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taking care of personal finances can be

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difficult , especially when trying to

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get out of debt . Tech Sergeant john

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Anderson introduces us to the first

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portion of a three part story to teach

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us how to kick debt for good . If the

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reports are true americans are drowning

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in debt . Whether it be credit cards

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home and school loans or just

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overspending . Getting and staying out

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of debt is the foundation of becoming

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financially secure . In coordination

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with military saves week free workshops

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show military members how to pull

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themselves up by their financial

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bootstraps . Cmn Michelle Moffett is

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getting her first credit report at the

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Airman and Family Readiness Center

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where they've opened up their doors to

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give airman the first step to their

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financial freedom . Well , you kind of

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need to know where you stand . You know ,

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you have to know where you stand even

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if you try and keep up with it . Credit

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reports can really tell you where you

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stand as of how much you owe versus how

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much you have paid . We have this

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campaign because we want to remind

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people it's important to build wealth

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and decrease your debt . It's important

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for you to remember that you need to

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have more money in your pocket . So do

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you want more money at the end of the

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month or do you want more months at the

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end of the money ? If you don't know

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where you stand , there is no way that

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you can get a handle on it . You really ,

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you can't , you have to know where you

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stand , of course , each of us carries

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our own amount of debt . So getting out

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of debt may take a little longer for

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some . Now let's head over to Aviano

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Air base and take a look at the next

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phase investing . Once you minimize

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your debt and become a bit more stable

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financially , it's time to start

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looking at wise investments for the

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future . All military bases offer

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financial investment and planning

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courses like this one . They're not

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just during military saves week NASDAQ

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s and P 500 mutual funds bonds Roth .

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Iras Fico scores the language of

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finance can be confusing in this class

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at Aviano eminent Family readiness

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center . The goal is to teach students

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the language of finance until they are

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fluent . The course touches on

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everything from the importance of

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investing in the three savings plan to

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how to choose a financial planner . But

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most importantly it gives students an

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opportunity to ask any finance

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questions they have to experts up close

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and personal but getting out of debt

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and making good sound investments are

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only part of the big picture . I want

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to look further into the future . Let's

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head over to interlink Airbase Turkey

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for the third phase of you and your

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finances . So you've gotten out of debt .

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You've started to lay out an investment

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strategy isn't enough . What about

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retirement or big ticket issues like a

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house or college for the kids . This

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table from the eminent family readiness

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center gives the community the

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information they need to lay out long

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term strategies using military saves

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that . That the big thing that people

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gain is the discipline that it takes to

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get out of debt . The discipline to

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save the discipline to build with

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because there's , there are no secrets

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here . It's just a disciplined approach .

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We're coming into the service . I got

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in debt really deep , had a lot of

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problems with credit management , debt

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management , things of that nature .

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And uh just out of self discipline and

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sites that are similar to military

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saves , I was able to reduce that debt

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actually pay it all off and start

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investing my money . Uh currently right

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now I invest in Tsp is 25% . I have two

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different iras a mutual fund and stocks .

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Remember all service branches offer

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financial seminars and classes all year

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long . Not just during military saves .

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Week assuming the military is a safe

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economic cocoon is no solution to sound

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financial planning , spending and

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investing . I'm airman first class

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Jonathan Porter , Angelique Airbase

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Turkey upgrade training is one of the

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keys to air force readiness and that is

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true for each and every career field .

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Even special forces Tech sergeant lee

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hoover shows us how combat controllers

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are in their upgrade just like every

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career in the air force upgrade .

