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- My name's Sergeant
First Class Jason Abbott.

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I'm with HHC 63rd Troop Command,

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Michigan Army National Guard.

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We're currently at the Grand Rapids

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Home for Veterans,

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located in Grand Rapids,

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Michigan.

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So we're playing a pretty vital role here

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in ensuring that our veterans here,

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that live in this closed community,

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are taken care of

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and nobody's coming in from the outside

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and bringing anything here

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that doesn't need to be here.

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Our main role is to assist with

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the screen process

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when members come from outside

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of the community,

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and want to come in to the

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Grand Rapids Home for Veterans,

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and we have them wash their hands

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for over 20 seconds.

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We supervise that.

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After they wash their hands,

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they're gonna go over here

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and fill out a survey

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of where they've been
for the past two weeks,

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asking a lot of medical questions.

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Then we'll take their temperature,

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and if it's over 100 degrees,

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then we have to...

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They have to go home.

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So one of the reasons I'd go into

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Michigan Army National Guard

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was to give back to my community,

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and this is one of the great ways

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our organization can
give back to the veterans

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that have came before us

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to help protect them.