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Hello and welcome to around the Air

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Force , the US military's highest

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ranking enlisted member visited with

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airmen at Barksdale Air Force Base

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Louisiana Airman first class Antonio

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Gonzalez has more . The senior enlisted

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advisor to the Chairman of the Joint

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Chiefs of Staff , Marine Corps Sergeant

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Major brian Battaglia paid a visit to

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Barksdale Air Force Base . As the

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senior non commissioned officer in the

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military sergeant Major Battaglia

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gather an important feedback from

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airman and briefed them on various

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issues concerning today's military

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Louisiana native myself and it's always

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good to come back home see the airmen

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at Barksdale and have the ability to

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not only talk with them but listen to

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him and hear from them presently . Now

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we're at the V . A hospital and that's

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the other piece to my charter as the

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senior enlisted advisor chairman who

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promotes the Total Force and the Total

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Force is not just a service member , it

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doesn't stop there when it's time for

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us to leave uniform . We become a

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veteran and that veteran is still a

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member of the Total Force . Coming to

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see veterans out there at the hospitals

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and clinics is a very important part of

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my charter american first class Antonio

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Gonzalez Barksdale Air Force Base

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Louisiana While air power is vital to

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moving people equipment and supplies to

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and from the hor sometimes a team

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effort is the best way to get things

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where they need to be . The four 33rd

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Airlift wing is working with the Army

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and the Navy to rotate helicopters and

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equipment in and out of southwest asia .

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Lieutenant Colonel Pat brooks , the Con

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Ops mission commander talks about the

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process . We deploy a

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helicopter brigade for the army out of

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Germany and we put it down in Southwest

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Asia and then we redeploy a helicopter

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unit that is currently down there back

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where that unit is placed on a ship and

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shipped home to their home base .

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Typically we would have to fly these

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helicopters all the way back to the

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States , which is a tremendous cost .

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But by doing it the way we do , we're

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flying them in country and then

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bringing them out of country where we

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can interface with the Navy and put

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them on their ships . Which is a much

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more cost effective way of transporting

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the cargo home . During this operation ,

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the 433rd will run about 75 missions

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over 45 days in support of the war

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fighter in Southwest Asia . The period

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between May and september is considered

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peak Pcs season almost 65% of all D . O .

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D . Household goods are moved during

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this time and in addition to household

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goods , many families also have pets .

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Staff Sergeant paul Gonzalez shows us

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how the Patriot Express works to

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accommodate these additional family

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members . How are you ? It's time to

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move back to the States . That means

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packing up the house the kids and for

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some packing up the pets . The

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Department of Defense is civilian

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airline contract . Make international

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travel easier to move with the family

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and the pet . There are four missions a

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week that go from Ramstein back to

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Baltimore . Each one of those missions

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has 10 pet spaces available . They also

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make sure that your pet will be

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traveling at a comfortable temperature

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during the hot summer months . They

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have special compartments for the pets

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so they can fly them year round .

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Remember there's more to moving your

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pet than just booking the flight copies

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of the health certificate of the

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vaccination of a set of orders . The

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pet passport , pet travel spaces

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reserved for people that are changing

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duty stations . Air Force Sergeant paul

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Gonzalez , Ramstein Air Base Germany

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May 25 marked the first day of the

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critical days of summer safety campaign .

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Summers , warmer weather leads to

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increase participation in outdoor

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activities and unfortunately it's

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historically the time where the air

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force sees more off duty mishaps to

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enhance awareness of risk management ,

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decision making and offset the chance

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of mishaps . The Air Force Safety

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Center announced the Critical days of

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Summer public web page . In addition to

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tools and other features , this

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resource also has videos with important

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safety messages for Airmen . You can

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visit the site at a f sec dot af dot

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mil forward slash critical days of

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summer . And that's all for today's

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show to find Air Force news and feature

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stories visit a flick from fort meade

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Maryland I'm Staff Sergeant Mike

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Hutchinson , thanks for watching .

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Mhm