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I would say what's unique about this

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base is the infrastructure . It is

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somewhat old but at the same time it's

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very robust which allows us to bed down

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personnel at a reasonably quick pace .

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Well to prepare for the influx . We

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had to do a room validation to make

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sure we had clean rooms , air

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conditioning units a painful process ,

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but it was a necessary process . And we

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went through room by room to check how

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many mattresses , how many beds , how

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many wall lockers , bureaus , lamps if

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the air condition was working , do all

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that validation to make sure when our

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guys at the ground , but they were able

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to get into a room that was clean

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and safe and they're gonna start

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focusing on their jobs . We work

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our services guys . Obviously as you

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continue to increase your footprint of

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personnel on the base , you're gonna

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need to feed those individuals and our

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services folks have just bent over

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backwards a normal day here or a

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regular day here . It is a hectic

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schedule . Normally wake up before I am

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come out here and I'll start to set up

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for the troops so they can get there

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first meal of the day . Then I wait for

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trucks to come in to bring in other

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subsistence memories of water . And as

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I'm doing that , I'm also doing all of

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the admin associated with setting up a

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dining facility . Next on my agenda is

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to serve the first hot rashes , I don't

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like to do things twice . I'm like

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doing three times if I come in . I'm

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gonna give it my all , I'm doing

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another , we've had various

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individuals in our fss section that

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have from Persico ah get

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the computer systems in place . Make

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sure that we've got processes

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identified . So when those forces do

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begin to arrive we have a smooth

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transition from getting off the bus to

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filing into the buildings , taking care

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of their personnel there . Every

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chair is going back to you guys . Uh

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CRE brings a unique capability in that

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it provides first and foremost security

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for our personnel . Uh Initially our

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footprint being very very small , we

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want to ensure that we have uh proper

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force protection around our partners ,

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one of the often neglected areas I

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think as your bedding down forces are

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food portion and the water coming into

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this location . It has not been used in

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a very long time . So the existing

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water tanks needed to be purged if

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you will of some of the impurities in

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the system . And R . C . Community has

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just done yeoman's work and trying to

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ensure that we've got clean water

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that can be used by our personnel .

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I was here 11 years ago when it was up

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and operational the challenge to see uh

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this part of the operation stand back

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up sort of like bringing everything

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full circle . I was part of desert

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shield , desert storm back in 1990 91 .

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And to be a part of do dawn is

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definitely something that's allowing

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those two ends to meet and a little

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closure

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regardless of your Fc . When you're in

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the process of opening a base ,

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standing up a base , your FSC is , is ,

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it's a core competency , but you still

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have to be willing to pitch in and help

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out your fellow airman . Together , we

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all need to pitch in and be ready to

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receive follow on forces at this

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location .