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Hi , my first question to you is just

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kind of how things are going for you

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over there , what's what's life like ?

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Uh it's not too bad . It's starting to

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warm up again um when we first got here ,

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it was really warm . It's like 130 .

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And right now it's averaging between 90

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90-100 . And it's warming back up to

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about 130 eventually . Oh yes , within

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the next probably month or two is going

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to be back up to about 130 . How's

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how's morale over there for not only

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you but your fellow troops , uh It's

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not too bad . Everybody's doing what

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they need to be doing their uh doing

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very good job . I'm proud of all the

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people that I'm serving with . Uh I

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think we're doing really well . How

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does this , I I read that you were also

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in Desert Storm . How does this uh trip

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overseas compared to that 10 year , 10

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plus years ago ? Uh It's totally

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different because when I was in Desert

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Storm , I was actually in the Navy , so

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I was aboard a ship in the Persian gulf .

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So there's no comparing to to uh

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completely different . Huh ? Yes , it

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is totally different . And then I guess

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obviously uh you're away when when do

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you expect to be uh coming back home

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Within the next 4-5 months ? And what

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what's it been like away from from your

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wife and daughters uh for this period

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of time . Well , the biggest thing is ,

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is my wife , especially Deborah ,

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because we've been together for 12

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years and I appreciate her putting up

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with me , but it's going to be our

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first wedding anniversary , May 21 of

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this year . And I think that's gonna be

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the hardest thing right there . And

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also my daughters , I mean they're

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young enough where I'm missing them

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actually growing up and that , that's

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gonna be a hard part two . All right ,

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well , I will , uh , I'll keep quiet

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now . You guys go ahead and use the

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time you have about a half hour to just

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chat and catch up . Okay ? Thank you

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very much . And I appreciate you

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allowing me the time to talk to my

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family and talk to everybody back in

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lacrosse and Wisconsin , thank you very

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much .