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Mhm . Yeah .

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Hello and welcome to around the Air

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Force and airman assigned to lackland

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Air Force Base texas died april 25th at

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the Wilford Hall Medical Center due to

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complications from pneumonia . Airman

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first class keith , my lot of Enfield

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Connecticut and a member of the

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Connecticut Air National Guard was at

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lackland Air Force Base , completing

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this technical training to become a

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Security Forces apprentice Air force

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officials have confirmed this is not a

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case of swine flu . As of now , only 40

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cases of swine flu have been reported

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in the US according to the Centers of

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Disease Control and Prevention

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officials encourage people to take

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simple everyday actions to stay healthy .

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Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue

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when coughing or sneezing and discard

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the tissue , immediately wash your

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hands as often as possible with soap

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and water or hand sanitizers avoid

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touching your eyes , nose and mouth and

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try to avoid close contact with sick

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people if you are sick , it's

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recommended that you stay at home in

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order to prevent the spread of germs in

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the workplace or at school . This is a

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rapidly evolving situation and the C .

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D . C . Will provide updated guidance

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and new information as it becomes

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available . To find out more , visit

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www dot CDC dot gov forward slash

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swine flu . Here's a look at what's

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happening around the Air Force At

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Yokota Air Base . Japan residents took

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time to remember those lost during the

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Holocaust which occurred more than 60

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years ago . Holocaust Survivor visited

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Dakota to talk about what he's learned

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as a Holocaust Survivor . I'm not

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speaking to a Jewish crowd . I'm

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speaking to people of all races and

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religions and the military is honoring

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this event and I I reiterate the words

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in the prayer , I always say , let us

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forgive but not forget . Yeah at

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Misawa Air Base Japan the Armed

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services blood program is giving

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residents a chance to donate blood and

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perhaps even save a life all of the

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blood here in the pacific , just about

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all the blood here in the pacific

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actually comes from the Armed Services

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Blood bank center on Okinawa Japan . We

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actually supply blood and blood

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products to eight medical treatment

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facilities throughout the entire

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pacific theater and the blood that we

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get stays within the military community .

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Yeah , at spangdahlem air base Germany

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US firefighters are training Bulgarian

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fighter fighters were doing training

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with the Bulgarian firefighters are

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giving them certification over the

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general specifications of our vehicles

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walk around the vehicle including daily

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check out different switches that are

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inside the cabs operating the fire

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pumps . The airmen are giving the

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Bulgarians a look at the type of fire

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truck . Their government has ordered to

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upgrade their inventory . They seemed

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impressed by it because I know their

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truck doesn't have as much water . They

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aren't has a lot more water than what

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they're used to polish Airmen are

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standing up there . First C 1 30

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squadron with a little help from US

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Airmen as staff sergeant . Trevor Pedro

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introduces us to one N . C . E . O who

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is dedicated to the polish mission .

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This one wouldn't be here is just too

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large . Master Sergeant Bill Ricketts

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is a few months from retirement but you

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wouldn't know it just by watching him .

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Yeah , he's very good expert in his job

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that you can see on first side .

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Ricketts is an aircrew flight equipment ,

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instructor training polish airmen on

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not only life support but tool

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accountability . A whole new experience

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for the 19 year vet . So the first two

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days was just explaining items what

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each of every little thing is then .

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Looking at it like like you would with

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anything new and just trying to

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understand what it was . Lieutenant

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archer Pollak Sergeant rick . It's main

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student during this three week course

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is reaping the benefits of the training .

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I can learn a lot of uh

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about your stuff what you use in your

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life support . My opinion . I think

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these are yours to equipment that's

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geared towards saving flight crews

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lives . But for three weeks it's a

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bridge between nations and airmen with

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one common goal . Staff Sergeant Trevor

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Pedro puppets . Airbase polling okay .

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Yeah . Mhm . For more on today's top

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stories log onto Air Force link for

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around the Air Force . I'm Staff

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Sergeant Jason . Armstrong .

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Thank you