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Third dispatch: Reflecting on 14th anniversary of 9/11 attacks
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Soldiers with Alpha Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, monitor the woods from their position at 3-7 Infantrys encampment at the Joint Readiness Training Center on Fort Polk, La., on Thursday. - photo by Cailtin Kenney
FORT POLK, La. — I looked down at my watch just as Sept. 10 turned to Sept. 11, and I couldn’t help but reflect on where I was 14 years ago and where I found myself at this moment. I was 12 when 9/11 happened. Now, at 26, I was in the back of an armored Humvee embedded with soldiers training to fight new conflicts against hybrid threats.
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