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- This last seven days, I would say, was a bit of a

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challenge, but we're looking forward to the opportunity

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of having the kids come on board.

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^And the crew, they were looking forward to the kids

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^coming on board, too.

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^So it definitely gave us something to look forward to.

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We're looking forward to getting involved with the STEM

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program and having kids come on board, and showing them

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what we do on a day-to-day basis, and hopefully build

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some future sailors.

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^- I love kids, and I miss my siblings, so working with kids

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^kind of just makes me happy.

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I know I would personally like it if my siblings

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could come out and see what I do, because I know they

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would think it was so cool.

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I love when they ask questions.

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They knew about a lot of things.

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They would ask questions based on what we were telling,

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but they would ask questions about things that they

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kind of had to know about prior, which is really cool.

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- I think this was an important opportunity for the kids

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to see what their parents do.

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The other side of the story is what the CDC does for

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our kids on a day-to-day basis.

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I think that them taking the time to do tours like this

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and take them out on different tours throughout the

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community helps take the kids' mind off of what their

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parents are doing, and typically that's being deployed.

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So I really appreciate everything that they do for us

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to make sure that we can sail safely knowing that our

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families are taken care of.

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- [All] Benfold!
- Navy! (laughter)