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- So our mission with the 156 BEB,

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We were the Battalion Mission Command.

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We did everything from evacuate, high water evacuations,

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house-to-house evacuations,

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to setting up a triage at the local mall.

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We would see what the best need and the best fit was

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and move them around, day-by-day.

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- I think the most difficult thing was

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that the mission was constantly changing,

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so we had to be quick on our feet to adapt

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to whatever our commands.

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Mission changing constantly.

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And then being able to give those commands

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off to the people that worked subordinate to us.

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- Another great thing about this whole thing was

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just the outpouring of support from the local populace.

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Of showing us love, showing us support, bringing us food,

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and if we needed coolers or refrigerators,

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or whatever we needed, they were there to help us out,

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just to keep our operations going 24 hours a day.

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- I think I would like most people to know that

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even though we're leaving the area,

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we're definitely not abandoning this mission.

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We have people taking our place.

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The Oklahoma Guard is there taking over our mission.

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We still very much have a presence here,

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and we're going to be here until it's over.