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humanitarian assistance is not as

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simple as giving to those in need . It

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all starts with the city making a

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request to the Ministry of Education

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and depending on what it is . The

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Ministry of Education here in Kurdistan

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will work with the U . S . Embassy in

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bishkek and if them two together decide

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that it's worth us involvement , they

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will push it to the Air Force . Tech

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Sergeant Mays and his team worked for

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the theater security cooperation

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division at the transit center at Manas

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and they take it from here . So we

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basically do a site survey , get a lot

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of pictures of everything , get a lot

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of notes so that we could write a

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statement of work and make sure that

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the contractors know exactly what they

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have to do after the statement of work

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is submitted is reviewed by upper

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command . If the work is approved , a

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contractor is higher but the process

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doesn't stop there . Then starts the

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process of us coming out here about

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three times a week . We have to show up

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and do quality assurance checks on what

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they're doing and checking on these

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sites allow Sergeant Mason , his team

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to see how what they do affects the

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community . This is not like any

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deployment I've ever been on . Um we're

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actually getting out of the community

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helping the community , but it's not so

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much a direct military involvement ,

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like as in past deployment that I've

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been on . Um and it helps us create a

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really good relationship between the

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community and the american military .

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These projects can take up to six

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months to three years to complete , but

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Sergeant Mesa says it's all worth it .

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Tech Sergeant Aaron Drop Neck Transit

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Center at Minos Kurdistan .