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- I'm Technical Sergeant Daniel Torrio,

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part of the 5th Expeditionary
Air Mobility Squadron

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here at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

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We're in charge of the C-17 maintenance,

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the launch and recovery
of all C-17 aircraft

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that come through our AO1.

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So day-to-day, we launch and
recover all the C-17 aircraft

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that come through Ali Al Salem Air Base.

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With that, is all the general servicing,

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repair and maintenance of the aircraft.

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We're primarily used as, like,
a strategic air lift mission

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so we move people, cargo, vehicles

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in and out of the AO1.

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When we're stateside, we
primarily launch and recover

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the aircraft for training missions,

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maintaining the pilot loadmaster currency,

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so they're ready to come out here

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whenever they're called upon to deploy.

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Out here, we're doing task missions

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into the AOR for the commanders.

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So everything we launch and
recover is direct support

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of the war fighting efforts.

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Even through I've been
doing it for 10 years

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every time you put your
hard work into the aircraft

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and it's ready to fly its
mission and it breaks ground

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and you see it going on its way

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you know either taking
people or cargo in to fight,

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that still gives me goosebumps,

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makes me proud of what I do.

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Out here, we get a little extra benefit.

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The C-17 is known as The Moose.

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It makes a pretty unique sound

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whenever its being refueled,

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it has, like, a moose-call sound.

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So whenever the plane breaks down here

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we say, 'That moose is on the loose'.

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And we let everybody know that

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something's in the air shelter.

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(aircraft engines roaring)

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(blowtorch hissing)