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The exercise , pray vigilance and bayou

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vigilance is an exercise where we

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generate uh to practice the nuclear

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mission that we have . Basically , we

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need to assess if the fifth bomb wing

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and the second bomb wing , fifth bomb

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wing for pray vigilance and second

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bombing for bayou vigilance are able to

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accomplish their assigned missions from

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the United States of America .

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Uh Teamwork is important for all

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agencies . Um for LRS , they provide

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parts uh from the warehouse to generate

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the six year old aircraft . Uh LRS also

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provides 690,000 gallons of fuel that

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we needed to fly . These aircraft .

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Security forces provided teams to make

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sure the flight law was secure and make

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sure outside agencies are secure , um

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help with 705 months and rolling the

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weapons when we needed them . Uh 54th

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helicopter squadron provided aspects in

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um air support , whether it's on base

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on the flight line or the surrounding

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area as well . Um The ops groups

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supported us by getting individuals to

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make sure we had crew ready for the

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alert response and then the maintenance

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aspect of it , whether it's uh aircraft

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maintenance or maintenance squadron ,

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um there's a lot that goes into it ,

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whether it's an va performing the

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different maintenance pieces on the

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aircraft , refueling it , uh doing all

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the different things and uh all the

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strut repacks that we had to perform .

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Um , all the maintenance aspects of the

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aircraft . It's a really all in effort

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in the teamwork piece . The most

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challenging part of this exercise , I

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would have to say , would be just

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manning in general with the hard work

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and dedication of our maintainers .

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We've been able to over on this by

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using a multi capable airman concept ,

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individuals performing more than just

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what's asked of them , what their AC is

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assigned to and we're able to

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accomplish more and make this aircraft

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mission ready on a daily basis . We had

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a 14 aircraft light up . The crews

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responded to the aircraft in a very

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short amount of time and all 14

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aircraft were airborne within 30

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minutes . I'd say that's probably the

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most rewarding exhilarating piece of

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the exercise .