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^- [Narrator] Before a vehicle from Camp Lemonnier

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^goes on patrol, odds are, Hotel Company 949

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brigade support battalion has provided

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some form of maintenance.

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^- Our job here is to provide maintenance support

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^for a third of the 144, and also

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for Camp Lemonnier Dijbouti.

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- [Narrator] On average, mechanics work on anywhere

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from five to 10 vehicles per day each week.

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^- The best part about my job is the fact

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^that it makes me think all the time.

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^You don't always get the same thing over and over again,

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so it always requires you to be on your toes

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and really paying attention to what's going on

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and diagnose correctly.

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- [Narrator] Locating and having available parts on hand

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is another major factor within the process.

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^- My job consists of the records of parts,

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^issuing, receiving them, turn-ins, recoverables,

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kind of make sure every mechanics are

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gettin' the part that they need to get the job done.

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- [Narrator] The unit continues to receive high marks

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for reducing downtime and returning vehicles to service.

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- They do great things down here.

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We have a lot of soldiers that take on more

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than what they should, and they take on vehicles

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that are quite a project, but at the end of the day,

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they get it done.

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- [Narrator] Keeping the units on base

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mission-ready for the next patrol.

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Reporting from Camp Lemonnier, Dijbouti, Africa,

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this is TSgt Michael McGee.