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- [Narrator] A joint team of Air Force,

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Army and Marine Corps Engineers

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are helping to increase the capacity of

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Western Regional Hospital in Belmopan, Belize.

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- Behind me is the ER that we're constructing.

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We're gonna do block work on the outside,

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hopefully get to a roof,

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and concrete cinder block walls on the interior.

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- [Narrator] The construction project is part of

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Beyond The Horizon 2017, a combined joint exercise

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that provides medical and engineering support to Belize.

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The projects at Western Regional Hospital

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are a perfect example of both.

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- The expansion in the Marines department will now

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assist us in meeting the needs of the community.

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Oftentimes we are overcrowded,

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and this will give us the necessary space

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to be able to deal with the high demands

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in the emergency room.

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- [Narrator] U.S. personnel aren't just building

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the hospital capacity.

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Working with Belize defense forces,

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as well as with members from the other U.S. services,

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they are strengthening their own capabilities.

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- It's a really great experience.

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It's a great training mission for the young airmen.

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Being reservists, we get two weeks a year

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of really good training outside of our home stations.

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And most of the time at home station,

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we can't do any real job work.

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It's just talking about training,

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and maybe a little bit of hands on.

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So out here, the young airmen get a really good chance

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to get down and dirty, do their job,

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do what they're trained to do.

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- [Narrator] Reporting for Beyond The Horizon 2017,

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I'm Sergeant First Class Rich Stole.