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Well , today's Armed forces day . Uh ,

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for me , it means a lot armed forces

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day , uh , kind of is a culminating of

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all the armed forces that we have here

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in the state of Oregon . You know , we

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have the Air force , we have the Air

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Guard , we have the National Guard ,

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but we have the full time army . We

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have everyone coming here to support ,

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you know , our state , you know , the

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state of Oregon show them what we are

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capable , what we have to support them

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in the time of need , whatever that

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need . Maybe . So I take a lot of pride

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in it , you know , and showing people

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that were here for them , it means a

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lot , you know , I've been able to help

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out with the Vernonia floods . We've

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been , uh , multiple other floods .

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We've been able to help us with deep

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snow , that we had to believe it was a

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year ago . Um , it just , it hits home

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to know that you're able to go and help

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out people that you potentially live

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right next to and help them in the time

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of need , where as a normal civilian ,

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you might not have the manpower , you

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might not have the equipment to help

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your neighbors . Well , in the National

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Guard , essentially the whole Oregon

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guard is our neighbors and we're able

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to help them all out all the time . It

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means a lot . I always always think

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back to Vietnam , you know , and the

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lack of support that our community had

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for soldiers back then . It just to see

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how much they come out and say thank

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you and show their support . It means a

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ton , because everything we do is for

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the community is for our country . Um ,

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we are getting ready to deploy , so

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everything we're doing , we're ramping

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up . So I think this year I'm here as

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an Mp and I'm able to show people what

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we do , what we look like when we're

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down range . Okay . I appreciate the

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support of all oregonians . Um , lately ,

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you know , it just feels like

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everything's increased , you know ,

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with the support that we've been

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getting .