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- We recruit from the local community

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and we need to be out in the community

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to get to, to speak to,

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not only our new recruits,
our potential recruits

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but also their families.

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So that's what made it
very special here too,

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is the families were
invited to be out here

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to support those who are
enlisting and re-enlisting.

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When people are going through

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the military entrance processing station,

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they often are going
through a big building

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swearing in with a bunch of other people.

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This is a chance to be treated like a VIP,

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out here on Dodger Stadium

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to get a chance for
your families to see you

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enlist for the first
time into the military.

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I think they really enjoyed it

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and it's a very unique opportunity.

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Well, we have a really good relationship

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with the Dodgers.

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They traditionally will
ask us for nominations

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for people to be honored

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at the different Dodgers games as well.

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So, they reached out to us

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saying that they wanted to
do this for the first time

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and offered an opportunity
for an enlistment

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and re-enlistment for those

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who are already in the Air Force.

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I was so proud of our
guys who participated

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in the event today.

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Really it was a team
effort from the Dodgers,

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from players like Mr. Turner,

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to L.A. Air Force Base,

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to just the recruiters from
all the different services

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who came together to provide people

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to participate in the event

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and the man power to
bring everybody out here.

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So, really I think it turned out very well

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and this is the first event that

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I think the Dodgers have done like this

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and we hope to continue in
many more in the future.

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- Today I got to re-enlist
for another four years,

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which was an awesome opportunity
here at the Dodger Stadium.

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This is... The Air Force
has been great to me,

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it's afforded me a lot of great
opportunities in my time in.

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So, this was just something
I wanted to do here in L.A.,

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my hometown.

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No, no.

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This was, this was a great
ceremony in comparison to before.

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I just went into a room,
I swore in, you know,

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I just swore in and that was it.

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I walked right out.

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Now, this was a great opportunity

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because, you know, we get
to meet the Dodg...you know,

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Justin Turner, you know,

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my hometown,

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my favorite team, the Dodgers.

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You can't, you can't do,

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you can't get any better than this.

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- So today here at Dodger Stadium,

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we hosted future service members

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and current service members

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for an enlistment ceremony
and re-enlistment ceremony.

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So, we had about 50 total guests,

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plus their friends and family attending.

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We had a Bank of America
representative speak.

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We had our Dodger Community
Relations Vice President speak,

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as well.

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And then, also Justin Turner was present

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for an address, as well.

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It's an awesome thing to
experience as a, as a spectator.

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These people are making
such a huge commitment

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to our Country and really
to me and my community

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directly.

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They're, they're, you know,
making the commitment to serve

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and protect our Country.

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And so, to be able to
host them for this event

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and say, you know, thank you

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and we acknowledge and recognize
you for what you are doing,

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it was really a valuable
experience for me.

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I want to say thank you

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to all of our military service members

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and their families, for all
the sacrifices they make.

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We wish all the best for everyone,

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especially those who are here today.

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And we are excited to continue to work

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with both the Air Force and
all of our Military partners.

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- Oh, this is, this is awesome.

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I'm a, I'm a huge baseball fan.

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My husband is a Dodger fan.

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I'm a Yankees fan,

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but we both support each
other and your team, you know,

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congratulating, but it's always awesome

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to meet another baseball player.

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Doesn't matter who it is.

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It could be even on the rivals team.

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This is a time for me
to support my husband,

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just like he supports me,

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when I have to raise that right hand

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in another 2 years.

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This is... Air Force
has been so great to us.

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We have two little ones,

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one is in Kindergarten,

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one is in day care.

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The opportunities for them to get to move

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every time we PCS,

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my daughter, she already knows, okay

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that's going to be my room, you know,

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and to, just to meet other people

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just to be in L.A. and
not many people can say

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oh, ya I've been stationed
in L.A., you know,

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some people don't even know

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there's an L.A. Air Force Base here

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But this, this is great.

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This is fantastic.

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The weather, the ceremony, everything.

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I don't know if I can....I'll
out do him with this one

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maybe, I mean maybe

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I'll be raising my right
hand too, you know,

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in a couple of years, I
get to re-up in 2000...2021

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so, we'll see, we'll see.

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I mean, my best re-enlistment so far

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has been on Mount Rushmore...

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so, this is pretty...

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- [Interviewer] That's pretty excellent.

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- Ya, it was pretty
cool, it's pretty cool.