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- The culture here at
AMXS is very diverse,

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I mean we get people from
C17s, fighters, bombers,

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PTS here and their
experience and some of their

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skills that they've
learned at other places

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and other aircraft they come here also.

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Being a section chief, I deal
with every aspect of people.

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- Yes, so I've been with the
317th AMXS for four years now.

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You know being in charge of other people,

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it's hard, but it's
satisfying at the same time.

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You know because you get
to pass your knowledge

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on to other people, and
you get to show them

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like what you've learned over the years

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and how to overcome this obstacle.

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You know, if you're troubleshooting

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and you like you don't
have anywhere else to go.

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- We have about approximately 580 people,

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so we are the biggest unit on base.

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So, we play a vital role
in transportation, cargo,

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delivery of supplies,
people all over the world

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to AOR's and fives across the nation,

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all across the globe, pretty much.

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Right now currently, we are getting ready

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vamping up for one of
the biggest deployment

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swap outs in our wing history.

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We've named it 412, for a reason,

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you're deployment for four months,

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you're supposed to be home for 12 months.

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So, we're in the transition of doing that,

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in the coming weeks.

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- You know no matter what,
you can't give up on a job,

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especially in like a
deployed location, you know

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if you can't figure this
out, then somebody can die,

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because you can't get
this plane generated.

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I've deployed to Bagram,
the experience was just

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so awesome, you know the
comradery that you get

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with everybody that you deployed, you know

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you never find that anywhere else.

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The relationships that
you build with people,

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over there, you know
it's, like you literally

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cannot find that anywhere else.

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I can't really explain to
somebody that's never been

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deployed, but for those
who have been deployed,

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they'll know exactly what I'm talking.

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You know I'm like, yeah you
know I'm just going to tighten

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down this bolt, but if I
didn't tighten down this bolt

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then this plane wouldn't be able to fly.