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Hello and welcome to around

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the Air Force President George W Bush

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paid a visit to the men and women

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stationed at bagram airfield

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Afghanistan on monday the President

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expressed his thanks to our troops for

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the role they've played in bringing

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peace and freedom to the country of

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Afghanistan . He also wished the troops

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are happy holidays and thank them for

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their service in Afghanistan . Mhm .

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Thank you for making the noble choice

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to serve and protect your fellow

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americans . What you're doing in

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Afghanistan is important . It is

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courageous and it is selfless .

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It's akin to what american troops did

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in places like Normandy and Iwo Jima in

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Korea . Your generation is every bit as

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great as any that has come before

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and the work you do every day is

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shaping history for generations to come .

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Following his speech , President Bush

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spent some time shaking hands with the

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deployed troops and personally thanking

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them for their service . And speaking

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of deployments before airmen could head

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down range , they first must complete a

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fair amount of training . Staff

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Sergeant kevin kite takes us to our af

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Milton Hall where airmen are training

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for the inevitable . Getting a group of

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airmen ready to deploy isn't always

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complicated , but it does take time .

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One way to speed up the process is a

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pdf line or personnel deployment

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function . This is considered the bases

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last overview to make sure that they're

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sending people that are eligible to go

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to the deployed area and anything that

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they're missing . Then we're usually

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able to , most times we can fix it on

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the spot and after everyone is through

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the line , they wait . But no one is

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leaving this time because it's for

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training , training . These airmen who

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need to be ready at a moment's notice

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and training for the agencies , who

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will have to make a long process short

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when the time comes , Staff Sergeant

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Kevin Kite , R . A . F . Milton Hall ,

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United Kingdom . For more on today's

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top stories log on Air Force link .