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Today we received a send off ceremony

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from the city of Tifton . We also cased

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our colors in preparation for

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deployment to uconn . The most exciting

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thing for me about going is I've been a

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gr for about nine years now and it's

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given me a , it given me a different

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opportunity to get it some different

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type of leadership um experience while

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also being a gr um So that's , that's

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what I'm looking forward to . Um what

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I'm gonna miss most about this

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appointment is my family , my kids , my

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wife , um not being able to see them

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every day today , motivate soldiers

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because when you see those family

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members here and you see that community

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standing beside you to have the

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motorcycle club here , you have the

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city of Tipton here , you have family

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members here . You have individuals

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that said I'm not even in the military ,

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but I just want to be here to let you

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know that I care for you . I care for

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this organization , which is the one to

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come back . Sustainment support .

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Battalion words cannot describe what I

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saw today to have these individuals

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stand beside me with the American flag

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and say I'm here when you leave and

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I'll be here when you come back . It

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tells me I can do this and I can go on .