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there's a couple things I'm

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grateful for a chance to speak with

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deployed airmen . The Chief Master

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Sergeant of the Air Force had a chance

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to discuss his thoughts and impressions

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about today's enlisted airman in the

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fight . I've been coming back forth

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through different installations here in

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uh in Afghanistan . And every time I

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come here I'm just simply amaze of ,

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you know , the airmen that are here and

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the motivation that they have , I don't

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know how we could get any better , but

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every time I come back it just

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continues to , to increase and I'm so

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appreciative of what they do . I would

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ask them to keep focused on the mission .

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Don't get distracted by some of these

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uh , these things that are going on for

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instance , with the budget , focus on

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the mission , focus on continual train ,

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Focus on education , but focus on the

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mission first and foremost . Chief is a

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room in the Air Force for me . Chief

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Roy had one clear message he wanted to

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get out to his fellow service members .

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Thank you so much for what you do ,

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what you do matters . It matters to our

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defense as a nation and it certainly

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matters to uh to others around the

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world . So thank you for what you do .

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The other messages is very , very clear

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and that is to thank their family for

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all the sacrifices that they endure as

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well . Chief Roy also visited Kabul and

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bagram on his battlefield . Circulation

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tour Staff Sergeant thomas , Kinkel

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Kandahar airfield Afghanistan