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I'm good . That's good . Okay , so

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you're from midland and a graduate from

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the high school and you come from a

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long list of family members who have

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served in the military . So being

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overseas serving in Afghanistan

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emotionally , what does veterans they

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mean to you veterans

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Day . It's just a it's a sense of pride

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out here . I serve in our country ,

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doing what my grandfather did before me

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and doing what all my brothers and

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sisters in the military are also doing

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what's required of us . Okay . And can

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you tell us a little bit about the job

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that you're doing in Afghanistan ? I'm

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a pilot in a ch 53 delta and our

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primary job is to support the infantry

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and the Helmand province . So we do

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general support missions and basically

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troop transport , cargo transport

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throughout our area of operations .

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Okay . And finally , since we have you

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here um is there anything you'd like to

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say to your fans , friends and family

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back in midland ? I miss everybody back

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home . I appreciate all the support and

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all the letters and care packages that

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I'm getting . And I'm looking forward

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to coming home in a couple of months

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and uh just relaxing for a little bit .

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All right . What was so nice having you

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and thank you for joining us here on K

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and mighty big too . And we hope wish

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you a very safe return home to midland .

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I appreciate that man . Thanks for

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support to see in a couple of months .

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Alright , see you then