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Yeah . Mhm .

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Yeah . Okay . So since hurricane IDa

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hit here in in Louisiana , um the main

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focus of the new Orleans CPO a chapter

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has been hurricane relief operations .

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That ranges from helping people pack up

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their stuff and get it get it moved out

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of their um impacted homes into a safe

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storage location , um cutting trees off

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of people's homes , cars out of their

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yards , um coordinating donations and

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aid down to camp Equity . Really just

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anything that helps helps people

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recover . Yeah . Yeah .

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Mm . Mm .

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Yeah , we've been

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so fortunate to receive support from

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over a dozen Chief Petty Officer

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Association chapters across the Coast

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Guard . Other chapters have reached out

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to help us with monetary support , uh

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donations , people putting in requests

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for grants through the Coast Guard

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Foundation or putting in local requests

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for financial assistance through the C .

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P . O . A . In addition to mutual

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assistance , because we can we can put

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money in the hands of people that need .

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Mm .

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Yeah .

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So the CPU is the Chief Petty Officers

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Association , um , it's a not for

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profit organization made up of Chiefs ,

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former Chiefs , Senior Chiefs , Master

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Chief's etcetera . And really the

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mission , the goal of the organization

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is to step in and help

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specifically junior enlisted , but all

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all Coast Guard personnel