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Um I'm specialist Andre James and I'm

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with the first C division . Uh 5 53rd H

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AC , I'm a 25 uniform , which is a

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signal operations specialist . And I'm

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from Tampa Florida . My favorite part

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of the spur ride had to be just like

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the , the team work , the team building .

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Like my team , we were good . We were

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helping each other out , splitting up

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the work effort to get it done . Um is

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very important because just little

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things like this , you know , we get

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put into these teams like how we were

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in this competition with uh you know ,

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different people that's in the CAV unit ,

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but they might be in a different

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battalion or a different company and

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you get to meet different people and

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build with them and try to compete to

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get back at a better time than whoever .

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You know , this is good . You just get

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to push yourself for one goal .

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Everybody has the same goal in the end ,

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just make it back and get your spurs .

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The least enjoyable part for me because

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I'm not big on ring was the amount of

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ring . Ok ? Like they , they

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see , they see the soldier in you ,

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they understand that you can be a

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leader so they do things to help you

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become more of a leader . And , uh ,

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just being in first cab , you know ,

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with just the history of first cav is ,

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is really important and it's a lot that

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goes behind it . Uh , it feels good

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because , um , I , I really didn't

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expect to do it out here . So , you

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know , just being here and being able

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to get it done in a different country ,

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it feels better . It feels good . I'm

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gonna be able to wear them on Fridays

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or any ceremonies or promotions and ,

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uh , when we're back in the States and

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I'll be able to get my Stetson and put

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it all together and feel real fantastic .