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Sacrifice is a word that service members around the world know well.

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But for the people of El Salvador it's something they live with every day.

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From March till June, soldiers, airmen and even some Marines, sacrifice their time and energy to help the Salvadoran people as part of Beyond the Horizon.

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The collaboration between our two governments to make this exercise possible fills me with great pride.

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During this exercise some of the service members helped treat locals at pop-up medical sites.

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The military engineers with assistance from the local Salvadorans as well as Colombians and Chileans, built schools for communities

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that were teaching their children out of makeshift or damaged school buildings.

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In the last four months our two armies along with the armies of Colombia, Brazil, Chile and Canada

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have shared hard work but also learned, in total, on the terrain, the soldiers built four schools and one lab.

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They also carried out four medical campaigns in which 20,000 people were served.

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However, like any other exercise, this had to come to an end.

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Ceremonies at all of the school sites marked the end of Beyond the Horizon for the soldiers as well as the Salvadoran people.

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We all hope we make a difference here in El Salvador, we know we are going to leave here with lifelong memories

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but we also know we are going to leave here with life long friends.

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This exercise has happened every year since 2008

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for the service members involved in Beyond the Horizon 2015, they may have only sacrificed a small portion of their lives

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but the results will impact numerous children and families for years to come.

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For the 366th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment in Estanzuelas, El Salvador

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I'm Army Sergeant Zeta Bates.