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- Good morning, Colonel McGee.

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I'm the ops group commander here

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at three 41st operations group.

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I'm out here today taking
my safety training for

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skid pad and gravel road training.

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Thanks to the folks at our outstanding

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safety office for getting
me out this morning.

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I want to just have a message
out to our airmen in the

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operations group, but
not just those folks,

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but those folks across the
three 41st missile wing

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to talk about the importance of safety

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I'm out here this morning,

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to make sure that I
complete the requirements

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so that when I'm going
out to the missile field,

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that I'm doing it in the most safe

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and effective way possible.

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Traveling in the missile
field in the Northern tier

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is a challenge.

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My time here, back in
the early two thousands

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across other missile wings,

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I've seen, and I've actually experienced

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some significant driving conditions,

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thanks to training opportunities

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like the one we have this morning

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and just being able to get
out and experience the roads

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and the conditions has
been extremely beneficial

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to me and those airmen that have served

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the mission with in the past.

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Winter driving is extremely important,

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not just for the safety
and the effectiveness

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of the mission, but
personal safety as well.

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The air force and trust us
leaders with the safety and

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security of the airmen that
are within our span of control.

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And so what's very important
for our airman to take this

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seriously, to come on out and
get the training accomplished

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so that when they meet
tough roads, gravel roads,

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bad weather conditions
that they know what to do,

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and there'll be more prepared

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to face those challenges when they happen.

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