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- [Nicole] Director of the Air National Guard,

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Lieutenant General L. Scott Rice

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and Command Chief of the Air National Guard,

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Chief Master Sargent Ronald C. Anderson

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visited the Fresno Air National Guard Base Sunday.

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They described the state of the Air National Guard

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and the goals for the upcoming year,

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one of which is to increase manpower

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to be able to take on more missions

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and maximize the capabilities of the Air National Guard.

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- That journey that brought every single one of you here

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to this place at this point in time is different.

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We all have a different story and that's the strength

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of who we are, that diversity of though that you bring

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to this place, and the things that General Rice and I

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talk about, that cohesion, that respect for each other,

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that's what makes us strong.

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- I figured we can probably grow about a thousand a year

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for four to five years, bringing our number over 110,000

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up to about 110, 111,000.

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So this year we grow a little bit,

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next year we're gonna grow a thousand AGRs next year,

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that's gonna be growth in our enterprise,

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so that's a good thing.

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The following year we get approval to grow

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about a thousand drill staffs guardsmen.

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(audience applauding)

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- [Nicole] This is Staff Sargent Nicole Wright,

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Fresno Air National Guard Base, California.