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Mm , I've had an amazing visit and I

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was really excited to come down and see

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the partnership between Port Campbell

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and VA where we're soon gonna be

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opening a new community based

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outpatient clinic for veterans right

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here on base at the MTM . And what that

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allows us to do , we kept saying this

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all day , it's a win win . We provide

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care , a high level of care to veterans

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here , right on base . Doing so will

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allow us to ensure that all the

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providers on active duty are sharpening

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those skills , helping our veterans .

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Most of America sees the va and what we

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do within health care is something that

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should come together . It should be not

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just mutually cooperated . There are

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even some that say it should be one

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system . Um But at a minimum , we

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functionally , we take care of the s

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same population . We , we take care of

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soldiers and their families at one

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point in their life . And then those

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soldiers are followed by the va so to

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do right by those families and those

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soldiers , the care should be

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continuous and what we provide to them

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while they're on active duty . The same

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expectation to a certain degree should

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occur within the VA right now , OBGYN

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Services at Lanfield account for about

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50% of the surgeries performed in the

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hospital . The va

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patients have given us and our

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department a 40% increase in those

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surgical services . We love serving our

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women veterans and we welcome

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um that service as a commander of

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Blanchfield Army Community Hospital . I

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was incredibly proud to highlight

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everything that this hospital system

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does in support of our community ,

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our war fighters , their families , and

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the community members who include our

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veterans , uh who have made already so

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many sacrifices . And this was an

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opportunity for Blanchfield to

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highlight our very close relationship

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with Tennessee Valley VA and to , to

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showcase the future of our

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organizations where we're going to go

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together . It was also quite tremendous

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to see our senior leadership , both

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major General Sylvia from the 101st

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Brewer General Rainey from Medical

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Readiness Command East here in support

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to show just how important this

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relationship is and to demonstrate to

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Secretary mcdonough just how important

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this relationship is to all of our

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organizations .