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first of all . Tell me a little bit

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about your work over there in the Iraq

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area . Uh , ma'am , I am a Bush mate ,

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second class on the Coast Guard cutter

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rangel . Uh , big part of my job on

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board involved with navigation . Uh ,

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small boat , Coxon and boarding team

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member . We , we work hand in hand with

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other militaries from around the world .

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Uh , the Australian and british navy

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along with the U . S . And the new

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Iraqi Navy trying to get them caught up

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to speed the overall , we are charged

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with the maritime security operations

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around the old platforms . Uh , Coir

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Alameda Old Terminal and Albuterol

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terminal . Uh , mostly just

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stay in the , in the area for the oil

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plants and uh , do our jobs . The best

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of our ability , man way , tell me

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how it's been going for you so far .

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You've been over there since june right .

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Yes , ma'am . I got here in Juneau six

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and when we get home till june oh seven ,

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the uh , it stays busy .

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So when whenever you're under way out

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on a patrol , the time goes by faster .

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That helps out . But uh , I was lucky

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to get a good crew and uh , the

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uh , have a great command and the

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experience that I'm involved with is

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just overall made a very fruitful and I

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enjoyed , I do not regret in any way

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coming . Uh , can you describe your job

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a little bit for the folks here at home ,

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uh , way ,

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the old platforms right now . I'm on uh ,

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bazaar oil terminal , which is one of

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two old platforms that Iraq has office

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Coast , it supplies 85% of

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the total country . So revenue and

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uh way uh , to

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maritime security , just like as the

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Coast Guard does back in the States and

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uh work hand in hand with the other

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services to uh , ensure

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the overall security of the operation .

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Uh , for me , like I said , navigation ,

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small book , Coxon and boarding team

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member is a big part

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uh , about it for that man .

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Uh , how does it make you feel to be

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able to serve your country this

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way ? The fact that

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I'm in the Coast Guard , uh , many

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people do not know that we're over here .

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I did not know . I've only been in just

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over two years and when I found out

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about this and found out that I had an

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opportunity to come over , I jumped

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right on it and I was lucky enough to

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get the command and crew that I did .

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And I'm really enjoying the experience .

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Has the experience been working

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with the Iraqi people ?

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It is a constant

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tedious effort by everybody . It

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uh , it's a small steps ,

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ma'am , uh , doing our best to get them

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off the streets . So hopefully one day

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they can take over the operations up

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here . What do you want people at home

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to know most about what you're doing

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over there to help secure the Iraqi ,

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the Iraqi government and to help fight

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them in the global war on here .

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Uh

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It's a tough question , ma'am , uh

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uh

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as of me , I I support it . I

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see what I'm doing and how it helps .

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Whenever we do interactions with local

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fishermen or merchants , you hear from

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them , you see the results and

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they let us know that they like us here .

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They feel better . They feel safer on

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the whole time whenever we're in the

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area over , thanks for talking with us .

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Yes , ma'am , it was a pleasure .

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Take care .