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morale , welfare and recreation . I

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work with the contractors in the US on

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camp and each of the different entities

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on camp to create different programs

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for the soldiers who are based here and

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the soldiers that are transitioning

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through here enabled them to enjoy

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their time while they're here . Kind of

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forget where they are . For a little

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bit . I work with entertainment groups ,

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entertainers who come through here ,

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whether it's comedians or musicians ,

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we give camel rides once a month , do a

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lot of different activities , bingo ,

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texas , hold em really what the

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soldiers want to see happen on camp .

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Can you give us a brief history of your

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employment prior to coming on the

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deployment ? Before I came on the

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deployment ? I was on orders to prepare

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for the deployment . So I did medical

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and administrative work to get soldiers

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able to deploy . So I helped to turn

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non deployable soldiers into soldiers

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who could actually be deployed and work

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overseas . Mhm Use of medical is

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your mos medical ? No , I'm actually a

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mechanic . So for the army , not in

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real life . For the army , I'm a

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mechanic . What ? Uh take a job . Yes ,

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probably something in the

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administrative field management . Yeah .

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Uh what is your current employment

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situation now ? I am currently

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unemployed when I go home . So I'm

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looking for a job , what skills and

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experiences have . And at this point

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that would help that would be

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beneficial to an employer . I think

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that everybody here has learned a

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little bit of the critical thinking ,

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peace , a problem solving , time

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management . We are all very busy . I'm

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always busy so you have to learn how to

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do the most with your time . Oh ,

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multitasking . I've learned a lot of

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the administrative role as well . So

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it's yeah . How important is it to you

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to find employment once you return back

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to myself ? I think for all of us it's

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pretty important . We're usually part

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time soldiers . But when you're

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deployed , you obviously have a full

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time job . So when you go from full

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time to not having a job , when you

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returned from a deployment , it's a

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little nerve racking . I think probably

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for anyone who's unemployed at this

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point , what benefits

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are I should say that what resources

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has the Minister of National Guard

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provided you while on the born ? I'm

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searching for important . Our battalion

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and brigade have been really supportive .

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They've come up with an employment

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working group . Come up with a lot of

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different resources , whether it be

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resume building skills or job searching

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skills or interview skills . We've done

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a pretty good job trying to help the

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soldiers who are unemployed between

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looking for jobs and having mentors

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assigned to each soldier who's looking

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for a job , trying to help them gain

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experience and how to actually get that

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job . Yes . Do you feel um

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without the employment workforce , you

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will be as prepared as you are now

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having used to move resources . I

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think the resources that have been made

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available to all of the soldiers

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whether they are unemployed or whether

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they're just looking for a new career

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path , it's helpful to everyone .

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Whether they of the working group and

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the the different resources . There's

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always something more to learn about

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the career field that you're in or

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there's always something more to learn

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about the economy and the workforce .

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So I think the information that's been

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put out can be beneficial to anyone .

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Yeah . What would be some of the main

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benefits of hiring a veteran for these

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employers ? If there's anything that a

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veteran is , it's there really

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dedicated um each soldier that I've

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been deployed with , I've seen the

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determination , the dedication to their

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job , time management skills , always

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willing to learn something new , always

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willing to try to find a different way

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to do something . They have a little

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bit more downtime or they get to talk

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to their family a little bit longer

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instead of being at work . So each of

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the soldiers that we've been deployed

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with I think would be a good employee

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to have just because of the dedication

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to whatever job they've been doing or

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will be doing in the future . You have

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any question , is there anything else

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you would like to the you know what to

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think ? No , I probably should add

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something about me doing administrative

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work though to , I told you about , I

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told you about the MW our role that I

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have here , but I also do personnel ,

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administrative work . How

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how does what you do on this to point

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translate into administrative work

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doing for future ? It's a lot of human

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resources . Each soldier is an asset to

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the army , just like any employee is to

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accompany back home . So human resource

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management , whether it's questions

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about benefits or making sure that

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everything that the army has to offer

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them is available to them or making

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sure their life insurance is up to date .

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And those are all important things when

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you're under deployment , when you're

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not on the deployment . But even more

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so when you're away from your family

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are all important things that need to

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be tracked and kept up to date . We'll

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celebrate himself . Thank you . Hey