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So today , we're having a activation

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ceremony for the 2 38th Quartermaster

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Company , which I'm the commander for

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it is a brand new unit uh new to the

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Army Reserve . And it's solely focused

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on field feeding and um providing that

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sort of level of support for troops in

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the field or in a deployable

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environment . A reserve unit uh

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activating here in Illinois has great

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significance because number one , we

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don't have a tremendous amount of uh

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reserve for active duty in uh in

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Illinois , in the Chicago land area .

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So it's great to have more uh units out

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here . And obviously , the importance

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of this unit for the overall army is

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tremendous . So um we're very excited

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to have a new unit activated here in

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for what we're doing . That's unique

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here today is we're actually cooking on

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our equipment that we would normally

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bring with us to the field and

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providing a lunch after the service for

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those that are in attendance . And

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we're also having support from the

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Chicago recruiting battalion to make

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that effort happen and they're going to

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provide recruiting potential and

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opportunities here as well . This is

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huge , right . So I think it's huge for

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one because we have soldiers that's

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already in the fight and we generally

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can use reserve soldiers coming out

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with our recruiters and talking reserve

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jobs , right ? Skill sets that

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applicants are looking for that . They

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can take that back to the civilian

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market and utilize that changing

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lives . Right . Being in the army , I

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it gives me the opportunity to learn

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every day , um , and to change lives

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every day from a commander standpoint ,

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but also the camaraderie , you , you

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won't find a better organization uh as

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far as camaraderie . Uh So if you are a

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people's person , right ? And you're

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willing to learn , uh and you wanna

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take the challenge , this is one of the

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best organizations to be in .