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- The point of the exercise today is

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for practicing for an earthquake.

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So it's pretty much...

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We're practicing for mass casualty.

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Pretty much the patients come in,

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we load them on the airplane,

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and we kind of practice
loading and offloading,

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and to make sure they gateway
safely and basically triage.

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And all in preparation for a
future of realistic earthquake.

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(airplane engine revving)

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- Ready to move?

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Move.

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Ready to lift?

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Lift.

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- When we train, our focus and our mission

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is on readiness.

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We always want to be ready
for whatever the need is.

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So when our leaders, or our
governor calls and says,

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"Hey, we need the Tennessee
National Guard to respond."

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We never want there to be a
day that we're not prepared

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trained, equipped, and ready.

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We know the New Madrid is
living and viable threat.

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So, at a minimum, we need
to be able to respond.

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And, you know, treat the
citizens that may be injured

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or displaced during that event,

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but we also are aware that
there are other events

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that may happen.

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There may be national
disasters, man made disasters.

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So the New Madrid event is
a real and living threat.

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But all of our training scenarios,

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we keep them very broad base.

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Our medics are trained
to respond to combat,

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as well as trauma.

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And so, we think it's very
important to be ready.