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the executive officer of the combined E .

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O . D . Unit at bagram airfield .

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Captain brian calder wanted to do

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something special for the family of

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Technical sergeant Phillip meyer , the

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loss of their airmen had a large effect

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on the family . He had an idea to raise

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some money . Tech 1000 miles left a

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wife and two young Children behind and

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whilst the the money would make a

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massive difference to the life maybe

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the idea that people cared enough to go

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and do something . The captain decided

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it would mean more to the family if he

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tried to raise the money by breaking a

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world record for running the fastest

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mile in a bomb suit . We don't run into

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bombs that it's not built to be run in .

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And it's a a very arduous activity

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to undertake . And I wanted something

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personally demanding just seemed the

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right thing at the right time to do

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with 5280 ft of road ahead of him and a

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bomb suit that added £70 captain

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called his mission was not just about

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the world record but helping Sergeant

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Myers , his family . Well you know in

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the E . U . D . World we uh we work

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closely together as a team and and

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hopefully she knows that team still

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there for him . Um and they probably

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will be for many years in the future

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there to help her and help her with the

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Children . Fellow EU members and other

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service members ran along with him to

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cheer and support the captain during

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his run . I just think it's immense .

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The family bond that we have in the

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community . You know , we're we have a

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big impact on all operations . But when

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you look at the actual size the manning ,

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the manning level that we actually have

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a very small um but we give a lot of

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bang for the buck . As they say , it

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wasn't really about a world record

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because that would detract away from

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our mission was to make some money .

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But Irrespective whether that was

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$500 , it was the token

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of what we were trying to achieve as a

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team . And you know , in fact

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touches mrs Myers and and helps her

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take her Children away on holiday . And

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that's all the mountains really . And

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if it just gives them one less day of

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sadness achieved , Even though Captain

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Caulder didn't break the world record ,

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over $3,000 was raised by the family .

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For the meyer family , Air Force Staff

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Sergeant , Jeff Saints over bagram

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Airfield , Afghanistan . Yeah , yeah .