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- Hey there everyone,

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^I'm Staff Sergeant Nicholas Koetz

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^here with your look Around the Air Force.

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The holidays bring people together

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^but as service members know well,

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^the needs of the mission may keep us

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^from loved ones during this time of year.

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^This holiday season the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing

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^prepared and delivered meals to service members

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^for deployed to austere locations.

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- They've loaded up mail,

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^they've loaded up the food

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^necessary to prepare a nice Christmas meal for

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^these guys in these austere locations

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that we're going to tonight.

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It's very humbling

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to be able to be a part of a mission.

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It's bigger than yourself,

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it's bigger than just your unit.

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It's a lot of services all coming together

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and acting as a family, acting as a team.

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- The meals were prepared by the

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386th Air Expeditionary Wing

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and distributed by volunteers from across the services.

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^Three B-52 Stratofortresses returned home

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^to Minot Air Force base, North Dakota

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^last week after completing 15 sorties

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^near Australia and the South China Sea.

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^The sorties were in support of US Strategic Command's

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^Bomber Assurance and Deterrence mission.

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^During the two week deployment to the Indo-Asia Pacific,

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^the Stratofortresseses integrated with B-1 Lancers

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^assigned to US Pacific commands

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^Continuous Bomber Presence mission

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^at Andersen Air Force base, Guam.

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^The B-52's joined other US forces

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^and Australian military partners

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^to conduct exercise Phoenix Black.

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^The deployment allowed for unparalleled

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^training opportunities to test the bombers'

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^interoperability in a joined environment.

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For more Air Force stories, checkout af.mil.

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You can also see the latest

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episode of Blue on our YouTube page.

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^In this episode we explore Generation STEM

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^to see how the Air Force maintains

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^a technological edge by snagging

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^the best and brightest minds for

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^research and development.

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And that's your look

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Around the Air Force.

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