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- We're essentially the op center for the wing

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for the 455th Expeditionary Wing.

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^We monitor all the missions that come in and out of here

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^report any incidents up to higher headquarters

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and down-channel anything from higher headquarters

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direction to Wing leadership.

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- The aircraft needs fuel or if they need

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any type of help to get them outta here as soon as they can

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^they come to us and we pass it out

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^and make sure they get what they need

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^so that they can get outta here on time

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and continue with the mission they have to do

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while they're out as well.

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I think the most intense thing obviously

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is when we do have an IDF attack here.

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Once IDF attacks it's our job to immediately

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notify pretty much the entire base of what's happening.

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The wave's giant voice will go off

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and we immediately get on the phones

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we get on the radios

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we call the commanders

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we contact everybody to make sure

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that everybody gets clear from the flight line

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to make sure basically that everybody is safe

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and gets in a safe place

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until the IDF attack is over.

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And the sooner that we can do that

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and the sooner that we can pass this message,

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the safer everybody's gonna be.

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You know I've been away from my wife before

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this is the first time I've been away from my daughter

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so I FaceTime her so she's able to see me everyday

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just to make sure that she doesn't forget who I am.

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I wind up doing kid dances with her

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the Mickey Mouse hot dog dance with her

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and she likes Wreck-It Ralph

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and she likes Toy Story

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she likes, pretty much anything Disney she likes

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I guess for the most part.

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I even have hand puppets here

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that I talk to her with on FaceTime.

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- [Harrill] I've been doing this job for about 16 years

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and I love this job

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been to multiple bases

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and multiple different levels of command in control

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so I've really enjoyed it

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base level, match-com level, it's a pretty awesome job

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you get to see a lot of stuff and do a lot of stuff.

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