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1.	Wide shot (WS), lineup of soldiers in training. A Commander walks back and forth, instructing the drills. A single soldier falls to the ground in exhaustion.  He appears physically and mentally drained. The Commander supports him back to his feet. The soldier rejoins his unit. Fade out.	Ambient noise.                                                                                   Voice-Over (VO) / Captain Y: Motivation is the spirit of the unit. Soldiers are the heartbeat; they’re the pulse and they’re the tempo of that unit. And if that tends to skip a beat or tend to catch asthma, it’s going to show. If one soldier is hurting, his friends are going to know about it.  His friends are going to suffer from it.  It’s going to bring down morale. We actually, as Commanders, live for our soldiers as we do our own families. Keeping that team healthy is most important. So we have to ensure that they have the basic necessities to keep them healthy, and that’s where it starts, with motivation.
2.	Wide shot (WS) of Captain Y and Captain Z dressed in uniform. They are seated in angled chairs positioned within the aisle of an army barracks.  Captain Y sits to the left of Captain Z. Text overlay in the lower third reads Captain Y’s and Captain Z’s respective names and titles.
3.	Mid shot (MS) of Captain Y. Text overlay in the bottom third reads Captain Y’s name and title.	Captain Y: Most cases, most soldiers like to keep their own problems personal.
4.	MS of Captain Z. Text overlay in the bottom third reads Captain Z’s name and title.	Captain Z: I think that’s part of the Army mentality; that you don’t want to ask for help. And I think, as Commanders, I think it’s important that we recognize those soldiers that need help and try to break that barrier and let them know it’s okay to come forward and —
5.	MS of Captain Y.	Captain Y: And you exhaust all possibilities to get him all the help that’s possible.
6.	MS of Captain Z.	Captain Z: And you don’t always have to talk to them from a Commander to a subordinate standpoint.  You just talk to them man-to-man, and you learn a lot from soldiers when you do that.
7.	MS right profile of Captain Y. Pull focus on Captain Y. Cut to footage of Captain Y in tuxedo at the altar of his wedding. Cut to footage of Captain Y in casual attire playing with his kids. Cut to MS of Captain Y.	Captain Y: Soldiers need to see that you’re human also; that you’re always up to exceed the standard, hold them accountable, and at the same time, ask their advice. One tool that–that I’ve used personally is I’ll share with a soldier that everything wasn’t always as it may appear.  I may be a Commander, but I’m a man, I’m a husband, I’m a father, and I’ve – – I’ve had – – made my fair share of mistakes and had shortcomings.  At the same time, somebody was always there to help me. I wouldn’t know what I’d be able to do without the love and support of – – of my family, especially my kids. A soldier is no good without his family.
8.	WS of Captain Y and Z. Close-Up (CU) of Captain Z.	Captain Z: And we will drop training at the drop of a hat to – – to help soldiers out and – – and their families. That is just absolutely crucial.
9.	WS of Captain Y and Z.	Captain Y: Oh definitely. Definitely.
10.	MS of Captain Z.	Captain Z: I’ve never seen a unit come together more than when a soldier or a soldier’s family needs help.
11.	MS of Captain Y. Cut to photograph of Specialist Jones at the recitation of his name. CU of Specialist Jones pans to CU of child. MS of Captain Y.	Captain Y: When a soldier’s child has – – has cancer, as in the case of Specialist Jones, anybody that has kids — even if you don’t have kids — it sends something through you.  He’s up for the fight every day. I don’t see how — how you couldn’t do it, how you couldn’t exhaust every possibility to give that child and give that family a chance.  Just a chance; that’s all they want is a chance.
12.	Jump cut of Captain Y.	Captain Y: At the onset of finding out all that we had to find out and everything, all the resources and services — when it came down to the bills, when it came down to the transportation, when it came down to just visiting with the family we were there for them.
13.	MS of Captain Z.	Captain Z: It’s a great motivator to know that you’re helping one of your soldiers.
14.	Jump cut of Captain Z.	Captain Z: And that’s one of the great things about being in the Army. It doesn’t matter what other organization you’re in; if you’re working at Walmart, if you’re at Microsoft or Pepsi, no — they’re not going to support you like the Army does.
15.	MS of Captain Y.	Captain Y: Right.
16.	CU of Captain Y. Dissolve	Captain Y: There’s no science to it, it’s just a culture that once you put this uniform on, that you’re part of a family.
17.	WS of an Army unit with soldiers and their families posing for a photograph.  Captain Y and Z are in the center. Fade to black.	Ambient noise.
18.	Title card reads: “Content produced for sole distribution by the U.S. Army.”