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Welcome to the fort sill minute

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foretell firefighters have a tough job

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of wildfire prevention in Oklahoma on

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land where artillery is fired almost

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daily on top of that task , they

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provide mutual aid support to the

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community . When requested saturday ,

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they helped contain a fire in India

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Homa that consumed more than 400 acres .

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On sunday the provided mutual aid in

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three separate fires , including one

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near Lake Ellsworth . Our thoughts go

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out to the friends and family of

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Edgewater Park volunteer firefighter

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who passed away during that fire and we

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think every firefighter for what you do

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next Tuesday March 29th is National

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Vietnam War Veterans Day . The forceful

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exchange and commissary are partnering

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with the United States of America

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Vietnam war commemoration to honor all

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who served during the Vietnam War era .

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These heroes are invited to visit the

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Forceful Exchange food court from noon

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to one p.m. To receive a special

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Vietnam veteran lapel pin to recognize

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their valor and sacrifice . My name is

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Daniel McCoy . I'm a private first

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class and I joined the National Guard

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in the Army . I chose to be an

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intelligence analyst because I think we

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have a very unique opportunity and

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keeping ground troops safe and I feel

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like that's my biggest mission and

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playing the role for the army . Right

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now . I reside in Daytona beach florida .

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Um I work as a youth care specialist at

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a Children's emergency shelter And

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they've inspired me to join the

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military . I was born in Dominican

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republic and that is where most of my

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family is from . My father was in the

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navy . So he moved us to the States and

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I was raised with my older sister . Uh ,

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since then , I've studied criminal

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justice and I've worked with juveniles .

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I picked the army over the Navy mainly

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because I do not want to be on a

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submarine . My father gave a lot of

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great stories about being on submarine

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and I'm just not interested in that in

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the future . I hope to use the army as

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a stepping stone and just getting more

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experience and training so I can work

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in anti trafficking investigations . So

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far . My experience here has taught me

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a lot about leadership and being

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confident in myself and I hope that's

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something that everyone can glean from

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in their time and service . This has

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been your fort sill minute .