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Well this year we're going on our 27th

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year , the partnership between the

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Georgia National Guard , the state of

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Georgia in the country of Georgia . And

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so here today we graduated a number of

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Georgian first responders from the

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swift water rescue training uh that was

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sponsored by the Georgia National Guard ,

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but actually put together . by the

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leaders from the marietta Fire

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Department in their firefighters . Came

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here trained a number of Georgian first

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responders . And this training is very

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relevant of the people of Georgia can

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see not only the investment of the

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United States uh and our firefighters

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and the military , uh , but they see

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their government responding to their

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needs . And this training was very

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relevant , as evidenced by the fact

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that the day after the training was

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complete , one of the marietta

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firefighters and one of the students

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that went through this training save

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the local civilians life in the river

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behind us . And so that says everything

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that we could possibly say about the

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relevance and importance of this

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training and our partnership . It saves

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lives . It makes Georgia a safer place

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and makes the world a safer place Okay .

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Sure .