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it happened cops and blue made a local

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stop on their tour before we got

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patriot hall in Sumpter south Carolina

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tops in blue is a special duty Air

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Force assignment that allows air meant

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to showcase their talent . Earl Wilson

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says the community comes out to support

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not just tops in blue but the military

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as a whole . The troops do so much

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in serving their country and it gives a

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chance for the community to show how

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much they appreciate what they do and

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given they're putting their lives on

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the line and they're traveling away

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from their families serving the country .

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Senior Airman Kristen wash says that

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their production is unique and special

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to each community that they perform at

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our show and the whole program can

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touch each person in our audience no

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matter how old or how young , whether

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they've served or they um are just one

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of the civilians in the community they ,

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each person has touched and that is the

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whole mission of the program . Senior

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Airman Patrick O'Shaughnessy describes

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tops and blue as a group that helps him

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develop as an individual . It's

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important to me really the amount of

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growth and the amount of friends and

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family that I've made , It's really

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open me up as a person and I've gotten

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really grow and see people that I love

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grow in many different ways . I didn't

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really get to expect Airman first class

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blake Hubbard shaw Air Force Base south

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Carolina