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My name is Caitlyn Dixon . I am a 92

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alpha automatic logistics specialist

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and I am a , a part of the Georgia Army

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National Guard . I live almost two

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hours away . I live in Statesboro ,

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Georgia . Currently , this is my very

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first time being activated for like

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with the state for mission for a

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mission like this actually . So for

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preparation with the unit and

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personally , I received the message , I

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was at work . Currently , I work at the

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Department of Driver Services and I

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make sure I have my phone on standby in

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situations like this . So as soon as I

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got the notification , I was on the

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phone with my manager and I kept him

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updated even though we didn't get the

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word for sure that we would be heading

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out , heading out . I made sure that I

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let him know and gave him an update on

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it . And then when I got here that

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following day , they just told us they

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had to get accountability and just told

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us to be on standby because we don't

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know how serious it's gonna get . So I

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was notified around maybe 3:30 p.m.

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So and I got here at 12 or one o'clock

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PM the next day . So , so far , the

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mission that I really had to make sure

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that was prepared to go was the

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vehicles because we just had two

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soldiers go out to help take , deliver

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a generator to our soldiers down there

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in Alpha Company . And my job which is

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automated logistics specialist . I had

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to fuel the vehicles , make sure the

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maintenance was kept and make sure

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they're ready to go for whenever we

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needed them to be the end of the day .

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No matter what every vehicle that we

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have out here has , has to be prepared .

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And if it's not , we need to know

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what's wrong with it and see if we can

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go ahead and get that taken care of as

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soon as possible and have it back and

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ready for soldiers to be able to do

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their jobs when needed . Alpha Company

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is currently in Dublin and the reason

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they're there is what co that's their

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home station , but there are some

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civilians that are currently out of

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power trees down and little , not

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really much food options , only four

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gas stations available . So right now

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they're needing all the help that they

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can get at the moment right now . Some

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ways that we are helping the civilians

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at the moment is one the generator and

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then of course we are loading up Mres

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to take down the reason I joined the

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Georgia , Georgia Army National Guard .

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One is because it , I feel like I

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needed some more guidance and I wasn't

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like a troubled child growing up , but

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I needed a little bit more discipline .

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So I knew that that would help a lot .

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And then I just needed some stability .

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So like , no matter what happens with

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jobs , civilian jobs or like my

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education , because right now it's a

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little struggle with that mentally ,

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but no matter what , I will always have

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the military , it means a lot to me

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because I , I'm a very caring person .

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So for me to be able to be there for

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others , the people that I care about ,

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even strangers , no matter what at the

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end of the day , we are all human and

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all it takes is for one person to

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actually care about you to go out and

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risk their life for you to save you ,

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protect you , to bring anything that

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you need or to help you with anything

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that you're going through . So it means

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a lot to me actually .