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From Collegiate Presswire's RadioWire (https://www.cpwire.com/radio): Radio The U.S. Army�s mission in Iraq has changed significantly since the �March-to-Baghdad� evolving from invasion mode to serving as a stabilizing force during the transition from dictatorship to democracy. As troops make major offensives against terrorist threats, lessons from Iraq are rapidly transforming the Army�s stateside training. Sargeant-Major Jack Armstrong helps lead these exercises at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California:
�These units that are doing this right now, their leaving and this is what they�re going to be doing, so we have to have cities out here so they can get the practice they need to go over there and bring our boys back � alive.�
First Lieutenant William Power says with these exercises the Army�s goal is to teach soldiers that situational-awareness and flexibility are the keys to safety and to mission success in Iraq:
�At one second you�re shooting to protect yourself, the next second you�re handing a candy bar to a little kid, so as soldiers we can be very flexible.� For more information about the U.S.Army visit goarmy-dot-com.
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