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- [Sean] Members of Joint Base San Antonio

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welcomed the Honorable Ashton Carter, Secretary of Defense.

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He started his tour by meeting with airmen

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across all ranks and in different phases of training,

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to include basic military trainees,

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military training instructors,

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battlefield and security forces airmen.

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^- Today we were looking at a number of ways

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^that we're building the force of the future

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^to make sure that it is as fine as the force we have today.

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- [Sean] Secretary Carter also met with

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wounded warriors and staff at Brooke Army Medical Center,

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seeing first hand the resources in place

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to deliver high quality medical treatment.

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On the final stretch of his visit,

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he boarded at T-1A Jayhawk at

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Joint Base San Antonio Randolph,

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and got a bird's eye view of

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all JBSA military installations.

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- So, all in all, so much going on here in San Antonio

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relevant to our force of today and our force of the future,

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and I'm committed to that, and confident

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that our armed forces will remain what it is today,

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which is the best in the world.

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- [Sean] From the 502nd Air Base Wing

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Public Affairs Office, I'm Sean Schroeder.