the soldiers alike . It's also

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important for the families to be here

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for them to understand how important

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they are to our soldiers that are going

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down the range . All right , prime me ,

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I guess the youngest soldier amongst .

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Is that correct ? Right . All right .

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Volunteers for everything is what I'm

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told . Volunteer for the sky and all .

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All right , great . So we appreciate

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what you're doing . Keep up the good

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work beyond the uniform commands .

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Major Walker is a devoted family man

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together with his wife , Melissa . He

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has built a life rooted in love

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despite the sacrifices of military life ,

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his devotion to his family never

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wavered as he balanced the demands of

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service with his role as a dedicated

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husband and father as a command star

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major for the ese I couldn't be more

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proud of everyone that's out here , the

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participants , the participation level

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and the cadre that we have out here ,

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they came together , many of them

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didn't know one another when they got

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here . And within hours they started

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working with one another and we had

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developed a great plan and they've done

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an awesome job putting this competition

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together , communicating

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it down to the lowest level is probably

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the hardest part . So give me just a

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second . Somebody had a hand up , give

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me just a second . I just want to touch

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on a couple of things that uh general

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sparks talked about and Mr Morton

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brought up is a communication piece ,

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right ? Sabio just brought it up the

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first time he actually saw Mr Morton ,

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right So that's his brigade . But what

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I would encourage you to do is talk

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across the brigades as well . All right ,

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because some of the stuff the 6/50 is

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doing works better in what 6/50 6 53rd

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does or the 304 does it better by

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tracking what I'm saying , would share

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best practices is where I'm going with

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that . And I didn't just say one

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brigade was better than the other .

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It's just an example who from the

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battlefield to the home front commander ,

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Major Walker has proven himself to be

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both a soldier of honor and a man of

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integrity . His service to our country

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and his commitment to his family

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reminds us that true leadership extends

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far beyond it's found in the

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love and care . We show those closest

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to us this year . We're conducting our

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best squad , best warrior competition

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that's comprised of all three of our

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brigades in our headquarters element

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five days from the th processing day to

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the conclusion at the awards ceremony ,

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our competitors range from PFC to

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sergeant and we have cadets and first

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lieutenant . They range from service

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composition from a year and a half up

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to 12 years and there's 23 competitors

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from three brigades and the

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headquarters element .

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One of the things that we've gotten

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away from is basic field and we're

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doing some of that at this competition .

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I think it's important that our

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soldiers take that back to their

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organizations and they implement those

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things before you worry about

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FM 17 pistols M 40 and qualification

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will be firing a variety of crew serve

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weapons and those events uh will be

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individual and squad events .

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What's your last five right here ? Ok .

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You making an adjustment or are you

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good ? I , I feel pretty confident it's

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not a bad grouping . Just get it back

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up here . You'll be all right . You're

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not using your fingertip . You look

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like you got the trigger about right

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here , right ? You wanna use more of

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the fingertips . So just something to

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look at when you go back there just to

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pay attention to it . Ok ? Because the

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farther you get that in there , the

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farther you get the finger in there ,

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the more you just this much , right ,

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the more you get the finger in there ,

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the more you're moving the end of that

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barrel when you pull the trigger . Good

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morning . This is Command Star Major

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Walker at 311 EFC . We're here in

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Tustin California today conducting a

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change of command ceremony between

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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Folston and

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Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Hernandez .

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We also conducted a change of

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responsibility for command star Major

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Emile , who has been selected for her

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next assignment with an interim command

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star Major Massar and Black Girl . We

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look forward to , to the future of the

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4/19 with the new leadership .

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Yeah . D

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Yeah . No .