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Just like with them , then you're just

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gonna look at me the entire time and

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the camera and can I just start with

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your first and last name , please ? And

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the spelling for Steven , S T E P H E N

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Messenger , M E S S E N G

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er Colonel United States army garrison

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commander mccoy Wisconsin , like the

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Ohio State , right ?

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Armed Forces Day . Tell me what armed

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Forces Day is all about here . Armed

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Forces Day is a chance to recognize all

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the people who have served our nation

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here at Fort mccoy . We open up our

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gates once a year on the third Saturday

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of every May and invite people in just

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to see for mccoy and the rich heritage

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that it has to offer . So you do this

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yearly . What do you want to say ? How

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does it evolve yearly ? Because this is

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the first time we have a tank county ,

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right ? This is my first call . So

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maybe so you've been here a lot , Scott .

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This is the first time in the past 40

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years . It has , this is our first time

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having a tank or a Paladin out here .

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So that's a I got this wrong . I'm like ,

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that's a tank . It's actually a paladin .

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Right . But so , yes , this is our

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first time having a paladin . What we

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try and do is just invite as many

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different organizations come out . And

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so what do you kind of see from the

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people that come here when you walk

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around ? What do you see what I

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see is pride in the people who have

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served and I see wonder and opportunity

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in the kids who are planning to serve

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in the future . Like , it's really cool

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to go through the Bouncy Castles with

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the kids , but two just to see them

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play on the vehicles , experiment with

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the different stuff the military has to

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offer . So even the

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young generation to see what

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opportunities that could be available

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to them , what we're doing is

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showcasing the different services , the

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army included here , but also the

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different components , whether it's the

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active duty , the guard or the reserve .

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And how do we ensure that they have all

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the opportunities ? And is there , um ,

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I wanna say , is there any , uh ,

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events that are coming up for , for

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mccoy after this ? Don't we have any

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events coming up , do we ? Nothing like

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this ? It is the only year , the only

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time every year we open up the game .

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And I wanna say , is there any , I

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wanna say , what's it called ? I miss

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mccoy because I don't know if people

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will think it was like , oh it's a

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military but can't really go there .

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But it's actually so every

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2nd and 4th Saturday , Friday . Right .

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It's Friday , every 2nd and 4th Friday

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of the month , people can come out and

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check out our historic commemorative

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area and really understand the heritage

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that we have . But really , Fort mccoy

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is the community . A lot of people

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think that it's a gated community , but

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it's not the people who work out here .

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2500 civilians who live in the local

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community . There's $2.5 billion of

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economic impact from Fort mccoy that go

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into the local southern Wisconsin area .

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And it's just really , we are part of

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the community , not .