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^- [Michael] Earlier this week, General Joseph Lengyel,

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^Chief of the National Guard Bureau,

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^along with his senior enlisted advisor,

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Command Sergeant Major Christopher Capner,

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paid a visit to Camp Lemonnier.

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^- Our number one job is to make sure

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^you're ready to do this wartime role.

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^This is a real world mission,

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^the readiness piece is the first

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and most important thing that we do

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for our Army and for our Air Force.

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And we know it, and I can just tell you

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having been around the, zipping around the AOR,

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we're making the grade.

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We're doing a great thing.

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We've got soldiers and airmen that are just,

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they're bringing it every single day.

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- Hello. How you doing?

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- [Michael] His travels aside from Africa

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have taken him to Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait,

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going to various airbases and FOBs,

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meeting soldiers and airmen from Guard units

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all over the United States.

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- How you doing?
- How you doing?

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- Good, thank you.

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- Good to see you guys. How's the deployment going so far?

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- It's good.

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- [Michael] This particular stop was a homecoming of sorts,

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meeting members of the Texas National Guard over lunch.

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Lengyel served in the Texas Air National Guard,

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flying F-16s while instructing officers on the airframe.

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Among his previous commands, they include

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the fighter squadron, operations group,

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air expeditionary group, as well as

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the Air National Guard Readiness Center.

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^- One of the statements he made was that he hopes that

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^one of us are wishing to be where he is, in his position,

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and it's really motivating, it's really inspiring,

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that being able to see that we could be that person.

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- [Michael] The general and command sergeant major

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even made time for a group photo

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with members of Task Force Bayonet outside the galley.

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Reporting from Camp Lemonnier in East Africa,

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this is Technical Sergeant Michael McGee.

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- All right!