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Tradition is very important in the army .

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It's intertwined in everything we do .

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They're not the first generation

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that've done this , and then we'll be

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the last , but they're just as

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important as every other generation's

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leaderships who have put on the uniform .

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The non-commissioned officer trains the

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soldiers . They are the first line

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supervisors . They are who the soldier

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goes to when they have a problem ,

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having trust in a leader . That is

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supposed to be looking out for you is

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vital . That is one reason why the NCO

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is the backbone of the army . The

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soldiers will follow them , but the

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NCOs are also the link between policies

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set forth by the officers to be carried

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out by the soldiers . Why are we doing

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the ceremony , right , the NCO

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induction ? It's tradition . It's ,

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it's history throughout the army . We

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have recognized those that . Have been

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put in positions of of leadership that

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are in charge of other people so as

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keepers of tradition we keep on doing

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what we have been doing for many many

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years . Personally it it means

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upholding the values , the warrior

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ethos . It's important to look back at

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history , right , to see everything

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that we have done , how . Far we've

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come to be in the position that we are ,

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right , the greatest fighting force in

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the world , right , the United States

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Army . So learning from those moments

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in history , not only to not repeat the

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mistakes that we have made but to learn

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from them and become better in the

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future , become even a better fighting

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force , the NCA reduction ceremony ,

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it's tradition obviously , but I think

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it's a little bit more than that . Yeah ,

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it's not only for the inductees , it's

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for the soldiers in the audience , the

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junior soldiers to have something to

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look forward to . And to recognize the

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achievements of newly promoted NCOs ,

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when I hear the soldier's request and

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then the timeline soldiers , I get a

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sense of pride that I'm part of

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something bigger than myself . I think

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the most exciting part that I'm looking

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forward to during the ceremony is

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walking through the arches . I've seen

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the arches throughout my military

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career . I always kind of looked at it

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like never really thinking that I'd

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walk under it . Here I am , so it

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really . May proud . I'm honored to be

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here and get to participate in this . I

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am hopeful to take some of this back to

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my squadron and maybe implement some

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new ways of conducting ourselves when

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people hit important milestones like

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this in their career field . I think

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it's important to acknowledge your

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success , and the army , I think , does

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a really good job at that and including

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their heritage . Becoming an NCO in the

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military , I think is a great

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accomplishment . It's your next step

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forward to be a leader for those below

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you to show them how we should conduct

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ourselves in the military , and I think

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that taking part in ceremonies like

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this expresses that importance . The

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NCO creed , I personally feel a sense

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of pride , right , a sense of belonging .

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I am proud of the officers . having

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an outline of everything that you're

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supposed to be , everything that you're

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supposed to know , anything that you're

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supposed to write , teach your soldiers ,

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so the soldier's request just reminds

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them , hey . Take care of me . Uh , I'm

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relying on you . uh , don't fail me .

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And the desert , those who will be A

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will use these elements . I must be

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prepared . So the transition you become

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from someone who's been given

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information right ? been told what to

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do . To someone that is now giving

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those directions , those orders , and

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motivating getting to know your

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subordinates in my experience in

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transitioning to be an NCO , you're

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kind of on your own a little bit more ,

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a lot more responsibility . You're not

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only responsible for yourself , but now

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you're responsible for other soldiers

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and people under you , so you really

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gotta make sure that you . You keep up

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the standards not only for yourself but

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for the peoples , your soldiers and the

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people watching . So we have more

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responsibility we'll be leading by

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example we're responsible for those

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beneath us . we are tasked or charged

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with helping guide them we're expected

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to further our education . To follow

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the orders of those above us and also

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lead those below us . They're all ready

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for it and they know what's expected of

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them . We're gonna hold them to a

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standard and we're there to help . The

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learning curve can be steep at times ,

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but they'll also come to find that it's

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also very rewarding .