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Hawaii's National Guard has been

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mobilized to support the Asia pacific

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Economic Cooperation summit . APEC has

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been designated as a national special

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security event allowing for the largest

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mobilization of National Guard troops

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on state active duty in the history of

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the designation APEC is an annual week

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long summit of 21 different member

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nations where topics range from trade

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relations and disaster preparedness to

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green technologies . During the summit ,

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20,000 foreign delegates in 2000

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foreign media descended on Waikiki

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heads of state from each of the 21

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nations attended this year's summit ,

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including President Obama and Secretary

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of State Hillary Clinton . I think it's ,

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it's just wonderful this week is going

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to be a one set of activities after

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another that showcase Hawaii and the

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best possible like and give everybody a

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sense of confidence for the future that

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I think is well earned and well

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deserved . The White National Guard

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provided military manpower and support

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for APEC . A large part of the

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responsibility centered on supporting

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the civil authorities located in Hawaii .

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National Guard headquarters at Diamond

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Hit Joint Task Force Koopa spearheaded

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the command and control efforts . This

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was accomplished with a blended staff

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of National Guard and active duty

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personnel in terms of integrating title

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10 entitled 32 forces to work in

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direct support of a federal agent . In

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this particular case , it's an NSS E .

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But it could be a hurricane . So

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crisis and consequence management . But

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the magic of a blended staff is that

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you have the best of both worlds in

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terms of resources , capabilities and

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expertise Title 10 and Title 32 forces

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respectively . Bring to bear a unique

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set of characteristics and capabilities .

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The lessons learned from the Apec

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experience can be valuable when future

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operations require a joint effort . We

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are ready . Should they need us ? That

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is the attitude and conviction the

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soldiers and airmen of the Hawaiian

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National Guard have as they stand by in

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support of a pet Diamond Head crater

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was just one of many sites in Honolulu

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where airmen and soldiers stood by at

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the Ready Army and Air Guard . I know

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we have a mission for the State of

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Hawaii and that is to provide a safe

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environment for the Apec contingent

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that's going to be here . I'm staying

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here at the entrance to Diamond Head

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State Park . Normally open to the

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general public for such activities like

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hiking , picnicking and sightseeing ,

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but today it's closed to the general

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public as the Hawaii Army and Air

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National Guard use it as a staging

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point . This department is cmU ready

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one uh and they're standing by and then

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if they need help with the next to be

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called task force led comprised of

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airmen from the personnel operations ,

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communications and engineering

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departments for the Hawaii's Air

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National Guard provided key support as

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liaison officers and drivers for 21

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different member nations of Apec .

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About two months ago we got asked by

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the State Department to support the

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vehicle transportation uh operation , I

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guess the movement of delegates and

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foreign ministers and special

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dignitaries that are attending Apec so

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um Hawaii National Guard volunteers

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that are assigned to both the liaison

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and driver rolls here at the

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Transportation Command center which are

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in right now . It's like You got to

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think on your feet like you don't have

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time to be calling your supervisor if

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there's a change and you have to do

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something within the next you know , 10

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minutes . So you just kind of every

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every delays on officers . Everyone is

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pretty much what they call them is like

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right now you're the ceo of your own

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company while task force led was

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ensuring smooth transportation of the

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Foreign ministers using their local

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knowledge of traffic patterns and ports

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of interest . The task force civil

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disturbance manned by soldiers from

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Wise Army National Guard backed up the

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Honolulu Police Department and traffic

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control operations as streets

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surrounding the various venues were

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closed off and traffic was rerouted .

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These soldiers along with security

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forces from from Hawaii's Air National

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Guard were also prepared to respond to

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any situations that require crowd

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control . TMP a supplied manning to the

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filing centers for the White House and

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International Press Corps . As most of

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Hawaii slept , soldiers of the Hawaii

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Army National Guard were up and about

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tending to the last minute details

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before moving out The mission close

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Honolulu's main freeway , the H one and

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other surface roads with many high

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level world leaders in town for the

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Apec summits spot road closures were

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required to help ensure safety and

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security as the dignitaries and

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diplomats travel through Honolulu

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basically we're at a checkpoint and

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we're gonna waiting for HPD officer to

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come on scene and then do it . We're

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told basically you know , securing the

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location securing routes for you know

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certain dignitaries . The soldiers

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worked in concert with civilian law

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enforcement to block roads and redirect

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traffic as needed . The Chinese and

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US President Barack Obama were among

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the diplomats in attendance of the epic

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events which is scheduled from November

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7 to the 14th . Every contingency was

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considered and prepared for requiring

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task force see Bernie to stage and

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train for the worst case scenario . As

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for see burning right now is task

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organized with three civil support

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teams . The Hawaii Civil Support Team ,

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the Alaska Civil support team and the

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Colorado Support Civil support team .

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To include Seabourn can buy already the

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exclusives enhanced response force

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package . So this force package

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consists of medical treatment

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capability , urban search and rescue

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capability and also a mass personnel

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decontamination capability . And that's

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for both ambulatory and non ambulatory

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victims for a large scale incident that

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involves our weapons of mass

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destruction . This is one of our key

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mission sets for both the army and

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international votes . What we've seen

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over the past 18 months since we

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started the apec planning efforts . The

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army and air National Guard leaders and

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also the soldiers and airmen have done

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an excellent job working together and

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working out all those standard

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operating procedures . The integrated

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response procedures between the two

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agencies are really excellent world

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coordinated .