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of Afghanistan . We are the gateway

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into Afghanistan and uh it's really

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cold here right now we're down to

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single digits which always makes life a

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little more fun . Uh and it is

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hard to be away from family but at the

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same time our military members are are

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extended families so they make it

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better .

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You are a mac 35 girl I guess . Tell us

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a little bit about what's your favorite

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tradition ? What what are you missing

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right now in New Orleans ? Besides I'm

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sure . What is your family ? Oh wow ! I

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am definitely missing my family but I

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am missing the food . I am missing

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gathering together to watch the Saints

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games . Those Saints and the L . S . U .

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Games and I wish I had some

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gumbo and some seafood right about now

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those are the biggest things .

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How long you're a space and missile

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officer . How long will you be

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stationed in Kazakhstan ? And what is

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your kind of us base of operations ,

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How long will you be there ? I'll be in

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Kyrgyzstan for about seven months total

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and I've done two months so far . Uh so

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uh still got a long way to go but it's

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okay . I am stationed currently in

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Kirtland Air Force base in Albuquerque

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New Mexico and um I've been there for

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about two years and there I am a space

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operator here . I do things a little

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differently . I help with the host

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nation relationship that we have to

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ensure that we're good guests in this

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country .

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Is that a part of american corners and

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centres Kazakhstan . We do host

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american corners here in Kyrgyzstan and

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that's a U . S . Embassy initiative

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where we go down and we talked to

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students from 11 universities in the

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local city of bishkek and we just

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exchange dialogue about our american

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culture and about their curvy culture

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and we just have a good time .

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Captain lisa Stern . We thank you one

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for your time this morning and we thank

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you more importantly for your service

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to this country . Merry christmas and

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merry christmas to your family . Thank

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you very much . Merry christmas to

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everyone . Go Saints . Yeah that's

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right go Saints . All right thanks very

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much . 7 18 . Now here's derek cover

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with what Captain thank you so much for

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joining us this morning . You have a

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happy holidays . Thank you you too . I

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appreciate it . Good day .