WEBVTT

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- [Male Announcer] There
have been discussions

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with the senior leadership in the command.

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- [Mark] So the purpose of today's event

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is to rehearse the concept and the plan

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of the safety and security measures

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in play for the July 4th

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celebration, "Salute to America"

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we're very excited about the opportunity

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to participate with our partners.

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The district government,

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the DC National Guard,

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the military and other federal
state and local entities.

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This event is a complete
collaboration between

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all the partners in the region

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and we're very excited to do that.

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The DC national guard is a pillar of

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the security plan for this

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"Salute to America" celebration.

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We would not be able to do what we do

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without the support of the guard,

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to include being in their house right now

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allowing us to use this
space for the rock drill.

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We have troops assisting
us with crowd monitoring

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and quite frankly the event would not be

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what it will be safety
and security wise without

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the National Guard.

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At the end of the day

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safety and security is paramount.

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We wanna provide life safety measures

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so that everybody can
get to the venue safely,

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enjoy the experience,
and more importantly,

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go home safely.

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So a win to me is
everybody has a good time,

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but more importantly,
everybody's safe and secure.