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- Hi, I'm Lieutenant Colonel Aimee Torres,

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XO for Area Support Group Qatar.

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This Mother's Day is different

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than any Mother's Day
we've ever experienced.

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Not only that, we have
so many service women

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in our formation right
here on Camp Al Sayliyah

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who are mothers and its their
very first deployment overseas

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away from their families.

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We wanna show our support and appreciation

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for the sacrifices that
they make every single day.

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Happy Mother's Day.

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You are amazing.

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We salute you.

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- Hi, I'm Sergeant First
Class Tiffany Giertych.

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Soon, it's going to be Mother's Day

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and I wanted to give a
shout-out to my five kids

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that made me a mom and
made me who I am today.

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Yeah, the oldest is almost 17 years old

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and the youngest is 10.

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- Hi, my name's Sergeant
First Class Kimberly Horton

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from Charlie Battery 2-218th.

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I have three children.

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Three boys and one grandson

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and it is the first time
I've actually been away

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from any of them so this
is really hard for me.

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They're obviously older but
the little one's growing up

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and it's be my first Mother's
Day away from the kids

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with the Army, so.

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(upbeat music)

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- My name is Sergeant Jameson.

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My first name is Kristen
and I am from Canby, Oregon

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and I have two children.

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I have one son who is 20 years old

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and I have a daughter, her name is Chloey

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and she is 10.

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- My name is Staff
Sergeant Jessica Gardner

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and I'm with 2-218th Field Artillery.

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I belong to HHB Company.

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I'm from Sweet Home, Oregon.

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I have a four year old
little son named Mason

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and I have an eight year
old daughter named Payton.

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(upbeat music)

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- My name is Sergeant Simpson
and I'm with Alpha 141.

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It feels weird to be
deployed away from my kid

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during Mother's Day just
because it's the first time

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that I've ever been deployed, for one,

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and then two I can't see him
or like, hang out with him

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and that's usually something that we do.

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Xander's his name and he's six years old.

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- Hi, I'm Sergeant First
Class Linda Mosley,

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Area Support Group
Quatar, brigade S1 NCOIC.

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Being away from home on Mother Day

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during this time is really kinda hard.

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I spend time with my son and my grandson

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so it's not only Mother's Day to me,

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it's also Grandmother's Day.

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(upbeat music)

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- Hi, my name is Sergeant
First Class Filipinas Benitez.

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I'm here as a chaplain assistant at Qatar

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and I have two grown children.

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Their name is Samantha and Alex.

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- Hi, I'm Lieutenant
Colonel Aimee Torres, the XO

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for ASG Qatar.

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I myself have two little
girls back home in Texas.

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Their names are Claire and Ella

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and now they're eight and nine years old.

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(upbeat music)

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- I cannot wait until I actually get home.

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I am so excited.

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First of all, my kids told me that I have

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to do something extraordinary
when I get home.

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Unfortunately, COVID, most
likely school will not be going

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and we'll be homeschooling.

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So I really gotta try and work

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to get on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

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That way I can surprise them that way.

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If not, I'ma have to come up
with something super epic.

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I am here today because
my mom left pamphlets

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around the house when I was 19
years old and I moved back in

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after I blew my truck up.

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So my mom's like you need to
do something with your life.

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And she's been my number
one supporter, still there

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for the kids today.

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Half these cards are
from my mom and my nephew

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and I couldn't do it all
without my kids or my mom.

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- I will be excited to see them.

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It, like I said, it's the
first time I've been away

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from them for longer
than two, three weeks.

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So when I get home,

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I probably against their
wishes, will hug them

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because even though they're
grown they're still my babies.

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(upbeat music)

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- Well, when I get home I
will give them a big hug

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and a big kiss and tell them
how much I've missed them

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and I can't wait to see them.

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- The first thing that I wanna do

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when I get home is sniff them.

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It sounds so weird but
just snuggling with them.

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Yep.

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Oh, yeah.

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(upbeat music)

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- When I get home, the
first thing I wanna do

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with Xander is probably go to the movies.

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That's if it's open,
considering the circumstances.

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If not, we'll go to the
park and just hang out.

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- Usually on Mother's Day my
grandson will go downstairs

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and him and my son would make me breakfast

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while I'm sleeping and they'll bring it up

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with a flower, gifts, cards.

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You know, that would be their day.

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Once I eat, we usually would
leave to go to the park

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or some type of activity just to hang out,

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just to spend some special time with them.

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(upbeat music)

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- Mother's Day has always
been difficult growing up.

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I had never had a mom.

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I've always had my sister as my mom.

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So I didn't really know how to be a mom.

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Growing up, my mom immigrated

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from Philippines to US

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and so,

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I was very little when they immigrated.

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So I was raised really by
my sisters and my brother.

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Mostly my sisters.

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They are the one that pretty
much have taught me the values

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and how to survive.

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- So yeah, they're who I live for.

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They're who I fight for every single day.

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And I miss them terribly.

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I've been in the Army for 21 years

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and I've been on three deployments

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and this is the first deployment
I've ever had children.

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And

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it is completely different.

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I miss them every day.

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And I don't get to talk to them as much

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because they are busy
doing whatever they do.

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(laughs)

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But I was very lucky that I
got to spend extra time home

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with them when I was on leave last month.

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And we have a great vacation together

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and

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you know, I just look forward
to the time that I'll get

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to hug them again and.

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(upbeat music)

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- Once again, happy Mother's
Day from Camp Al Sayliyah.

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♪ For all the times you stood by me ♪

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♪ For all the truth that you made me see ♪

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♪ For all the joy... ♪