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couple things . One obviously you're

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sort of in the center of the universe

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these days with all the news that broke

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about fort Dix this week . Um what's

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the mood on the base there in the wake

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of the terror plot ? Um The mood on the

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base has been really fabulous . Um

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Everybody has pulled together really

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well . Mostly what we know is the same

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thing that the news has been reporting

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and that's the the FBI did their job .

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And we got really lucky with some

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civilians that were dubbing these tapes

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and getting that information back to

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the FBI . You know , we worry about you

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being targets of terrorist , Southern

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Iraq , but being targets of terrorists

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on a military base in this country .

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That's something something else

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altogether . Well , it just goes to

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show the american public that terrorism

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is everywhere . Um It's not just a

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broad , it's here in the States as well

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and everybody needs to remain vigilant .

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You are an Air force broadcaster going

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to Iraq . What what will be your duties

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over there ? Um We we work a lot with

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morale . Um We cover a lot of the

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events that are taking place um in Iraq

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in the Baghdad area will run news

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programs um as well as radio shows to

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help keep morale up for the troops over

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there . I'm sorry I got the information

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on this , but it didn't say in it

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whether or not this is your first tour

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of duty over there . Is this your first

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time to go to that country ? Yeah . Yes .

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This will be my first tour over there .

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What are your thoughts , feelings ,

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concerns , whatever as you get ready ?

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Um , I think it's a lot like everybody

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else is obviously their concerns . Um ,

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but the army and the Air Force have

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worked really hard to put this combat

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skills training together and uh , it's

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worked really well . The training has

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been magnificent . I'm going with a

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wonderful group of broadcasters and

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technicians and I'm really excited to

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work side by side with them . I went

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through basic training at Fort Dix and

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A I . T at Fort Dix , New Jersey long

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before you were ever born . What kind

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of training are you getting there ? Um ,

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it's your basic combat training ,

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survival training , how to work in a

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hostile environment , things like that .

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Um , it's really intense . Um , it's

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really difficult , but definitely

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worthwhile and it gives you a little

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bit more security that when you get

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over there , you're going to be more

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comfortable doing your job . Yeah ,

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understand your family is here in Las

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Vegas , you have friends here , any

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messages for them as you as you get

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ready for all this . Um , just that I

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love every single person at home and uh ,

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I missed them and hopefully I will be

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back safe and sound to see them soon .

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Well , we hope you will be back safe

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and sound to see them soon as well .

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Thank you very much and good luck to

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you . Thank you jerry