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- Hello everyone.

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I'm Senior Airman Jack
Sooty, and I'm a bassoonist

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with the United States Air
Force Band of the Golden West.

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April was Month of the Military Child,

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and so we'd like to
dedicate this next piece

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to all the children of military families.

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This is one of John Philip
Sousa's most famous marches.

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It's called "Washington Post".

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It's used at basically
every military function,

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and so it really brings me
back to when I was growing up

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as an army brat.

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My father taught at the United
States Military Academy,

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which is where I was born,

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and also where many years later,

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both of my older sisters
would become graduates.

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So "Washington Post" really brings me back

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to taking those summer
trips up to West Point

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to maybe hopefully get a glimpse

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of my sisters marching in a parade.

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Military children make
their own unique sacrifices

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to their family and their country

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from enduring moves all across
the country and the globe

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to helping to provide
that familial support

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that's so important while their
parents are on a deployment.

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They also understand the importance

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of the duty and sacrifice
that their parents have sworn

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to the United States.

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So for all of that, we thank
them for their service too.

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("Washington Post")

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(logo pounds)