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Hello and welcome to around the Air

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Force . As part of their fiscal year

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2012 civilian workforce restructure Air

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Force officials announced 4500

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positions for elimination . This

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reduction builds on the realignments

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announced in november . In addition ,

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these reductions respond to the

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secretary of Defense's direction To

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target civilian funding at fiscal year

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2010 levels . In an effort to encourage

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voluntary separations and retirements ,

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the Air Force is currently offering its

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second round of voluntary separation

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incentive pay and voluntary early

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retirement authority programs . The

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deadline for civilians to turn in

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applications for these options is

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february 3rd approved applications will

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result in separations or retirements

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That take effect by April 30

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for a man who struggled to quit smoking ,

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the Air Force can help health and

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wellness centers offer many avenues of

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assistance . Staff Sergeant Joshua

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paragon introduces us to one airmen who

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had more than a few reasons to quit but

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just needed a little help . Smoking can

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be a habit , an addiction or simply a

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means for social interaction . Three

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years ago , staff sergeant Christopher

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Willis could be found lighting one up

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with his co workers at this very spot .

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I was stationed at the Ramstein about

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four years ago , I was pretty heavy

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smoker back in the time . Uh one of the

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things we do for a break was actually ,

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I would come to this smoke area but

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then something changed about three

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years ago . Uh my wife found out she

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was pregnant and looked into it and

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just figured the best thing for me to

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do was to try to quit . So I also uh

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looked for help through the smoking

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sensation class provided by the hawk

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and just family and friends and

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coworkers . Once Sergeant Willis quit

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smoking , he not only started saving a

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lot of money instantly , probably about

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$100 a week uh was , was what we were

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saving on , but also time with his

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newborn child . You hear stories about

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lung cancer and you know , now that I

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have two Children , young Children , I

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want to be there and I want to be there

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when they get older . So anything I

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could do to prolong me being there to

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to be their weddings and see their

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Children being born . So and cigarettes

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was definitely one of them . So I'm

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glad that I got that one knocked out .

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So if Sergeant Willis would have kept

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smoking , this is what has long would

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it look like ? Okay , this was on the

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inside of his body would have looked

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like this is a year's worth of tar and

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his teeth will look like this . Not a

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very gorgeous smile . Huh ? But now

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that he's quit for three years , his

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lungs gonna go from this to a healthy

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lung , they're gonna regenerate

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quitting smoking was definitely good

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for my health and it definitely put a

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lot more money back in my pocket . But

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this is the main reason why I quit

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right here and you can't put a price on

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that . Air Force Sergeant Joshua

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perigee in Ramstein Air Base Germany ,

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the Air Force also offers many programs

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to help airmen get fit , lose weight

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and maintain Air Force fitness

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standards . Airman first class Shane

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Mitchell shows us how the bod pod helps

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airman meet their fitness goals in less

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than five minutes . The bod pod can

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figure out your body composition tells

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you how much body fat percentage you

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have , how much body muscle you have by

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density , whether or not it's lean body

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mass or if you're overweight , it's

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simple . Put on some skin tight

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clothing and sit in the egg shaped pod .

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A few painless minutes later , you're

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done after the reading , you attend a

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nutrition class to help you set your

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fitness goals from that class , you can

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identify what category , what areas of

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the body you would like to change or

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need to focus on . This will give you a

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good baseline to start making changes .

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You don't even need to make an

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appointment . Just walk into the Hawk

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Airman first class Shane Mitchell .

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Ramstein Air Base Germany for more on

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today's and other top stories . Go to

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the Air Force's official website af dot

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mil . On the site . You can find

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television , radio and print news and

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features impacting our Air Force from

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Air Force studios at Fort Meade

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Maryland . I'm Staff Sergeant Mike

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Hutchinson . All right ,

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yeah