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that's fine U . S . Air Force Technical

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Sergeant Gregory Spyker is a joint

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meteorology and oceanography operations

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weather forecaster at Combined Joint

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Task Force Horn of Africa at Camp

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Lemonier Djibouti . His hard work and

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dedication to his job has paid off .

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Sergeant Speicher was selected as the

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2011 Air Force weather in severe but

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that's not the only award he has one

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Sergeant Speicher was also selected as

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the 2006 Air Force Battlefield Weather

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instead of the year for his job here ,

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Sergeant Spyker is responsible for

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forecasting for the entire area of

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interest in the heart of Africa which

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includes forecasting for all combined

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Joint Task Force Horn of Africa

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emissions were hung up on something .

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What I like most about my job is being

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able to interact with the mission teams

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and the air crews that come through

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here and able to provide that mission

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focused weather ah To someone who's

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actually going out there and doing

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downgrade missions . Sergeant Spyker

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also said that winning his two Air

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Force level awards is humbling and is a

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testament to the people he works with

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who have helped him reporting for

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Combined Joint Task Force Horn of

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Africa Public Affairs . I'm Staff

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Sergeant Ashleigh citadel . Yeah