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- [Austin] One emphasis of the annual

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South Dakota National Guard Golden Coyote training exercise

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is the timber haul humanitarian mission.

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This supplies Native American reservations

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in South Dakota, with timber from the Black Hills

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for a variety of purposes.

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This year the mission served communities

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from Rosebud, Pine Ridge, Standing Rock,

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Cheyenne River and Crow Creek Reservations.

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^- Basically we'll be running PLS's,

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^all the trucks, all the way through this station.

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^Loading all the lumber, strapping 'em down,

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and then tomorrow we'll be running to an Indian reservation

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to drop the loads.

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^- We make good use of it for firewood,

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^and a lot of it we build arbors for our pow-wows,

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^and our sun dances.

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^- These timber haul operations are vital

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^to communities like these, as it provides

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^heating and cooking sources for the winter months.

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- Like I said it's the winter times

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we have a hard time with firewood and things like that.

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So this makes it easier for our people

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to keep warm here in the winter time.

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- I have a Native American history myself,

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and to be able to help out with the Indian reservation

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or the state of South Dakota,

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or any other mission that we are a part of,

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it makes you feel good.

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It makes you feel like a part of something.

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Cause back home I'm just turning a wrench,

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and I'm fixing somebody's car,

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but here I feel like I'm doing an even bigger job,

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and I'm sure it feels that way for all my soldiers.

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- [Austin] Reporting from Red Shirt, South Dakota,

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I'm Army Sergeant Austin Pearce.