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My name is Specialist Brooks . I'm with

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2/7 Military Intelligence Brigade .

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Today we had a children's ceremony .

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They did a little bit of choreography

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for us . They sang us songs and then we

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walked down to Omaha Beach where I was

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promoted to specialists . I mean , it

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does mean a lot to me to be able to get

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promoted on Omaha Beach . The soldiers

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who got to fight here and risk their

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lives for the freedoms that France has

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today means a lot and it means a lot

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for me to be able to get promoted here .