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Tech Sergeant Lane Mccrae is a member

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of the Air Forces Central Command band

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Blue Hawk right now . He's setting up

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for a performance in the capital city

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of bishkek Kurdistan perspiration rag .

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This guardsmen based out of Fort Worth

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texas . Starting block , it's not his

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first time at the

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radio ,

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this is Lane Mccrae after he left

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active duty as a transportation

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management office airman , The other

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half of the 90s chart topping dance

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below the Mushi . You

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and Sergeant Mccrae still likes to

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share his passion and energy .

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On this day .

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It's in front of nearly 1000 people in

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the capital of bishkek , less than an

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hour away from the transit center at

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Mona's after that long breaking service

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when I decided to come back into the

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guard to complete my military service

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and do my part on the ongoing war

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against terror . Um , it was like I

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hadn't skipped a beat . You know , I

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just kind of came back to him and

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uniform still fits so I was like a good

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deal in a nutshell . I mean , it's been

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great . I mean , I mean , this is kind

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of what I do on a daily basis and it's

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great to do with a bunch of guys that

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have the same kind of musical interest

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focus . It's been great seeing

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different kinds of people , soldiers ,

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local nationals , that kind of thing .

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People in the party they got

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what they got . I'm Sergeant Mccrae has

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been able to live the active duty life

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become a chart topping artist and still

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come back to his Air Force roots ,

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helping share the Air force and himself

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wherever he travels , Tech Sergeant

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Mike Taishi bishkek

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Kazakhstan .