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well all this week Fox , I will be

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taking you live to Iraq . We are

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connecting with Minnesota National

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Guard members on the front line this

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morning . We are joined by Sergeant

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Jason Montana from Grand rapids . Good

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morning Morning , do you have

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been in Iraq ? Just two months to

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explain for us if you would what your

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job specifically is there in Iraq ?

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Uh I have a few responsibilities , we

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work out the E CCP entry control point

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and uh one of the things that we do is

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we screen all the local nationals as

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they come in to make sure that they

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have proper I . D . Uh both Iraqi and

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military to get onto the base so that

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they can work at the various jobs here .

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Uh as far as like burger king shops ,

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clean up around the base for and stuff

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like that . And as well , I also work

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in the opiates and guard towers out

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there and the front gate to how have ,

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how the military of Iraqis been working

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together would you say has been going

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uh everyone that I've worked with has

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been outstanding . The local nationals

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that I have dealt with for the most

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part , just like you and I , they just

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want to work , earn a good living ,

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take care of their families . Yeah .

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How would you say things have changed

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with the locals ? Uh probably

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in my opinion , I think they're getting

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better um at our gate alone were up

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over 300 people coming to our gate to

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work every day now . Okay , we want to

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make sure that we mentioned that you

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are from grand rapids and your wife

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Angela . Hopefully it's tuning in . She

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is here . You also have four kids , Is

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that right ? Yes ma'am , Brandy ,

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Rihanna , Anthony and Angel . And

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tell us , how often do you get a chance

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to communicate with your family and

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your back home here ? I'm actually one

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of the lucky ones . Thank God I get to

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speak with my kids almost every day

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with internet and phones . There's

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outstanding facilities here for

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communicating with home . Well that's

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great . I'm sure that also really

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helped . Uh , you know , mentally while

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you're there fighting the tough fights ,

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if you know that you can talk to your

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kids and your wife every day . That's

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wonderful . What about some care

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packages ? Now ? I know you've only

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been there for a couple of months , but

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what would you like included in the

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next one ? What do you miss ? Um ,

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believe it or not treats the guys and I

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all like treats we like candy freeze

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pops , anything that we can keep us

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cold and things have to work . I

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understand because it's very honest . I

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think 113 there yesterday . So we hope

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that you get a good box of treats

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coming from your family . Uh , well

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thanks so much for joining us . It is

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Sergeant Jason Montana and hello to

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your wife Angela and your kids are

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watching take care