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- I've already said the mission statement

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is kind of just a fancy way of saying what we do

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^at Westover is aimed at keeping those eight C-5s moving.

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I think when you look at that or when you talk about it

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that way, that's great being a pilot.

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It puts us out in the front of everything,

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but I think that's a very ...

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I think it's just the tip of the iceberg.

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There's so much more going on, not only at Westover,

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but in the entire Air Force Reserve Command:

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space, cyber, all the different things we do.

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It's important to recognize all of those different aspects

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of what we do in addition to just moving cargo

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and moving those airplanes.

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We're all over the place.

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I think we've got personnel at all levels of command

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throughout the Air Force and all the military services.

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So it's not just that.

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I've been lucky here at Westover, although I worked a while

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in the Operations Group, I've also had the opportunity

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to work in the Mission Support Group

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and quite a while at the Air Wing.

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It's during those times that I think I've really seen

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what goes on off the flight line.

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It's there that I've really gotten a taste

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of all the different activities that are necessary

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to support moving that airplane.

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An instance that I had

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back in 2010, I had the opportunity to go to Haiti

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after their earthquake.

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It was a unique experience 'cause it was

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in a non-flying role and while we were there,

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the 24th Air Expeditionary Group,

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we ran the airport at Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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While we were there, it was a group of active-duty,

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Guard, and Reserve and you couldn't tell who was who

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unless you asked them where they were from.

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I think that really is the essence of the total force.