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Today , we will celebrate the 75th

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anniversary of the founding of the

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Seventh Army NCO , a star major

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Christopher Kyle Donaldson . So I'm

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currently the uh JMRC OPS Group CS M .

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So I , I was invited by the commandant

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of the NCO Academy to come up here and

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be the guest speaker for the 75th

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anniversary of the NCO Academy . Uh So

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the NCO Academy , the value is , you

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know , it provides that , that basic

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level knowledge for the NC OS and it

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starts them where they really start to

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come into their own and understand what

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it means to be an NCO . Um how we

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operate as an NCO , how we train coach

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and mentor our junior soldiers and just

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it sets out foundation as NC OS . It ,

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it just brings you back to what the NTO

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ACADEMY does , it teaches you the

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history and what we do , it makes you

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learn . And so when I found out I was

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coming to do this , just learning the

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history of it . It was something I

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never dreamed of to experience , to be

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able to come and be a guest speaker at

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uh the first NCO Academy in the army ,

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it's absolutely developed . Um , and

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it's changing every day . It's , you

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know , we're taking lessons learned ,

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um , from 20 years of , you know , coin

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environment to going into li operations

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and just the fundamentals of what the

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NC OS , we're not steering away from

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that . So that is what's staying the

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same . It was truly an honor to be able

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to be here , uh for this anniversary

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and , and to get to be a part of it .