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company , a tank plant National

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guardsmen from Alaska and Rhode island

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joined texas guardsmen in Waco texas

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for the reactivation of the first

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Battalion , one 43rd Infantry Regiment .

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In a ceremony held at the texas State

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Technical College . The unit was

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recognized as the only airborne

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battalion in the National Guard . The

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soldiers you see in front of you are

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members of the only Airborne infantry

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battalion and the entire Army National

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Guard . They're extremely special and I

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can't tell you how proud I am to have

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been selected to stand this unit up and

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to organize the battalion from three

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Great Army National Guard states ,

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transforming many times from its

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creation in 18 36 the first of the one

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43rd earned its wings in october of

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1917 where it joined the fight in the

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first World War during world war two .

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The regiment distinguished themselves

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in combat operations in the war effort

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against Germany . Since then , the 143

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has been reactivated and deactivated on

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several occasions , depending on the

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needs of the army . Now , the regiment

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answers a call again on the ninth

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anniversary of september 11th , fully

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capable of deploying paratroopers for

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worldwide combat operations . This is

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my third drill and so far I've been

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disappointed at all getting really spun

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up on military operations in urban

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terrain , getting some patrolling

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techniques and if you want to go to

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airborne school , things like that .

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It's actually tasked out get in here

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and become an airborne ranger . This is

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where you want to go reporting from

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Waco texas for the 1/100 mobile public

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affairs detachment . I'm Army Sergeant

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luke Allen Right .