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- Hello, I'm Airman
First Class Zoe Wiggins

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and welcome to the AFN Europe Report.

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Keeping the force
COVID-free is job number one

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for military medical personnel,

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and one group in Kaiserslautern
is helping do just that.

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As a part of Task Force Volkomen,

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the 30th Medical Brigade is working

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at the Deployment Processing Center

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on Rhine Ordnance Barracks to
combat the spread of COVID.

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Here all unaccompanied
soldiers E-6 and below

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to be stationed in the
Kaiserslautern area are in-processed

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and go through their 14-day
restriction of movement period.

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The soldiers can rest,
get something to eat

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and hang out while waiting
for their COVID test results.

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Using this process at the
center is a big benefit

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for soldiers gaining units,
according to brigade officials.

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- They come here and
they're getting a chance

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to take a beat, get the
things that they need set

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before they move on to
their next duty station

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as opposed to putting all
of this onto the next unit.

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- What ensures both the safety of the base

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and deployment readiness?

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The answer is Combat Arms
Training and Maintenance, or CATM.

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- Shoot.

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- [Zoe] CATM is where Airman
go to train on the usage

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of small arms.

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Even though this job
seems pretty cut and dry

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for the 52nd Security Forces Squadron

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on Spangdahlem Air Base,

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they don't get caught up

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in the humdrum of the
daily activities involved

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with teaching people how
to be effective shooters.

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They're passionate about
what they do and it shows.

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- I love this job.

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This is probably the
best job since I joined

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that I've ever seen because I
love the instant satisfaction.

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You take someone from the
start, just like today,

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and you see that they're not
doing that well in class,

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but then you look at the end of the day

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and they shot expert.

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They surprise you every day.

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- That's all for the AFN Europe Report.

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Thanks for watching.