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service members don't think about the

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logistics involved in getting them in

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and out of the combat zone . For many ,

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it can simply be taking a tough box to

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the post office or carrying their

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equipment in and out of country . The

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soldiers of the 159th Combat Aviation

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Brigade are much more involved .

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Some of their personnel have suspended

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their regular duties in favor of new

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details in the final weeks of their

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deployment . Sergeant Donald White is

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an example of a soldier deeply involved

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with his unit's redeployment . I'm a 91

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delta power generation equipment repair .

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I normally work in a motor pool ,

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ground maintenance , any type of

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vehicle maintenance , generator

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maintenance , that sort of thing . We

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take care of any type of ground

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recovery , recovering , destroyed or

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rolled over vehicles , that sort of

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thing , loading and off loading the

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planes is hard work , but everything

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they load and offload is a symbolic

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step toward going home . I've never

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done anything like this before . It's a

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big learning experience , there's ups

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and downs as with everything , but the

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guys I'm working with are great .

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Everybody I've been working with out

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here is motivated and ready to go home .

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It's a big relief . I miss my family .

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1 5/9 skier is headed to a ship dr

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Diego Garcia where it will begin its

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final journey back to America from

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Kandahar airfield . I'm Specialist

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Rachel Green