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Addressing the question why is

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lethality important ? First and

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foremost , we're an infantry division ,

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and infantry division we fight large

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scale combat operations . Our job is to

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fight and win our nation's battles and

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our all away games . So what we want to

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do is preserve our nation's most

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precious resources , which are our

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soldiers , and the best way to do that

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is to ensure our soldiers and leaders

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are winning at the point of contact and

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sometimes . An infantry rifle team

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that's a tank crew , but most

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importantly , those are lethal squads ,

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platoons , and crews , and what that

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means is you got young soldiers and

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young leaders who are the masters of

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the fundamentals . They own their

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weapon systems . They own their steno .

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They own their communications equipment ,

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and they're ready to deploy and fight

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and win and defeat our nation's

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adversaries .

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We had a historical and habitual

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relationship with AMU to improve our

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cadre's ability to teach and train our

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SF NCOs and officers .

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We utilize their experience and their

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abilities to train multiple students

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around the world and around the United

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States to improve our overall

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capabilities , which is pretty

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important in the SF community .

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And why this training is so important

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is because it breaks us out of this

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mental model that going to a static

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flat range is somehow measuring what

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our lethality is that that has the

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potential of giving us a false sense of

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confidence . We've got a breakout of

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this mentality that just doing

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under controlled conditions is going to

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be good enough in combat . Again ,

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that's our number one . That's our

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number one priority . That's our

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largest responsibility is preparing our

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soldiers for the worst conditions and

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then being able to fight and fight and

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win against uh disciplined enemy as

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well .