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^- [Voiceover] At the foot of South Dakota's Black Hills

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^military units from multiple states

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^and countries are training together

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for the Golden Coyote training exercise.

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Among these units is the 1244th Transportation Company

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from the Illinois National Guard.

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^- The 1244th Transportation Company

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^is conducting humanitarian convoy logistics operations

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by delivering a timber haul

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to the Native American Sioux tribes here in South Dakota.

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- [Voiceover] Golden Coyote allows for troops

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from Illinois and Scotland to learn more

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about each other's jobs, experience, and culture.

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- And it give us an opportunity

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to learn how the Americans work.

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^Which means that if it does come to a deployment

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^that we're familiar with each other.

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^And it might even come that we end up deploying together

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so we get to meet with old friends.

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- [Voiceover] Army Staff Sergeant Brian Vorce,

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Rapid City, South Dakota.

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