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- [Narrator] Community outreach is a big

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part of what the USAP Band does.

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Typically speaking, we're making

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trips somewhere if it's for
maybe, a specific event,

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for instance, in Serbia, it's to

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commemorate the operation Halyard.

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But any time that we take a trip somewhere

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we also try to do as much as
possible while we're there,

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and often that's called
community outreach.

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So that could be something like what

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we've done in Serbia,
where it's a visiting

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program where the students
are learning English

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and we present a musical
program of course,

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because we're musicians.

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And we try to interact with the community.

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This serves a couple of purposes.

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One of them is so that we
can learn more about them

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which is fantastic and
very interesting for us,

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but also it puts a face
on the American military

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that maybe they've never seen before.

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You might see a faceless
vehicle or plane or something,

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maybe you've never interacted
as a Serbian person,

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whether they're young or old.

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Maybe they've never met an American.

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Sure they, an American in the military,

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and they see the uniform initially,

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but then we try to connect with them,

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and learn about each other.

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And that's really important for,

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I think, a variety of reasons.