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Defender challenge is a huge tradition 

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piece for us . We did this for years 

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prior to the defender challenge . It 

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was peacekeeper challenge and we had 

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the different mad com rodeos . We 

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really got bragging rights for our 

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match coms as we went out and we showed 

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up our skills for the majority of the 

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career field being law enforcement 

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based , but they are switching over to 

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air base defense . So we have seen some 

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dynamic stuff as well . 

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So that's a mix of both worlds getting 

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to interact with other match com scene 

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where their training levels and stuff 

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like that's at . It's uh it's a unique 

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experience that not a lot of 

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individuals get to see manipulation of , 

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of both weapon systems is , is key in 

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what we do now . So integrating that 

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within the competition um is very , 

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very , very , very beneficial for us . 

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We could take back to our individual 

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bases . It's definitely an honor to be 

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selected by my unit to come and 

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represent . It's interesting to get out 

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here . See some other people that 

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definitely are competitors , very smart , 

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they work hard , very fit , it feels 

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good to be out here defeating at some 

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of the other people that they would 

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consider to be the top of the defenders . 

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We have not competed in a defender 

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challenge competition since 2018 . We 

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had to take a hiatus because of the 

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COVID-19 pandemic . The team showed us 

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a lot of grit and a lot of team work 

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this last week . You could tell that a 

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lot of these defenders have spent 

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countless hours competing and many of 

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them competed in their match coms just 

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to get an invite to this event to 

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compete together for top honors for the 

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overall defender , challenge winners . 

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The district of 

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I don't think sometimes we put 

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ourselves on a high enough pedestal . 

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We're pretty good and we need to talk 

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about it more often . We need to 

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encourage , all right , our 

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subordinates to go get after this sort 

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of thing and , and , and to take that 

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sense of pride with them and carry it 

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on to everything they do .