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- His life and legacy
changed the country forever.

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Today we celebrate with a run,
it's Martin Luther King day.

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Welcome to The Liberty Minute.

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(All things 77 sustain
brigade), in one minute.

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I'm army sergeant First
Class David Clamenco,

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and your minute starts now.

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(dramatic music)

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- Each year on the
third Monday in January,

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Americans across the country answer

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Dr Martin Luther King Jr call to action

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by serving their neighborhoods

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and volunteering their
time to make a difference,

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inspire change.

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- [Announcer] Go!

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(upbeat rock music)

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- I'm here with Lt. Col. Rubin.

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Lt. Col. Rubin is the
Equal Opportunity Advisor

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for Task Force Spartan
here at Camp Arifjan.

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Sir, welcome to the Liberty Minute.

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Thanks for being here.

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- All right, no problem.

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- So tell me what this day is all about?

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It's Martin Luther King Day.

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We, of course, celebrate everything

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with a run in the army,

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but it's deeper and more significant

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than just coming out and enjoying a run.

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Why is it so important
to celebrate this day?

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- Well, Dr Martin Luther
King was an advocate

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for people rights for all

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and that the biggest
important thing about him is

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he did it in a non violent manner,

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and he include everyone.

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He didn't just exclude other races,

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or genders, or personnel.

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He was just all about everyone,

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by living together in peace and harmony.

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- What does an equal opportunity advisor

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do in the military?

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- An equal opportunity advisor

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is an advocate for the Commander

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on equal rights and
inclusion of all personnel

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within the military ranks.

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So to make sure that all are included

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and we're all in one team,

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that work together for one
mission and one faction.

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- Any shout-out you want to do to

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friends and family back home.

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- Uh, yes.

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To my family and friends at
home in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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Hello, I will be home shortly
and I look forward to it.

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- Awesome, thank you sir.

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- Thank you so very much.

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- I'm here with the winner,
his name is Martin Bradley.

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Congratulations, on winning this

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- Thank you

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- Like Milton Bradley I
think it's kind of cool

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- Yeah.

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- You won the race so yeah
how fast did you do this.

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- 18:32

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- 18 minutes and 32 seconds what 18

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minutes of and 32 seconds
that's a 5 K Liberty nation,

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that's amazing show it's
more Martin Luther King Day

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that's what we're celebrating here today.

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You're not from America
are you from the UK?

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- Yeah correct but I still know who Martin

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Luther King is and it was
still an inspiring day.

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Lots of people out,
great speeches beforehand

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and I felt really inspired
to go and give it my best

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and that is my best that's my new PB

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- Awesome now do you
do five K all the time?

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I do them here all the time

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and not so much in the UK.

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I've done the occasional Park run

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but you know this is a
great way to come out

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and do a bit of pace meeting
people and feel inspired.

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- Awesome any shout out
you want to give to family

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and friends back home.

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- No I just want to say
thank you to everyone

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for your hospitality
and for your friendship.

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I would not have gone to these runs

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- Awesome, thank you so much.
- Thank you

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- Thank you so much for joining us

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- Thank you.

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- I caught up with Sgt. Maj. Faison

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who's from the SPO, SPO
nation representing.

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- Thank

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- Thank you Sergeant Major for being here.

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So Sergeant Major, one
you been in the Army

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for a little while huh?

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- Yes sir.

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- How long?

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- 28 years.

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- 28 years, did you do the run or the walk

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- Did the walk

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- Did the walk, how'd do?

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- Did pretty good.

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- You did pretty good?

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- Did pretty good.

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- Why? So you're a sergeant
major why in the Army do we

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celebrate every holiday with a ran?

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- Behind me it's a great
motivation bringing

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everybody together,
bring all teams together

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all the formations together.

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It's great atmosphere.

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- Great atmosphere.

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So what is this day mean?

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Why is this day so significant for you?

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- This is human care day and a great

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super bright leader you know

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(mumbles)

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- Well any shout out you
want to give the family

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and friends back home?

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- I want say hi mom and my
wife in Cheshire Virginia.

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Wearing my top t-shirt my hash tube

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and donning kids hash tube

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and I like to add my mom
in Norfolk Tidewater area.

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- Awesome and Thank you so much for doing

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The Liberty Minute.

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- Thank you very much.

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- I got Special his homes
on the liberty minute

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Special homes thanks for joining.

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- Glad to be here.

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- You're you look tired?

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- I am yeah

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- You did this 5 k how'd you do?

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- I actually cut eight minutes off

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ran my fastest time ever.

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- I'll say so what was your time?

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- So I ran a 27:02

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- 27:02 the 5 K at 27:02

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- Exactly

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- And you've been working at it

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you've been here for a little while.

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He's with the 1170 5th MP company if you

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remember we followed them out to

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Afghanistan for a customs mission

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and steglich followed
them out to Jordan for

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a customs mission.

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So uh how long have you been here?

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- So we've been here
since June of nineteen

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and we're getting ready to go home.

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We're wrapping it up.

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- You are waiting to going home?

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- I'm going back to st. Louis Missouri

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shout out right there.

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- Oh st. Louis Missouri, any
shout out you want to give

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to family and friends back home?

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- I want to say hey mom and dad.

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I'm actually running
nowadays and I do want to say

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we are actually celebrating
Martin Luther King Day.

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I was out here I run 27
minutes and two seconds.

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Martin Luther King ran his whole life

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for what he fought for.

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- Thanks for joining another
episode of The Liberty Minute.

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I'm Army sergeant First
Class David Flamenco

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(crowd shouting)