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Sergeant , Fernando red wine . How are

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you ? I'm doing okay . How are you ?

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I'm doing just fine . Thank you , sir ,

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thank you so much for taking the time

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to speak with us . I just wanted to ask

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you , you're with the fourth . I'd

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correct . Yes , I am . And can you talk

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about what your role is the second time

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around ? No . Yes . I'm the executive

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admin for the Chief of Staff of the 4th

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Century Division . Okay . And can you

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talk a little bit about how this time

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around ? What is different than per se

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that the first time you guys were

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stationed there ? Yes , I guess you

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could basically say we're a little more

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dug in now than we were when we first

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came uh in 2003 , when he first came .

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That was basically the first wave . Uh

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nothing really was set up or

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established uh now with us being here

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almost three years going on now , we're

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pretty much dug in , facilities are up

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for the soldiers . And uh , I would

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just say just basically more

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establishment Based off of 2003 .

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The big thing has been the elections

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that we've been covering here in the

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States , that you've been able to see

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this process firsthand . Can you talk a

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little bit about that ? Uh basically ,

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uh everything has been going uh as

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planned , you know , as far as the uh

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elections go . Uh things are looking

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like it's going as planned as far as I

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know , uh really hasn't been following

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it too much . Just trying to get

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everything established as far as my

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unit . Uh taking care of my my soldiers

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and uh basically taking care of the

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Chief of staff . Okay ? And talk about

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your role , your duties there . Well

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basically the Chief of Staff , he uh

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runs the division . Uh I worked for him ,

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I do his uh all this admin stuff . Uh

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we are S and NCR's . I'm a personal

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admin clerk . So anything that he needs

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uh typed up what I prepare all

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correspondence for him . Okay ? And do

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you want to take a moment and give a

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greeting to your loved ones here in

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central texas ? Yes , I do . Uh I would

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like to say back home to my life

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Melanie My son is fernanda , Mark James

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democratization and my lovely barbara

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mia . I miss you guys . I love you .

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And I'll see you some . All right ,

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thank you so much . We appreciate you

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taking the time to speak with us and

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you stay safe out there . Thank you .

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Now .