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our mission is multifaceted . We are a

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quick response unit that respond thio .

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Rapidly changing environment Whether

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that's manmade situations , uh , or ,

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uh , nature's whim . We go in and help

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reopen the air base . So we respond a

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lot of disasters . We will go in and

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help re establish air operations in

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those locations . But they're also

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could be a man made event where there

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is a conflict somewhere on . We need to

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go in and help with that assistance

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process of establishing the logistical

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flow of equipment and personnel into or

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out of an environment . We had the

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Mississippi Guard come and pick us up

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in a C 17 and flies up here . Direct on

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Miller Kemp . Ripley is our

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introduction to cold weather , adverse

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weather type of training . We're kind

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of like in the crawl stage where we're

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beginning to figure out . You know what

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works that we're using now , what

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doesn't work , what methods and tactics

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equipment that we need to change and

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perform differently . Yesterday I had

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different socks on the left foot ,

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different socks on the right foot , see

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how cold my feet got . It's a simple as

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that , but you need to do that kind of

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stuff to understand what's gonna work

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for you as a unit , but then as an

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individual . As part of that , we're

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testing it in different environments .

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Snowmobiling , standing on open ice ,

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building stuff in the woods , different

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levels of wind , different levels of

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cold , different levels of snow . Uh ,

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I think that's the biggest challenge .

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Was layering to me . You know , what

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you're doing could require one or two

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layers or one layer or four or five

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layers . I think that's the biggest .

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And I think the wind plays a big factor

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in that you need to be protected from

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the wind . Kim really has been great .

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Honestly , everyone's been very

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welcoming , very accommodating .

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They've helped us considerably .

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They're open to the idea of us coming

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up here and operating on on their base ,

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letting this user facilities their

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equipment , letting us do our survival

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stuff . You know , it's a little

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unusual . It's not just Hey , we're

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gonna fly in and unloaded a truck and

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drive away . It's you know , we're

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gonna go do a land navigation course

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and we're gonna build fires , and we're

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gonna do some survival training out

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here and and set up a little camp right

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on your airfield . And they have just

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been incredibly friendly and welcoming

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and helped us achieve this . So for us ,

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the value of this training , we

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couldn't get this in Kentucky . A

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couple of our members have recently

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completed a very in depth Arctic

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survival school . The knowledge that

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they brought back to us is helping all

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of us learn how to survive . Give us a

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good foundation on how we need to do

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things differently or adapt to this

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type of environment . Even though it

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isn't this coldest as we expect it . Za

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start . You gotta start somewhere .