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Hello

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and welcome to around the Air Force .

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Over the past five years , the Air

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Force's averaged 5300 alcohol related

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incidents a year . Irresponsible

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drinking is a factor in 33% of Air

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Force suicides , 57% of the sexual

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assault cases , 29% of domestic

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violence cases and 44% of vehicle

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accidents involving Airman . Those

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numbers are unacceptable to the Air

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Force and led to the services adoption

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of the culture of responsible choices .

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Our top enlisted member says this new

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culture involves just a little thoughts

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before acting . It's okay for everyone

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to get together and have a couple of

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drinks . But you know , don't have the

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thought of going out there and binge

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drinking and drinking to the point

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where you no longer yourself , you do

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things you know , you would never do if

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you had not drink that much . So just

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be responsible , make good positive

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choices before you go places . The Air

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Force hopes to reduce the number of

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alcohol-related incidents by 1000 .

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This year , 600 grit Reinhardt

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introduces us to a woman who made a

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different kind of choice . She chose to

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comfort the wounded . The founder of so

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much comfort an organization that so

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specialty clothing for wounded service

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members made a special visit to troops

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on a medical evacuation flight As

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wounded troops are loaded onto a C 17

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for medical evacuation . Ginger .

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Daffodil is working to make patients

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more comfortable with pillows and

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blankets . Ginger is the founder of so

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much comfort . A nonprofit organization

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that designs , creates and delivers

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customized clothing to accommodate

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service members with medical devices ,

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really puts you in your place because

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we're a little tiny part of this and it

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really is such a huge manage job to get

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the troops back home and we're very

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fortunate to be a little part of it .

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But I'm just so grateful to be able to

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do something to provide them with some

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comfort . Ginger organization has shown

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more than 20,000 customized items since

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it began in december of 2004 . But

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according to Ginger , the real success

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goes to the compassion of the american

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public who really want to support the

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troops . Tech Sergeant Brett Reinhardt

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Ramstein Air base Germany for more on

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today's top stories log onto air force

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like the A 10 Thunderbolt two is a

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close air support aircraft , which

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means it can engage in combat at low

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altitudes close to friendly positions .

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Staff Sergeant Brett scheme went to

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pilsen range in Korea to see old songs ,

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warthogs inaction . It

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the A 10 is an impressive and

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aggressive aircraft . It may not be as

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fast , loud or look as sleek as its

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sister fire planes , but the side of it

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will strike fear in the steel of tanks

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and aircraft because it's got a big gun .

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It's built around a 30

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millimeter gatling gun that in one

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second will spit out 70 rounds that can

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and will peers through the toughest

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armor of enemy tanks call and get a big

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gun might be an understatement shooting

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a gun loyal straight never get so I

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don't think you can ever get tired of

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that . Uh , my lieutenant girl , my

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last base , he's been flying a jet for

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2022 years and he says every time he

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pulls the figure , it's like the first

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time it's great smell the gun , you can

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get powder on you at the end of the day

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and it's awesome .

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In addition to holding 1200

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rounds of those tank killing bullets ,

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the Thunderbolt can carry a variety of

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firepower and the bilson range they

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drop baby use the uniform , the bombs

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on the units . This range is the only

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place in Korea where the U . S . Planes

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are allowed to fire keeping pilots on

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top of their a game When it comes to

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their combat efficiencies . Oh

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yeah , the a 10 is a very impressive

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and intimidating aircraft , not only by

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the firepower or how low they can get

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to the target , but because miles away

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you can still hear the sound

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of that big gun . I'm Air Force

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Sergeant Brent scheme will soon raise

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Korea . The Air Force is in the process

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of upgrading its A tends to the C .

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Model . The upgrades allow an 8 10 to

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carry satellite guided bombs and

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improves cockpit avionics with digital

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displays , computer screens and a new

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hands on throttle and stick interface .

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The upgrade should keep the A tens

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serving into the 2000 twenties around

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the Air Force on staff Sergeant chris

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tucker