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- [Sgt. Gonzales] U.S. Army Reserve soldiers from the 329th

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Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Company

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receive orders to assist Florida residents

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affected by Hurricane Irma.

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(engine starting)

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- Our main mission here in the 329th

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once we got boots on ground

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was to get the vehicles up and running.

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We devised a plan to get the vehicles refueled,

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PNCS, ready to go and ensure that safety is number one,

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'cause if we can't make it out there, we can't do our job.

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Ensuring that the soldiers were adequately trained

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and licensed on these vehicles,

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and ensuring that they had their full load out

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and packing so that they can take care of themselves

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while performing these missions,

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so that we can all come home safe.

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- Currently, we are distributing water to the city.

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We have the sheriffs helping out out

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with routing all the vehicles.

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We get one or two cases per vehicle,

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'cause the families here still are under boil water notice.

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The help that the Army Reserve is providing,

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the community is taking it very well.

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They're very appreciative of all

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the work we're doing here on ground

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for them, and they, you know,

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they've come by, thanked us

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and some of them have even brought gifts.

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- [Sgt. Gonzales] Reporting from Orlando, Florida

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for the U.S. Army Reserve Command Public Affairs Office,

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I'm U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sergeant Erick Gonzales.