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We are located in Lapway , Idaho , and

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we're at the Nez Perce tribe , and we

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are conducting our IRT , which is

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innovative readiness Training , which

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allows us to come and provide essential

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medical care and services to the local

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community and allow our soldiers to

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work on combat readiness and make sure

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that we are deployment ready . We have

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treated over 700 patients . We've done

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over . procedures . These are all

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services that the tribe has asked us to

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come to help with wellness with their

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community , and they wanted to make

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sure that their community is getting

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the essential services to meet their

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care needs . What's important for the

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IRT is not just the providers coming in

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and doing procedures , but educating

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also . To have this come forward for

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everybody in this area is just

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something that is so phenomenal and .

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We are truly blessed that we have this

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relationship . I think our service

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members underestimated the impact that

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they're going to have . They really

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feel that they have been able to become

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family here . They feel that they're

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connected to the tribe at a very deeper

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level . Tribes are actually the largest

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ethnic minority in the military per

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capita , so seeing people in uniform in

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the community providing a service goes

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beyond the IRT . And instills trust and

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today as the kids see military doctors ,

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dentists , optometrists , they realize

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that's potentially something I can do .

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Conducting a mission like this is

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something that we can't do without

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having the right tribal leadership ,

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developing that partnership ,

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developing the relationships , as well

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as the community partners to help

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support us in this effort because it's

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not just the army coming in , it

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becomes a whole community effort to

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make it happen .