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it's a sergeant john position , john J .

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O H N . Miss Titian , Miss T . S . H .

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I . N . Five 42nd kora master third

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platoon Harrisburg , my position there

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is actually acting squad leader as well

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as assistant supply sergeant for the

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unit basically with these facilities .

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The way it's set up , we come out , we

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get uh easy up and easy down tents so

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that we can set it up and in case we

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have to roll out or move to a different

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location , we could pick up , move very

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easily , very little time frame to do

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that with the way it's set up . We

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actually have a great water bag which

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contains all the discharged water that

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comes off of everyone's bodies or off

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the laundry clothes that is With inside .

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We have the shower stalls right now ,

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we're only operating with 12 shower

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stalls . Normally could go all the way

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up to 24 shower stalls . The reason why

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we picked 12 for this one though , the

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pumps we have are not accurate enough

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to put out enough pressure to pump

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through , but in the field , I've

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already worked with 24 and we also had

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to shower tents going at one time . So

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we had up to 48 soldiers all showering

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at one time , which was a large scale

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battalion sized level mission

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objectives that we had at that time .

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Way it goes as we have a heater . The

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water here is actually a diesel fuel ,

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but everything's hooked up to the

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generator as well . Our pump is also

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hooked up the generator with the heater

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when it kicks on , we have a

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temperature regulator after it hits a

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certain temperature , the heater stops ,

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it's basically a giant furnace the way

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that works , we monitor that , make

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sure the fuel is good for that . And

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then also we monitor to make sure that

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all the instruments are working

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properly , doing a hourly pmcs ,

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ensuring that no equipment failure or

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probability of equipment failure could

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happen with the way we work this one

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out . We actually have a generator set

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up with our laundry unit And we

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connected everything off that one

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generator running everything off 60 Hz

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with the laundry set up . It's the same

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basic step . We have our supply tent

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with where we have the area where we

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actually do all of our clothing folding ,

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organizing and getting everything ready

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to get come in , get washed and go back

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out to the troops as they come through

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Over here with our actual equipment ,

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we have our water washer , then we also

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have the spin drive and then we also

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have the heater itself . The heater is

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the same as the furnace , whereas

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diesel fueled and that's how we ignite

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and get that heat to go through their

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keeping it warm . It's actually a ,

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with the washer itself , it's a tumble ,

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it does , rotation cycles will go to

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the right then left as it goes through

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its uh , we actually have to manually

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hit the switches and a time release .

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So that way it will not only fill up

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with water taking the soap , but we'll

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also drain rinse and we do all that

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manually with location over there . One

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of the biggest things that I see that

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is great about this mos , it's mainly

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about the troops and their morale .

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I've spoken with a lot of soldiers

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within Infantry , National Guard ,

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Active Duty Reserve . A lot of people

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don't even know that this equipment in

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this mos even exists until they come

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out in the field and they actually see

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it . And then the first thing they say

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is where were you guys so many years

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ago thing that I see the most people

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come down , they actually get to have

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the opportunity to get cleaned a good

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clean . Instead of utilizing the wet

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wipes or even just doing the ball water

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shower , which I've seen it happen

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overseas right before we got there with

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this , they come in line up and I can

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definitely say that I see the

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difference in the morale , I've

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actually had numerous people just

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stopped by as they're going over the

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breakfast today , thanking us for what

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we're doing out here and supporting the

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troops the best we can . And we're

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constantly trying to make everything

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better more convenient for the soldiers

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that coming in and out here because

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this is morale , if somebody's Morales

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down , that's gonna bring everybody

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down