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- [Michael] During the November drill

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^for the first time in the unit's history

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^a sitting director of the Air National Guard,

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^Lieutenant General Scott Rice visits the 185th

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Air Refueling wing in Sioux City, Iowa.

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Rice took over the duties

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as the Air National Guard director this past May,

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where he oversees policies, plans and programs,

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for more than 90 wings throughout the 50 states,

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U.S. territories, and the District of Columbia.

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His comments on the trip to the Midwest

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were high praise for the unit.

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^- And this, is one of our premier

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^tanker wings in the country,

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^and it's with great honor that I'm able to come here

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with our senior enlisted,

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our Command Chief Anderson and visit the wing.

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- During the historic visit,

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Rice met with senior leaders at the wing,

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spoke with over 40 cadets

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visiting from the Air Force Academy,

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and participated in a community college

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of the Air Force graduation ceremony.

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On the tour, in the operations building,

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he had an opportunity to climb

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into the boom simulator and run a few scenarios

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as an operator.

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Rice also revealed, some of the best takeaways

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from each and every visit.

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- That now, when I go around to places like this,

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and I see the great passion, and the great energy,

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and the great enthusiasm out of a unit

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like the 185th.

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Boy, this will fuel me for years.

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This one visit, I can carry on and

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doing all that bureaucratic fight for the right stuff,

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for the right time,

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because of the energy I got from a visit like this.

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This, makes it all work.

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- He also stopped by the Air National Guard's

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only paint facility in the U.S.,

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which includes a 300,000 square foot building,

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complete with two paint booths.

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And inside, was something very dear to the General.

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Found in the Heartland, taking him back,

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to his Massachusetts roots.

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Reporting from the 185th Air Refueling Wing,

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in Sioux City, Iowa,

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I'm Tech Sergeant, Michael McGee

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