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Good morning . And merry christmas ,

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Thank you so much for joining us . Well ,

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merry christmas to all of you to , well

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let's get started by asking , how are

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you preparing to celebrate the holiday

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right now you're in decrease . So tell

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us a little bit about what your holiday

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preparations are at this time . Well ,

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we were fortunate in , uh , one of the

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providers have a child in art class and

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painted us a fireplace . So we have

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that hanging in our operating room

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lounge . Uh , we have a christmas tree

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decorated , We've been playing

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christmas music and we're gonna do a

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gift exchange on christmas day with

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everyone . We understand that some

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soldiers actually prefer to be busy

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with missions on days like holidays ,

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like christmas and that kind of holiday .

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So they don't have to feel homesick .

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How does that sit with you ? Yeah , I'm

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sorry , I missed the first part of your

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question . Well , a lot of times , uh ,

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we're hearing that uh , men and women

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in , in uh , conflict areas and in

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conflict would prefer to actually be

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busy on busy holidays like this or on

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nostalgic qualities like this rather

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than having time to feel homesick . Is

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that what you're finding out there ? Um ,

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in between . Um , there are times that

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it hits each one of us , uh , as far as

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being homesick . But the business is ,

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uh , for us , it's in the hospital . So

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there , there's some , uh , grieving

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that goes on when we see people injured

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over the holidays . So it's a different

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type of a business for us and you talk

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about those injuries , you're a

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civilian experiences as a nurse and as

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I understand you're serving as a combat

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nurse over there as well , correct ?

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Yes , that's correct . Uh

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in my civilian life I'm uh I work in a

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day surgery , so it's um not like her

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death . Whereas uh in this

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combat hospital We are seeing a lot of

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traumas and we're trying to save lives

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working as fast as we can and Mary and

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you have a long experience uh in the ,

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in the military , going back to my

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belief since the , since the early 70s ,

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if you can talk a little about how your ,

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your service overseas and uh in the

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military has helped you also in your

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civilian life . The

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yeah , my goal was to always be an army

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nurse from the start and it's

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the organization of planning

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uh focusing the main mission

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that the army has always stated is to

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try to get the soldiers back out there

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and that it's an overall goal that I

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have when I'm working with patients to

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see that they can recover as fast as

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possible and get back to their normal

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lifestyle . And as I understand it ,

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you have three Children that have to be

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the hardest part about being away

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during the holidays is being away from

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them . Well , it is hard for me , but I

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would much rather it be me be here

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because I have adult Children and I

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know that there's a lot of mothers with

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young Children , I would rather take

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their places and let them be home with

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their Children . And uh I've been

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through christmas is at home with my

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kids when they were young . So I would

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much rather be here taking someone

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else's place . Okay . And what

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traditions are you missing right now ?

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What what messages would you like to

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send to your kids here in the Bay Area ?

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Well um I love you guys . I um you have

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a great Christmas , I wish I could

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toast a glass of wine with you uh since

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you're all over 21 now and uh

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you just uh stay safe .

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Yeah , I lost my ear piece ,

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That's fine . Lieutenant Colonel

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Marianne , thank you so much for

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joining us and thank you very much for

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all of your hard work overseas . We

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appreciate it . Okay , thank you .

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Thank you .