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- All right, so I am Specialist
Ashley Bruce-Sparrow.

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from the Bravo 158 FA.

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- [Woman] Spell that?

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You name, first and last name.

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- Ashley is A S H L E Y.

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And then Bruce, B R U C E.

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Sparrow, S P A R R O W.

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- [Interviewer] Okay, and
what is your job with the 158?

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- I am a gunner for the HIMARS System.

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- [Interviewer] Okay.

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- So.

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- [Interviewer] So how long have you been

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in the Oklahoma National Guard?

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- For about three years now.

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- [Interviewer] What do you
enjoy most about your job

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with the 158?

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- I think it's just getting
connected with people

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that don't really do Army all the time

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'cause they all have their
personal lives going on

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and they bring it here.

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And whenever you've got a
problem going on in your life,

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they can like solve it through
their past experiences.

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It's not just all people of
going from high school to Army.

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It's just more than that.

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- [Interviewer] Sure, sure, okay.

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So this is your first deployment?

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- Yes.

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- [Interviewer] How do
you feel about deploying

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with your unit?

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- Comfortable?

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Like, I already know my job.

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I just gotta go and do it.

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- [Interviewer] Okay.

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So, this is a little different ceremony

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than what you've probably been a part of

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even having not deployed before.

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Do you feel

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any closer or separation

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from the people that are here

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responding to the COVID, COVID-19?

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Do you feel like your
job is more important?

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Do you feel like theirs is more important?

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What is your (background
noise drowns out interviewer)?

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- Everything has to come
together in the end,

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so one thing can not be labeled

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as more important than the other

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if you have to cohesively work together.

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- [Interviewer] Okay.

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- So.

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- [Interviewer] All right.

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What's the one thing
you're lookin' forward to

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when you get back?

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- To see my dogs and my husband again.

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I really love dogs.

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You know that, I just really love dogs.

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(people laugh)

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- [Interviewer] No, that's cool.

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- Okay.

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(background noise drowns out interviewer)

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Is there anything else you'd like to add

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to your family, friends, anyone?

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- Nope, they're all ready for me to go,

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so just, bye again.

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- [Interviewer] All right.