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("Hit Me With Your Best Shot" by Pat Benatar)

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- So the significance of the AFCENT Band

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coming out to our deployed locations

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throughout the CENTCOM AOR,

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truly boils down to, it takes you home,

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for that two hours, that 90 minutes,

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that they're up on stage performing.

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To your hometown, to your beach,

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to your friends, to your family,

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with all the songs that we attached memories to,

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or emotions to.

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- They are what makes this feel like home out here.

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They are making it easy to get distracted

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from what we're working on, how long we're working,

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and everything.

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It's really what we need.

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- You kinda get transported home.

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You get a break.

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That leads to some high morale,

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high follow on morale throughout the next few weeks,

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because, even though the band leaves,

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what doesn't get measured is the fact that

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over the next two or three weeks,

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people will be talking about it.

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(crowd cheering)