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- [Sean] 136 Airlift
Wing, 301st Fighter Wing,

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and 10th Airforce members teamed up

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with the Dallas Mavericks in support

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of Hoops for Troops in Plano,
Texas, on November 5th.

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The volunteers packed 500 meals

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to distribute to veterans
throughout Dallas-Fort Worth.

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Senior Master Sergeant Harold Hunter,

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136th Airlift Wing
Resource Advisor tells us

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he was happy to support the event.

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- It was really cool to see
everybody kinda work together

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and put those meals together.

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It was a great energy there.

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A lot of dancing and laughing and joking

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while we were putting the meals together

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and knowing that it was gonna
go to a really good cause,

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veterans, troops giving back to veterans

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was amazing concept.

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- [Sean] Mav's Maniacs
captain, Rob Maiden,

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says the joint effort was
an uplifting experience.

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- To partner alongside the
military to do this, man,

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is such a huge honor for me.

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I had to take off my day job to do it

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but it's so worth it.

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- [Sean] Hoops for Troops is part

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of the NBA's commitment to service

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to better communities across
the country side-by-side

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with our nation's military.

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Reporting from Plano, Texas,

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I'm Staff Sergeant Sean Kornegay.