VIDEO NEWS RELEASE – Director of Air National Guard visits the 185th Air Refueling Wing in Sioux City, Iowa
Tech. Sgt. Michael McGhee
185th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs
Iowa Air National Guard
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THE 185TH AIR REFUELING WING RECENTLY PLAYED HOST TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCOTT RICE, DIRECTOR OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD, ALONG WITH CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT RONALD ANDERSON JUNIOR, COMMAND CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT OF THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD. WHILE TOURING THE BASE THEY CAME ACROSS SOMETHING NEAR AND DEAR TO GENERALS HEART. TECHNICAL SERGEANT MICHAEL MCGHEE HAS THE STORY.
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OVER THE NOVEMBER DRILL AND THE FIRST TIME IN THE UNITS HISTORY A SITTING DIRECTOR OF THE AIR NATIONAL, LIEUTENANT GENERAL SCOTT RICE, VISITS THE 185TH AIR REFUELING WING IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA.
RICE TOOK OVER THE DUTIES AS THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD DIRECTOR THIS PAST MAY WHERE HE OVERSEES POLICIES, PLANS, AND PROGRAMS FOR MORE THAN 90 WINGS THROUGHT OUT THE 50 STATES, U S TERRITORIES, AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
HIS COMMENTS ON THE TRIP TO THE MIDWEST, WERE HIGH PRAISE FOR THE UNIT:
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Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard (Washington D.C.)
INCUE: “AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR…”
OUTCUE: “…AND VISIT THE WING.”
DURING HIS HISTORIC VISIT IN SIOUX CITY, RICE MET WITH SENIOR LEADERSHIP AT THE WING, SPOKE TO OVER 40 CADETS VISITING FROM THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY, AND PARTICIPATED IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF THE AIR FORCE GRADUATION CREMONY.
ON THE TOUR, HE PAID A VISIT TO THE OPERATIONS BUILDING, EVEN CLIMBING INTO THE BOOM SIMULATOR AND RUNNING A FEW SENARIOS AS A BOOM OPERATOR.
RICE ALSO REVEALED, SOME OF THE BEST TAKEAWAYS FROM EACH AND EVERY VISIT:
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Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard (Washington D.C.)
INCUE: “THAT NOW, WHEN I GO AROUND…”
OUTCUE: “…THIS MAKES IT ALL WORK.”
HE ALSO STOPPED BY THE AIR NATIONAL GUARDS ONLY PAINT FACILITY IN THE U.S., WHICH INCLUDES A 300,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING COMPLETE WITH TWO PAINT BOOTHS. AND INSIDE SOMETHING VERY DEAR TO THE GENERAL, FOUND IN THE HEARTLAND, TAKING HIM BACK TO HIS MASSACHUSETTS ROOTS.
REPORTING FROM THE 185TH AIR REFUELING WING IN SIOUX CITY, IOWA. I’M TECHNICAL SERGEANT MICHAEL MCGHEE.
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Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard (Washington D.C.)
Iowa Air National Guard: Sioux City, Iowa
RICE SOUNDBITE 1
“AND THIS IS ONE OF OUR PREMIERE TANKER WINGS IN THE COUNTRY AND IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR THAT I’M ABLE TO COME HERE WITH OUR SENIOR ENLISTED OR COMMAND CHIEF ANDERSON AND VISIT THE WING.“
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Lt. Gen. Scott Rice, Director of the Air National Guard (Washington D.C.)
Iowa Air National Guard: Sioux City, Iowa
RICE SOUNDBITE 2
“THAT NOW, WHEN I GO AROUND TO PLACES LIKE THIS AND I SEE THE GREAT PASSION AND THE GREAT ENERGY AND THE ENTHUSIASM OUT OF THE UNIT LIKE THE 185TH. BOY, THIS WILL FUEL ME FOR YEARS. THIS ONE VISIT, I CAN CARRY ON AND DO WITH ALL THE BEURAUCRATIC FIGHT FOR THE RIGHT STUFF AT THE RIGHT TIME. BECAUSE OF THE ENERGY THAT I GOT FROM A VISIT LIKE THIS. THIS MAKES IT ALL WORK.”
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| Date Taken: | 11.05.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 11.27.2016 20:50 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 495283 |
| VIRIN: | 161106-Z-NV270-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_103882972 |
| Length: | 00:02:11 |
| Location: | IA, US |
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