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- Hi. I'm Captain Hartley.

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I graduated from Texas Tech University

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with a major in Biology.

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I commissioned through OCS,

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and what attracted me to air defense

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was the opportunities to go abroad

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whether it was duty
station or for deployment,

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and what's really kept me in air defense

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is the diversity that it
has within the branch.

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Its a growing branch not only
because of its importance

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but the people that come in and stay in

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bring a lot to the branch
and its good ideas.

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And it feels like family.

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- Hi I'm Lieutenant Warren Oren Rosen.

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I commissioned out of UCLA ROTC,

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and I majored in history.

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I chose air defense

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because I was really interested
in its defensive nature,

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and its job.

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And one of the things that's
kept me with air defense

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is a lot of the unique opportunities

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that are been presented to it's officers.

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Specifically at my last job I was able

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to travel quite extensively
throughout San Kong

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and the entire world,

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and interact with a lot
of different leaders

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both within the joint
force and in the army.

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And I've learned a lot
about high level operations

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in air defense and support
to the component commanders.

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- Hi. I'm Captain Bailey King.

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I went to Texas Christian University,

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and majored in criminal justice.

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What initially attracted
me to the Air Defense

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was that it was a small and unique branch,

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and one thing that I've
really enjoyed in my time

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is the ability to operate
with joint partners

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and the strategic importance of

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the Air Defense community as a whole.

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- Hello. I'm Captain Crystal Gonzalez.

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I attended the University
of Puerto Rico in Ponce

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where I earned my Master's
degree in elementary education.

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I chose Air Defense Artillery

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because it was a new branch to me,

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so I was prior service.

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I was a 31 Bravo which is military police.

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And Air Defense to me has amazing, new,

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innovative technology and weapon systems

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to fight against emerging threats.

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I was stationed in Germany,

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and I met amazing people,

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and I traveled all throughout Europe.

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So Air Defense is the way to go.

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- I'm Captain Justin Alovado.

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I graduated from the
University of Pittsburgh

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with a degree in computer science.

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I chose Air Defense because it's technical

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and in combat arms.

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Air Defense gave me a lot
of opportunities to work

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with my joint and multinational partners

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while I was in Germany.

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I also got to participate
in three live fires

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which gave me a whole new
perspective to the branch

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and how the army operates as a whole.

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