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with the grandstands at Hilton field

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filled for family day . This is the

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first time in more than 10 weeks .

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Those in attendance have seen their

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loved ones , but for many it's not the

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first time they have laid eyes on their

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soldiers . Battalion commander , you'll

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notice some significant changes in your

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loved ones when you see them next week

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for units within the one 93rd Infantry

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Brigade the week before family day and

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graduation brigade and graduating

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battalion leadership host an hour long

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video check session . Their family

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members can ask questions about

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anything ranging from how to get on

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post , where to eat to what happens

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after graduation . Had to do mainly

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with it . The transition from

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basic training to A I . T . What we're

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allowed to do what we're not allowed to

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do and and also to do with graduation

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and family day . Every class we've

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gotta represent representation of

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pretty much every state here . So how

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do we reach out to those family members

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to let them know when their soldiers

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about to graduate ? Uh Number one , how

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special it is there soldier is no

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longer a soldier and training . More

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importantly a soldier for the United

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States Army and number two , how do we

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prepare them for their graduation ? We

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can see in their soldier for the first

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time for Jackson does an awful lot uh

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to sort of make that graduation week

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special in addition to the unit

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leadership Volunteers from

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organizations such as access F . M . W .

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R . And a fees are also on hand to

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answer any questions the new military

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families might have and we talk about

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transforming soldiers or civilians into

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soldiers were also transforming

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american families into soldiers

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families . Army families video chat is

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hosted through defense connect online .

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Family members are notified on the

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battalion's facebook page about the

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date and time of the chat . Then they

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have to download D . O . D .

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Certificates to their computers as well

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as special software in order to be able

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to log into the chat room . There's a

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lot of trouble shooting . Every

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computer is different . Um and we work

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all that through facebook and we

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communicate with family members on

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there and they post questions and then

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we even have family members helping out

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other family members . Which is great .

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Once logged in family members simply

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type in their questions and either

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answered camera by the battalion

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leadership or directed to the

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appropriate volunteer to answer via

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text chat . It was very informative and

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it was good to see everything that they

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were doing uh knowing what they were

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doing on a day to day basis . The

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volunteers would provide adequate

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information , answered a lot of

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questions . So it was really it was

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really great . Well , I thought it was

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very informative . Um , definitely

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shows how technology has changed and

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being able to stay connected for

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those who missed the chat session ,

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Entire transcript . Other session is

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posted on that italian facebook page

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mike clash for Jackson public affairs

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office