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I'm a mechanic with the 180th . I

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pretty much just fix whatever gets

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broke when it comes in . If I can fix

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it , I fix it . If I can't , then we

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send it back out and wait until we get

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the parts . Normally we'll go , they'll

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go through maintenance control if we

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need a part and they'll get them for us

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on a normal day . It , we normally just

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fix main problems we're having

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is the ramp , the ramp motor , the ramp

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pump , they're all seem to be going out

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or being filled wrong or just going

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out in general . I enjoy my

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job to an extent . I mean it's

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something more that I've wanted to do

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and something that I've always done .

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So it comes natural along with enjoying

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it . Yes , I've , I've worked on

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vehicles back at home . Mine , I've

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helped my dad built trucks , I've

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helped my parents when they needed help ,

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grandparents when they needed help with

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the vehicle . I just help out when I

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can with the mechanics . To me doing

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what I'm doing with the Oklahoma

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National Guard . Being able to do what

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I like and mhm

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be around people that I know and people

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that I'm okay with , it really means a

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lot . I mean , yeah , you gotta take

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that in consideration when you're on a

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deployment . You do have a lot of

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stress factors , but if you are around

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a lot of people , you know , and your

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friends with , you know , it eases up a

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lot . There's a lot less stress .

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There's a little bit of stress with

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every job . But overall this deployment

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has been pretty good . Yes , this is my

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first deployment with any form of

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military . I've been in the military a

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year and nine months now . I went from

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not even knowing what a humvee was to

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pulling it apart , tearing the motor

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apart , figuring out what's wrong with

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it and putting it back together all in

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A day or two . The trucks being able to

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be turned around within , say two or

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three hours . It all depends on if we

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have the part , if we don't have the

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part , we have a couple other assets we

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can use to see if they have the part ,

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if they don't have the part , then we

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have two deadline now , as far as

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getting it out in a timely manner . If

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they bring a truck in , say today

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and they need it in four days to go out .

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If we don't have the parts within four

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days , we can most likely round up the

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parts somewhere . So it'll be ready for

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them to roll when they need to roll to

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me helping with this drawdown out of

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Iraq . It's basically , I can ,

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I do my job and as long as I do it

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right and get it done in a timely

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manner , then I know that there's gonna

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be more people coming home . If there's

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a problem here and something happens up

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the road and I wasn't able to fix it or

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I overlooked it then that falls back on

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me . It really means a lot for me to do

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my job the right way and get it done to

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where they can actually pull out when

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they need to and not have to wait on

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something , not have to be there longer

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than they should . I've always worked

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on vehicles . I love working on

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vehicles . My dedication to vehicles is

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like my dedication to food , it's gonna

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be there no matter what .