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whenever we can . 11 news like to talk

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to our men and women on the front lines

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in the war on terror right now many of

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the local soldiers are deployed to Iraq .

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But there are also plenty of Air men

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and women with the 21st mission support

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group from Peterson Air Force Base

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helping things progress in Afghanistan ,

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stationed at Camp Eggers in Kabul . We

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have on the phone with us this morning .

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Chief Master Sergeant Cynthia Flamenco

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with the combined Air power transition

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force . Good morning to you . Good

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morning . How are you ? We are doing

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just fine . Now we understand in the

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last six months or so we've heard about

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an escalation in violence and attacks

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in Afghanistan . What is morale like

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among the airmen there ? And the truth ?

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Well , you know , I have more than just

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airmen in my in my organization . I

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also have soldiers , sailors and I

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actually have a marine and I will tell

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you that morale is great . Our whole

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focus here is to provide uh

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advisory um All right

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to advise the Air Corps , the Afghan

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Air Corps on helping them succeed to do

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their mission . So the morale is is

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very , very high here . Yeah , we just

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saw a picture of you standing next to

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the only Afghan female general there it

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is . Tell us about give us an insight

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on that partnership with the Afghan

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army . Well , you

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know , I was really surprised when I

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got here to find out that there was

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actually females in the Afghan army .

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So there's actually some Ngos and that

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she was the general . Um I've had some

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opportunities to meet and talk with her

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quite often . Um I will tell you that

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they are aggressively trying to succeed

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in the security of their country and

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they're doing a wonderful job over here .

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I know in reading some of your bio

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information . Being away from your

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family of course is difficult . Is

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there something you would like to let

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people know about your situation really

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for anyone in the military being

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deployed away from their family and any

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message you'd like to send them this

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morning ? Well , I just have

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to say that in my particular situation ,

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my husband is retired and he does well

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taking care of our I just have furry uh

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Children for four to be exact two dogs ,

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two cats , but I really have to give

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credit to the parents that leave their

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Children home because it's difficult on

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me and it's got to be exceptionally

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difficult for them . But they do it and

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they come over here and they're very

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successful in their jobs when they're

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out here advising the Air Corps . Um My

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hats off to all of the airmen that are

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coming over here following in my

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footsteps , they're going to do great

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things for their country and I just

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have one small thing to throw out there

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next week is my nine year anniversary .

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I'll be over here . But I just want to

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tell my husband frank that I love him

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and happy anniversary . All right ,

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thank you for your time this morning ,

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and thank you for your service . We

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appreciate . And thank you .

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You're welcome , Yeah , Yeah .

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Yes . All right , try and take care of

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yourselves , okay ? Thank

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you . I enjoyed myself .

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Bye .