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My name is Major Jonathan Blumke . I'm

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the commander of the unit operating as

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Task Force Medical Iowa for the

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presidential inauguration . We're

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actually a mixture of about 7 different

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units out of Iowa , and we are

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supporting the soldiers within a local

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area for any injuries that they may

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encounter or illnesses they may

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encounter while supporting the

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presidential inauguration . I think

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that this mission is important because

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medics provide emergency health care

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and urgent health care so if any

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soldiers were to get sick or injured ,

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then we can be there to support them ,

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and I think it builds mutual respect

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and camaraderie between us and the

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soldiers that they know that we can

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support them . Uh , personally I love

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that we're here and we can like truly

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practice our medical . Skills as needed .

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I hope my soldiers who are here with me ,

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the experience as a whole makes them

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feel more passionate about patient care .

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I think that this is an excellent

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opportunity for them to build

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confidence . Uh , we have really good

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NCOs with us , uh , really good medical

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providers with us that understand these

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medical processes . I think we really

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pride ourselves from the I regard that

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uh we are professionals . We , we live

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our armory values and . Uh , we , we

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really are here to accomplish the

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mission and stay focused on the mission

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and remember that , uh , you know ,

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we're we're here to come home with the

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same uh soldiers and airmen that we ,

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we landed here with , uh , and we

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continue to execute our mission until

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we have everybody home safely .