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Hello Warriors as we all get ready to

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take some time off and enjoy some great

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food . I want to reflect a little bit

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on the last year , Chief and I were

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talking over some things for which

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we're thankful . It's been a really

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tough calendar year again Almost

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matches 2020 , but a lot of great

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things that happened as well , not the

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least of which was in the very

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beginning of the year , we started

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bringing back all of our employers and

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we got everyone home safely . We said

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at least a 10th of the wing out to

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multiple agencies across the world and

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everyone performed brilliantly

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throughout that process . Then we were

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hit with an unexpected winter storm And

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while that was challenging the response

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during that challenge was incredible .

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And the way that our LRS and aerial

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pork folks responded and C . E . It was

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great to see how our team worked . Then

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we sent out a fairly significant ops

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maintenance and boss package to

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savannah for operation Noble Eagle and

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we didn't miss a tasking through that

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whole deployment and once again we

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brought everybody home safely . And

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last month we had our capstone

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inspection and the wing is right where

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we need to be . We're so grateful for

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all that everybody did too . Not just

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prepare over the cycle but to host the

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team and present this wing and show how

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great we are after a lot of canceled in

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person events . We finally have yellow

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ribbon back in person where we can

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capitalize on both the pre and post

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deployment opportunities to care for

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our airmen and their families with this

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great event . And after two years of

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trying , we finally got to do our techs

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exercise and going out and watching

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everyone operate out there . I think it

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was a great learning environment and I

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feel like we are where we need to be in

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terms of readiness again and that

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brings us to what we're most thankful

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for and that's you and your families .

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We want to thank you for all the hard

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work that you've put in over this last

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year . And we look forward to more and

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as we've taken some time to reflect and

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we'll continue to do so we hope that

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you and your families can take time to

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reflect on what you're grateful for

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this holiday season . If you decide to

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travel , please be safe . It is a very

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heavily traveled time . So make sure

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that you're taking all the precautions

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that you need to take . Well , we hope

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that you have a great thanksgiving some

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great time off . Take some time to

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recharge . We know everybody is a

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little bit tired right now . So take

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that time and be ready to come back

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with the energy that you need to

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continue what we do . Happy

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thanksgiving , Happy thanksgiving