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My name is Colonel Jeremy Chapman and

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I'm the mobile district commander . US

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Army Corps of Engineers . I

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commissioned in 1998 so a while ago , a

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few years ago . Um , but I , I really

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just , just wanted to serve , uh , and

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I really chose the Corps of Engineers

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just for the diversity of mission as

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the commander . Uh , I , I kinda go to

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the sound of the guns , you know , what ,

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where are the most important things in

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setting those priorities for the

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district , uh , a district of , you

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know , 1200 uh d A civilians as well

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as , uh four , almost 400 volunteers .

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Uh And then we have embedded

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contractors across the board . So , you

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know , over over a 2000 person

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workforce . The other part of my job is

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really focused on the partners , you

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know , from our national level ,

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congressmen , senators , uh to the very

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local level . I just talked to a mayor

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yesterday . You know , those , those

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sheriff's departments , uh , the folks

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that are on the ground , helping our

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folks get the mission done . Uh That's

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also a very important job .