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The partnership between Afghan and US

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forces continues to strengthen , but

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the battlefield isn't the only place .

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The to work side by side Airman with

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the seven 38th Air expeditionary

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advisory group teamed up with soldiers

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from the five 63rd Aviation Support

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battalion on Kandahar to volunteer

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their time to teach afghans proper

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vehicle maintenance . The overall

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mission here with them is to help them

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become uh self sufficient and

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troubleshooting and maintaining their

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vehicles on their own . Today was

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having them just take it off of the

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tire and disassemble a geared hug and

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inspect the components inside of it and

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then reassemble it and fill it with

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fluids so they can go out on their

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missions . The quick learners . So

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statement is the key for any operation ,

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either humanitarian or combat . So we

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get the pleasure and the honour to

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teach these guys the sustainment piece ,

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basically maintenance , uh ground

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equipment . We teach them how to .

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Basic operations are basically

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technical equipment , basically just

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fundamentals of sharp operations and

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technical troubleshooting a magnet .

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What it does is it pulls all the metal

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particles . It's a pleasure to work

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with them while they're here training

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us . It's a great opportunity for us

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because we need to learn and we hope

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that we can continue this training is

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good for me and it's good for all of

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the afghan people . We created a bond

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and relationship with this guy . So

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it's a friendship help us uh solidify

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what we're here for , which is make

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them uh independent . And they get that

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soldiers and airmen hopes to continue

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the friendship by passing off the

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program to their replacements in

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january Marine corporal kevin Maynard .

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Can Our Airfield Afghanistan ? Yeah .