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- [Kaleth] I think the
best thing that Airmen

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at the local level can
do to help strengthen

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NATO partnerships is be respectful

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of the culture that we reside in.

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You know, Germany is a great country,

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they're great partners for us

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obviously economically,
diplomatically, militarily,

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and for young Airmen just
coming into the country,

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just be good neighbors, be good partners,

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learn to speak the language,

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show that you're genuinely concerned about

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integrating and being
a part of this country.

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I'm pretty happy with the roles

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that we have as enlisted Airmen,

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I'm excited about the opportunity

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for some of our enlisted Airmen to

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continue in the RPA program.

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But we have some incredible
Airmen doing some amazing

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things in all facets of the
United States Air Force,

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from operations to maintenance to intel,

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medical, support, you name it.

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So I'm pretty happy with the things,

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some of the really unique things

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that our Airmen are doing already.

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It's incumbent upon
leadership at the local level

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to make sure that as they
send Airmen out the door

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that they're tracking where they're going

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and the things that they're doing

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and the needs that they have downrange

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as they pass them off to
the commanders downrange,

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and probably more importantly
that they're tracking

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the families and loved ones
that they leave behind.

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And we have tons of programs
across the Air Force

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that support families of deployed members,

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and sometimes we just have
to bring those families

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out of their shell, make sure
we don't forget about them,

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and use the resources
that we have available.

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And areas where we don't have resources,

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then the expectation is that those leaders

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will speak up and fight for more resources

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to make sure families are taken care of.

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And that plays right into
the resilience factor.

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Some of our Airmen go
downrange and they deal with,

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and see, and become involved in some

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pretty heavy and hectic things.

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And sometimes they come
back and have challenges,

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and making sure they get
the care that they need.

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And that requires a little
bit of honesty on their part

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in answering their pre-deployment surveys,

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and being honest about some of the things

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that they experience, and a
lot of engagement on our part,

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and pushing a little bit,

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and ultimately making sure that because

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we need them to be resilient,

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making sure that they get
the help that they need.

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Decide what it is that you
want out of the Air Force,

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decide what it is that
you want out of life,

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and the universe, and your
teammates, and your squadron,

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and all your friends
and family will help you

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achieve it, it's just up to you to decide.

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You can be just about
anything you wanna be

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in our United States Air Force,

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you just have to put it in your mind

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that that's what you want,

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and then getting busy getting after it.

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For someone leaving the Air Force,

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I would say mostly try
to live with no regrets.

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Yeah, we all could have
taken a different path,

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or got promoted here, or had this job,

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or retrained or whatever.

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Maybe do a little bit of
reflection on your service,

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and appreciate the things
that we've all been

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allowed to do as Airmen in
our United States Air Force.

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And same thing on the way out,

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decide what it is you wanna
do for your second career,

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and then get busy doing it.

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I just wanna say thank
you to Saber Nation,

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I had a wonderful visit here.

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Again, it validated from
me all the great things

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that you guys are doing,

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and all the reasons why I have to work

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as hard as I work to
continue to take care of you,

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and I'm very appreciative of the time

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that you allowed me to
spend visiting your area,

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seeing your wings, so thank you.

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