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no rescue mission can take off without

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them . They are the airmen of the 33rd

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expeditionary helicopter maintenance

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unit . They ensure the fleet of

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helicopters of the 83rd rescue squadron

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is mission capable maintainer sustained

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24 hour operations for any time a call

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comes in to scramble a rescue mission .

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I do this job

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because I love it and there's nothing

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better than that . You're here to save

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people . You know , you're not here to

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kill anybody , you're not here to cause

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damage or anything . You're here to

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save people are people and anybody

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that's actually hurt anytime you get

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that call , you know that somebody's

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life on the line and I know and I have

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faith in my people That every time we

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touch this aircraft , we make sure 100%

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ready for the crew to step in and go

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save somebody's life . So every time

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they come back with a passenger or

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someone that they've saved , that means

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the world to me . And I love doing for

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the four 55th Air Expeditionary Wing

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public Affairs . I'm Staff Sergeant

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Neil Yolanda bagram Airfield ,

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Afghanistan