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um , can you tell me your name , Rank

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and your position please ? Yeah .

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Captain . Uh , Oh , deal and uh ,

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evaluated while it's up there this

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quarter .

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Thanks . Okay . Can you tell me what

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the mission is that was today or is

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today ? Ah , was basically a routine

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resupply for to drop zones . Uh ,

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Downrange . Okay . Can

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you tell me , can you tell what we

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dropped the form ? Uh , basically , uh ,

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food gas and water , especially for the

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army guys down there to keep them

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sustained throughout the winter months .

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How long you been in the military ?

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Eight years ? And how many deployments

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is this for you ? This is # six for me .

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Where is your hometown ? Hometown's ?

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Des Moines ? Iowa . Des Moines er , is

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a small borough outside of Des Moines .

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No , it's , it is Dez Moines as Iowa .

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All right then . Um , can you tell me

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basically what your job is here on the

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aircraft today ? Uh , well , it's

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kind of weird crew makeup . I'm

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actually one of two aircraft commanders

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on board . So I'm relatively new at an

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airdrop . So this is more of a kind of

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an over the shoulder mission for me to

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kind of get , get a feel for how things

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are done . Downrange in combat air

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dropped as opposed to uh , stateside

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training missions . All right . Can

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you tell me who we got in the back what

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crew members ? Yeah . And the bank

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you've got ? Well downstairs . You got

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your load Masters , senior Pastor mike ,

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Cumberland . Uh , Sr and john famous my

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copilot here is ah Lieutenant Katrina

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morgan and C . L . A . Come

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back there Is Captain Ryan Halligan and

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he's the actual aircraft commander ?

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Okay . And you have a J . On board as

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welfare . Ah We do yes . I don't know

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his ranks , last name is Owen . Okay .

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What is the purpose of the load master ?

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Uh Low masters basically they're

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they're the business end of the jet um

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for us up here and in front of the

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aircraft . Uh You know , we basically

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just just drive the bus from point A to

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point B uh blood masters downstairs or

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are charged with uploading the aircraft ,

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making sure the cargo is properly

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secured . They calculate the weight and

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balance for the jet to make sure that

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it's actually safe to fly . Um

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And if you're doing an airdrop ,

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they're charged with you know ,

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overseeing the rigging and making sure

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that all the cargo is set up downstairs

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and then calculating whatever sort of

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ah information may be needed for us up

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here in the front to load into our

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computers . So they've actually got a

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pretty important job downstairs . Okay .

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And what do you miss most about home ?

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Oh let's see here . Well , first of all ,

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my wife , she'd kill me if I didn't say

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that first . Uh So my wife uh

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definitely miss just being at home uh

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food , being able to kind of go out and

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do what everyone having the freedom to

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drive wherever I want whenever I want .

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Um So I'd say between those two things ?

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That's what I miss most .

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Um is there anything else you think you

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could add about today's mission or

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about what it is that you do up here ?

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Um All I can say is that it's uh it's

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extremely rewarding . Um you know ,

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especially the airdrop portion , being

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able to go out and directly support uh

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the army and the guys on the ground

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that are stuck in these tiny little

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fobs , you know , In two ft of snow or

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freezing cold , uh marching around

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through the mountains and valleys ,

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looking for bad guys , you know ,

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carrying rucksacks and guns and march

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around all day . So being able to

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directly support those guys and and

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then get them the supplies they need is

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extremely rewarding . So