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- Hello, I'm Sergeant First Class Powell,

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with 76th Operational Response Command.

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Today, I'm here at Fort Hood,

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with soldiers from the
340th Chemical Company.

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They're undergoing some
mobilization training.

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Let's go check out what it's all about.

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Soldiers learned the
fundamentals of marksmanship,

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with the M4 Service Rifle,

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and practiced moving from
various firing positionsー

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the prone, kneeling, and standingー

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all while conducting magazine changes.

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Some of the soldiers also shot the M249,

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or Squad Automatic Weapon.

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- Making sure you don't put
the barrel on the barrier.

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After that,

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reload.

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Go up to the standing-supported.

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- [Powell] After the instruction,

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it was time to put some rounds downrange.

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(guns pop)

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- This right here is trigger squeeze.

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So, that's what that is.

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You just jerked a couple of rounds,

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'cause you're a
right-handed shooter, right?

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So, yeah, you jerked
too hard on the trigger.

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That's why I pulled those two,

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'cause, they run off of
this group right here.

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I would come up one.

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- [Man On Radio] Mid-range.

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- [Powell] Once the soldiers
had their weapons sighted in,

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they headed to a range,

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where they engaged life-size targets,

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at distances from 50 to 300 yards.

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(guns pop)

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- [Man On Radio] Go to prone-supported,

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ground-supported.

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(guns pop)

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- 'Kay.

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Good job.

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- [Powell] The soldiers also
received a special visit

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from Major General Miles Davis,

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the Commanding General

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of the 76th Operational Response Command,

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who took some time to share
his thoughts with them.

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- All right?

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That's what this is about.

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It's about readiness.

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It's about making sure
a nation is prepared.

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It's about training.

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It's about every piece
that goes into making sure

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that we are prepared as a nation

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for whatever might happen.

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Hooah?

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- [Soldiers] Hooah.

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- All right.

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I can't tell you how proud I am of you,

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but I am so proud,

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and this unit is so proud of you.

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The Division is so proud of you.

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So, you got some great training today.

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I think it's gonna be M4s,

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M9,

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249.

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These are all about lethality.

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All right?

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Pay attention to what you're doing.

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Become experts at everything you do,

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'cause our nation needs you to.

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All right?

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You have to be the expert.

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Take the time.

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Everything you do?

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Suck every piece of knowledge,

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every piece of training you can get out,

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so you're at the best level
of preparedness you can be.

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Hooah?

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- [Soldiers] Hooah.

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- Don't let a minute
of training be wasted.

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- [Powell] Reporting

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for the 76th Operational Response Command,

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I'm Sergeant First Class Brent Powell.

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(guns pop)

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