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- [Male Narrator] With Spring weather

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finally on the horizon, members of the

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118th Aerial Support Operations Squadron

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gathered in New London, North Carolina

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for the annual 24-Hour Challenge,

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a run/walk fundraiser that generates money

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and awareness for the families
of fallen service members.

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- Yeah, so this is the 24-Hour Challenge,

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and basically it's for
the TACP Association.

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And what that does is it helps raise money

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for the family members of, family members

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or the TACP members
themselves, that have either

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been hurt in combat, potentially killed.

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Maybe they just have a
crisis going on in there,

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in there life currently, whether it's

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with their kids or their spouses.

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And this association helps raise money

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to support those people in need.

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We have had, since I've been at the unit,

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I haven't been here too long,
a little over three years,

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and I personally know of
a couple of times that

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members of our unit have
actually used the association.

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And I have friends that I went
to the school house with that

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have also used the association
as well in their lives.

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So we've reached out,
we've gotten sponsors.

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To sponsor the event,
donate money, we go out

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and we basically ask
different organizations

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to donate money to the
organization or basically just

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door to door and raising
money and awareness that way.

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So this is part of the donation as well.

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Depending on how much
certain sponsors donate,

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they're able to get their
name on the back the shirt.

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Obviously that helps promote
their business as well

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and it shows that they were one of the

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larger supporters for the even that year.

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- [Male Narrator] The
24-Hour Challenge isn't just

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about raising money, each unit
also has the symbolic goal

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of logging the most
miles, which encourages

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community involvement since everyone

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is allowed to contribute on the course.

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- This year, my personal goal,

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I'm gonna try to get at least 50 miles.

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I know that there's a few of our members

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who have similar goals but
overall we're just trying

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to get as many miles as we can

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to help raise awareness for this event.

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- [Male Narrator] For
the 145th Airlift Wing,

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public affairs, I am Tech
Sergeant Nathan Clark.