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Rain , mud , and tanks . Oh my .

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Limestone hills rumbled with activity

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this last weekend as Montana guardsmen

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prepared British soldiers for their

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transition to the new Challenger 3 tank .

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We make sure that everything is in

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tolerance . We start checking the

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mechanical ends of the vehicles , start

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to make sure they can do everything

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they can . When we come up here , we

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start training our crews on things like

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berm drills , bore sighting procedures ,

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sighting in the gun , so that way when

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they come up here they learn what all

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the systems are that they're using and

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they learn how to use them properly so

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that they can be a more lethal team

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crew and they can be . they're out here

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doing things like that . So we have

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mostly split the crews as 3 Brits to 1

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American . Um , so for example , my

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crew is a British commander , gunner ,

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driver , and then our load is American .

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I think that's really good to have that

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change of the junior members with

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senior Americans or vice versa , but

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also for the relationships between the

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two armies . It's an impressive machine

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just to be able to . Go and use and

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when you actually get to drive it as

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quick as you can , move it up hills

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down there , swing the gun around in

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different directions and engage

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different targets in a time scenario to

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really induce the adrenaline of what's

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happening . There's nothing like it .

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Personally , just being here on the

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ground . I've really enjoyed it , um ,

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going from , well , 0 to hero to live

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firing and qualifying on it and , um ,

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in about a week has been . Well , it's

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been a lot , but I think it's been

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great . Reporting from Townsend ,

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Montana . I'm Army Sergeant Chris

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Hoffer .