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Training for combat controllers is

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essential to developing and expanding

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their skill set . Much of that training

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takes place here at the special tactics

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training squadron on Herbert field in

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florida where men go through a rigorous

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training program to get their five

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skill level . A key part of the upgrade

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training is the pre scuba course , a

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program aimed at not only expanding the

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airmen skills but also at preparing the

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Airmen for the Air Force Combat dive

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qualification courts , a requirement

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for their five skill level . It's one

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of the most physically and mentally

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demanding courses that the military has

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to offer . And so we take about

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anywhere from 4 to 8 weeks to prepare

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these men . And what you see here is

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some of the water confidence exercises

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that we're using to build the

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individuals , not only water confidence

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but also their self confidence . The

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pre scuba course involves a number of

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things to prepare the chairman for the

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dive course including tying and untying

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ropes underwater , recovering their

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mask and snorkel and something the

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instructors call buddy breathing . That

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sounds pretty simple but it gets quite

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complicated where it's just two men

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sharing a snorkel , they keep their

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faces under the water , they pass it

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back and forth . And it does start out

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pretty simple with very little

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harassment . And then as the time bills

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and they build their confidence

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infrastructures start taking air away

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from them when they went on . But he

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goes to pass the snorkel to somebody

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else , it'll be slapped out of his hand

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or his head will be dumped in the water

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so he can't get it . After the airmen

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complete the scuba course , they move

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on to things like military freefall .

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Special ops , weather and pararescue

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before completing their upgrade

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training . The training here is roughly

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11 months long , which means the airmen

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go through about two years of training

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before they see their first duty

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station and the battlefield reporting

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from Herbert field florida . I'm tech

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sergeant lee hoover at Cape Canaveral

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Air Force station florida . Safe space

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passages . Mission one . But taking

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care of the rare and endangered species

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living on the ground isn't overlooked .

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Senior man Robbie art brings us this

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story Today . We're looking for a

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monster of 15 ft alligator said to be

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roaming the grounds here at Cape

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Canaveral Air Force station in Florida .

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To help us along . In our journey ,

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we're gonna be riding along in this

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herbicide buggy stands about 15 ft .

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It's gonna help us look for the

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alligators . All right ,

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let's go . Our search

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begins around an old abandoned mosquito

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control dyke cleared for security force

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protection around fuel storage areas .

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Some of the most combustible fuels

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known to man are kept here . But

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security patrols aren't the only reason

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for clearing the dike . We're restoring

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the wetland that had been impounded by

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the mosquito control dyke , which will

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help out the federally threaten

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american alligators . Just what we're

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looking for . We got a glimpse of one ,

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but it was shy and no 15 footer . So we

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took our search to the water with some

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fishers , biologists in the trident

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submarine base in port Canaveral . Our

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group monitors the biological health

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and the health of the habitat around

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Kennedy space center and the greater

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Kapron of a region . Although industry

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can sometimes have a negative impact on

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wildlife , That's not necessarily the

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case here , efforts made on their

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behalf have enabled the local wildlife

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to thrive there . There is limited

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access to certain certain places . So

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the habitat and the wildlife are

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actually and in excellent shape

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compared to some other areas here on

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the east coast of florida and that goes

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beyond the water . Many rare and

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endangered species find the Cape

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Canaveral area more than suitable ,

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like the scrub jay , a small endangered

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bird that calls the Cape Home , we have

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the third largest population of scrub

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jays on the planet . So because the

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development in florida , it turns out

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that federal lands have the burden of

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recovering the species as a consequence

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of having so many threatened and

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endangered species living in the area .

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Federal agencies are required by the

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endangered species act to protect them .

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They do so with a significant level of

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environmental programs so that managing

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these endangered species won't have an

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adverse impact on the overall mission

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access to space . We can have both and

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we do have both . Everything we've done

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so far has promoted and conserved are

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threatened endangered species and

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supported the mission . In all our

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searching , there was no luck finding

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the elusive , 15 ft alligator . We

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caught a few sunbathing and some just

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hanging out . But late in the day we

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got a phone call . A group of wildlife

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biologists had caught an alligator But

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it wasn't the Big one . So we didn't

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find the 15 ft monster that we were

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looking for . But we found this 10 ft

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tough guy right here and that's that's

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good enough for me I've seen um and

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Robbie are Cape Canaveral Air Force

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station florida , great

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airmen trained with Singapore pilots

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and french paratroopers . Mixed on

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today's Air Force

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Commando sling is an intense training

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exercise that happens once a year in

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Singapore . One of the main players in

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the exercise is the pilot . And for the

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pilots of the 51st Fighter Wing out of

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Osan Air Base Korea commando sling is a

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brand new experience . Sergeant will

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skeleton gives us the pilot's view of

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the exercise from start to finish . The

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36 aircraft maintenance unit played an

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important role in this year's commando

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slim training exercise in Singapore and

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they had just one goal to keep the

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pilots flying the

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radio like others in the

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past 2009 commandos sling pit U . S .

