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the rest

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Kentucky Army National Guard soldiers

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and one Kentucky . Air guardsmen

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proficiently trained in explosives met

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with revolution shoulders to discuss

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and execute practical exercises as a

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part of the National Guard State

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Partnership program , or SPP . The

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program has become a critical component

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of defense strategy and a model for

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security cooperation in the 21st

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century . Mhm . It's very beneficial to

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share information with the jib oceans .

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They have a lot of combat experience in

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Somalia and Ethiopia and eritrean

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conflict has provided them practical

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de mining and I'd experience that is

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different from ours in the United

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States . I think there's a lot that we

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can benefit from sharing the

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information to improve the

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survivability of troops on the on the

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ground . The Kentucky National Guard

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officially established a relationship

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with the Russian military forces to the

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State Partnership Program in 2015 .

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However , this is not the first time

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the US has interacted with the demining

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company directly . In the early 2000's

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Marines assisted the country with the

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mining techniques used to rid the land

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of explosive mines . Following the

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resolve of the 1990s civil conflict .

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You gotta get up . Who's that ? I look

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forward to have more massacres

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when you and motor skills

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like this . We can share our experience

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and that we get your experience that

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the Dema can grow . Mhm . While

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conducting routine route clearance is a

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part of an ongoing peacekeeping mission

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in the region . For the company

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soldiers have lost their lives to

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improvised explosive devices or IEDs .

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In the last three years . Overall unit

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morale has become a focus for the

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company commander as their mission

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continues . That sense of encouragement

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comes with confidence developed during

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joint force exchanges such as this .

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Oh , thank you .

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I feel very positive with this

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particular engagement . We've had

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additional individuals request to be

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included between yesterday and today ,

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and these opportunities are

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quite positive and I think we've had

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great interaction with the individual

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soldiers on the ground down to the

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lowest private Kentucky . Service

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members returned home excited for

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future missions to come . As Kentucky

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continues to develop its relationship

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with Djibouti through the State

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Partnership program , we will see more

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and more opportunities like this one

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that increases our overall national

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security and potentially produces

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lifesaving knowledge . Our soldiers

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need to make it home safely from

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Djibouti . Sergeant Jesse Cobweb with

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the state . Mhm .

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Before you do . Uh huh .

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Thank you very much . You help

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us all time . Let's clean up and go and

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shave Okay .