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Lieutenant Andy record is passing

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through Kandahar for training before he

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heads to Helmand province where he'll

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lead a route clearance team . Hello

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Emma and Mikey and Isaac . His family

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is never far from his mind and he takes

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every opportunity to keep in touch .

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Just recently he discovered United

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through reading absolutely fantastic

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program . I had heard of it before And

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this is the first time I was in a place

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that had it where I could actually do

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it . Kandahar airfield has one of the

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largest united through reading programs

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with 3500 books people can choose from

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and around 80 people each day making a

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recording train . The kids will have

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this in their hands while they're

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watching the video to develop . A love

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for reading is fantastic and to read

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along with someone while they're

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reading to you is pretty powerful ,

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it's pretty powerful for service

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members to they love it . They really

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do . They come in , they're so excited

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to read when they sit down . Sometimes

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they come in with an attitude where you

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can just sort of see the days really

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rough but when they leave our rooms is

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he like a weight has been lifted off

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their shoulders a little bit . Just

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because that connection has been

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reaffirmed for them . A connection

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Lieutenant Riker tries to make every

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chance he gets Afghanistan . I'll be

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home in a year . Air Force Sergeant

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Samantha Lo Kandahar Airfield

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Afghanistan