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Hello and welcome to around the Air

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Force Chief Master Sergeant of the Air

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Force James Roy recently visited

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Ramstein Air base Germany . The chief

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took time to speak with chairman about

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the future of the Air Force and what

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changes they can expect . We are in the

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process currently of managing the force .

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My point is this it's very very clear .

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We will always have room for Airman

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great Airman in the United States Air

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Force just like I wear two badges , we

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may ask them to do something else in

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our Air force and they'll step up to

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that challenge . It's not just the

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ability to be able to work through a

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very difficult situation but it's it's

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an opportunity to grow through that

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situation . The airmen are are in the

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fight every single day and they

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understand that they understand the

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impact that they have across the entire

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spectrum . There are many jobs in the

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Air Force that are shrouded in mystery

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and for good reason in this story .

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Staff sergeant chris piles was granted

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a rare peek behind the curtain , lost

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within snow covered plains and down a

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long gravel road . There is an Air

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Force facility . It is a major artery

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of the U . S . S . Nuclear deterrence

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programs phew have ever seen what

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happens within its gates Yet for 24

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hours . Defense Media activity was

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granted permission to tell this unique

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story . It's very rare that we get to

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put our story out there downstairs

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is where are you ? Good set the new

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cough by the president mm

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approval . Now there's no

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you can't bring cellphone skis anything

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down there during my crew time here ,

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nobody's ever been allowed to take

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pictures for an actual visit . So

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there's a lot of hoops to jump through

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just to be able to get you guys out

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here to kind of see what we do . I'm at

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missile alert facility Juliet located

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outside of minute Air Force Base in

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North Dakota . And this , if you can

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believe it is a mild winter deep

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underground behind a thick blast door .

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Sit two airmen charged with the

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potential launch Of up to 10 minuteman

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three intercontinental ballistic

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missiles . They stand ready seven days

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a week , 365 days a year .

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Teams changed throughout the week . But

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the mission stays uninterrupted and the

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standard is nothing less than

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perfection . It's just in control of

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10 nuclear weapons anytime you're in

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control of something that is powerful .

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That's it's very much

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this pucker factor that talked about .

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Absolutely . It's just kind of

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slow methodical processing . Um Every

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we have checklists for everything . Um

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follow the checklist and and they

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typically won't won't lead you wrong

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above ground lives the support team

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comprised of security forces constantly

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on watch to defend the mission . They

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have a pool table , a tv room and a gym

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to relieve stress and their own

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personal chef can't handle it . It's

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like a small community And one airman

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is charged with the special duty

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position of being the facility manager .

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If I do my job right cops can do their

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job crew downstairs can do their job

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and everything is good . We're bunch

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professionals out here . Everybody

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knows knows the job that they're doing .

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They wouldn't be certified to perform

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this job with a nuclear weapon if they

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weren't capable of doing it . Our

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mission is not sitting here to launch .

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Hopefully we'll never have to launch .

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Um and it's , it's the fact that we

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don't have to launch and that's ,

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that's what makes us so successful that

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we're able and we're willing , if the

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president were to call us to do that ,

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whether it's the officers underground

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or the support team above these airmen

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are the perfect example of how the best

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defense is a good offense . Reporting

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from my night Air Force base in North

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Dakota . I'm staff sergeant chris piles

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from Air Force studios at Fort Meade

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Maryland . I'm Staff Sergeant brad

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Sison . Mm .

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