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Air Force pilots against their

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Singapore counterparts in aerial combat

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scenarios . Sources an important

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platform for us to benchmark ourselves

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against a professional and highly

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trained Air force like the yussef , our

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interactions , both officially and

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unofficially or socially in the mess

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helps us better understand the various

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attributes in a different air forces

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for the U . S . Pilots participating in

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this commando sling , it was their

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first time in the exercise and for one

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lieutenant it was his first time facing

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a non U . S . Adversary , definitely

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just uh the experience to train against

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a different air force and just see

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their tactics and uh see how they

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employ versus how we do that .

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Especially for a young guy like me , a

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fairly inexperienced pilot , it's good

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to see that is my first time fighting

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against anyone else but us pilots , the

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lessons that pilots like lieutenant

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Alex learning exercises like commando

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sling are invaluable but so is the

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relationship fostered between the two

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nations . When we deployed here , we we

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sat down and we talked about the goals

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that we want to accomplish with this

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deployment and if we want to continue

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that strong relationship that we have

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and so really it's uh we have two goals

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here be better pilots and also have

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better relations with our allies .

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Friendship and cooperation in the

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various exercises will hopefully help

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to promote better understanding and

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cooperation in the future . This

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commando sling is just one of four that

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U . S . Pilots take part in annually .

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Marine Sergeant will skeleton pile of

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our airbase Singapore Air force crews

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trained to fly and fight in a joint

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environment that can involve working

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with the sister services or even

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militaries from other countries .

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That's exactly what happened in the

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south of France when the C . 1 30 crew

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from Ramstein Air base Germany visited

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the french paratrooper school Tech

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sergeant lee Bellinger joined the crew

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for the mission and has our story for

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me . It's a dry run for french

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paratroopers as they prepare for their

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first jump from an american C 1 30

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check equipment truly a joint mission

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bringing together an Air Force crew

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flying french soldiers trained by

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american soldiers . I think it's a lot

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of planning and cooperation and just a

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lot of communication as far as

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coordinating with the army ,

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coordinating with the host user , as

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far as what they want , what they're

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expecting and then of course the

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differences in training and what to

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expect between how they do business and

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how we do business . So , on an

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overcast day in the south of France ,

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the paratroopers gear up since they're

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jumping with american shoots , they're

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getting some extra training to make

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sure they're good to go before the

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green light tells them to jump . I

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think they're excited to work with us

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and they're excited to get their

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american jump wings . Meanwhile , back

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on the C130 , the crew prepares the

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aircraft for the mission . A lot of

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work , but in the end of valuable

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experience for everyone doing something

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like this . Uh someplace far from home .

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We also get a lot of experience from

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interacting with french hosts different

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countries and build those good working

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relationships over time with everything

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in order . The french paratroopers

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board the plane and head to the drop

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zone Around 1200 ft .

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They make the jump , Everything goes

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off without a hitch . 40 French jumpers

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and 40 good shoots . They got their

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jump wings . The army received the

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train from the French , everyone was on

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the drop zone , which is always a good

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thing . And uh I think everyone learned

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a lot . So the French paratroopers pack

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up their shoots . Having earned their

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American jump wings courtesy of the U .

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S . Air Force tech sergeant Lee

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Bollinger near . Oh France . Yeah .

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And that's it for this edition of

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today's Air Force . For more on today's

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stories , Be sure to log onto the Air

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Force's official website www dot af dot

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mil . I'm Staff Sergeant Jason .

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Armstrong . Thanks for watching .

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Mm