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- Welcome back everybody,
we're starting out our day

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out here at McCrady Training Center,

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just outside of the greater Columbia area,

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down on the back side of Ft. Jackson.

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Now this is a unique training area,

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and we're gonna take you
around and show you why.

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But there's a lot of
different components out here.

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Active Duty Reserve, National Guard,

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Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force,

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kind of a little bit of everything.

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And so we're gonna take you around,

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and show you a couple of spots.

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Show why this is such a
unique training facility,

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and we're gonna start out

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with the building right here behind me.

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The 218th RTI.

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This is where a lot of your schools,

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or also known as the schoolhouse,

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but a lot of education and
the school stuff goes on here

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for leadership courses, reclass courses.

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So we're gonna step in the main area,

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take a quick look around,

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explain a little bit more about it,

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show you what it's all about.

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(inspiring music)

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So like I was saying,
this is the schoolhouse,

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and the first thing you'll notice

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as soon as you walk in,

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down the long hallway here,

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is we take the time to honor and recognize

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those people who came before us.

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The first thing you'll notice is

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Lieutenant General Dozier's area,

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and then on down to the
Medal of Honor recipients.

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The South Carolina Army National Guard

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enlisted Hall of Fame,

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the Palmetto Military Hall of Fame,

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as well as the 218th Leadership folks,

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people who have been involved in this.

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But there is, like I said,

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a lot of stuff that goes out here.

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There's the Palmetto Military Academy,

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and that's for CS,

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also the Warrant Officer School

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is out here also, for candidates.

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BLC, you've got reclass courses out here.

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I'm probably not gonna hit 'em all,

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but yeah, I know there's 25 Bravos,

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there's the engineers out here,

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and they just do a lot of training,

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a lot of building of leaders,

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and helping progress soldiers' career,

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no matter what path they're choosing.

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So there's a lot of
education stuff out here.

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Whether you want to
reclass, become an officer,

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a warrant officer, you
need to go through your

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NCOESs to get your promotion
as an enlisted soldier,

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this is the place where it happens,

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and we bring people in
from all over the place.

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Like I said, active reserve and guard.

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So this is our schoolhouse.

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So here we are over at the
SIM Center area on McCrady.

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This is where folks come to
practice their marksmanship,

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in kind of a controlled environment,

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let's the instructors
take time to correct form.

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This is to train people to get ready

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for going to live fires at the range.

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Like we mentioned, there's more than just

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National Guard soldiers
and Army soldiers out here.

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This is the Marine
detachment that's out here,

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reserve component that's
out here on McCrady

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that shares space with us,

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and we work along with them out here.

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Just goes to show how
multi-faceted this facility

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and this training area is.

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All right, here are at the MOUT site.

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Many people have been
here, or will be here,

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but this is where we obviously
do our MOUT training at.

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And we do other events out here.

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It's been used for Best
Warrior competitions,

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the medics use this, so this
is a really versatile site

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that allows for some real-world type

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training scenarios, and simulations.

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As we continue to move through
McCrady Training Center,

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you can see there's full
facilities out here.

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PT area, tracks, as we head down this way,

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we have a USO out here on
McCrady Training Center.

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All right, and as we pass through here

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we can see this is where we
were talking about the RTI,

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and some of the courses and stuff.

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But this is an area that our PMA,

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our OCS class people who
want to become officers,

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they utilize this.

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This is kind of where they kick off

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their training each year,
going into a new class.

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So if you've ever been out
near McCrady Training Center,

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you might notice a lot
of big vehicles and stuff

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sitting over to the side.

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That's the UTES area.

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They can do a lot of the
preventative maintenance

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and maintenance when these larger vehicles

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need to be maintained,

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but they're one of the units out here

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that kind of helps keep the Guard running,

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especially when we're talking about our

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bigger vehicles and
stuff, paladins, tanks,

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things of that nature.

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- So we are currently at McEntire
Joint National Guard Base

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and we are on the Air National Guard side.

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And we're gonna take you on a little tour

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of some of the key facilities
that are on this base.

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So let's go.

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- McEntire Joint National Guard Base

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is a 2,400 acre facility

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that's about 12 miles east of Columbia.

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The facility was originally called

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The Congree Air Base, and
was used in World War Two

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as a US Marine Corps training base.

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The base would later be renamed for the

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late Brigadier General,
Barney B. McEntire Jr.,

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the first commander of the South Carolina

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Air National Guard, and
it's first General Officer.

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At any given point there could be

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4,000 plus airmen and soldiers working

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at McEntire Joint National Guard Base.

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McEntire Joint National Guard Base is also

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the home of 54 combat aircraft.

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The 169th Fighter Wing is composed of

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the 157 Fighter Squadron
Air Space Control Alert det,

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and the 245th Air
Traffic Control Squadron,

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which houses up to 26 Block 52 F-16s.

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So now that we've finished up with the

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Air National Guard side,

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we're gonna head over towards

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Army Aviation CSMS, and JAFRC.

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So let's head on over,

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and check out what they've got.

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(inspiring music)

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Now that we've reached the other side

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of McEntire Joint National Guard Base,

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we can take a look at the

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South Carolina Army National
Guard Aviation Complex,

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which houses both Apache
and Black Hawk helicopters,

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along with combat and support helicopters,

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there's also a Medivac detachment

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housed in the South Carolina

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Army National Guard Aviation Facility.

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Just down from the South
Carolina National Guard

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Army Aviation Facility,

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is the Joint Armed Forces Reserve Center,

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also known as the JAFRC.

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The significant part of this building is

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this is where most of the
state's IMRXs and SRPs are done,

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as well as there's several
units that use this

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as a drilling location.

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As we move down from the JAFRC,

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we'll see the CSMS.

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This is where most of
the maintenance is done.

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These are the folks who work on humvees,

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and small engine repair,
and computer systems,

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and there's just list on and on

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about personnel that work
in this facility here,

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that do repairs, make sure
things are operational,

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and up and running for
us on a regular basis.

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- So now that the day's coming to an end,

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we have taken you along
the journey with us

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to McCrady Training Center
as well as McEntire,

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and we are currently at the TAG Complex.

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And now we're gonna take you around

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to the different facilities
that this site has to offer.

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So down in this area is where R and R,

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or Recruiting and
Retention is headquartered.

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And they are the headquarters for all the

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recruiters in the state of
South Carolina, as well as RSP.

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And over here is the warehouse area

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of the facility, and
this is where all of your

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equipment comes into
when you receive items

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from your unit that are issued to you,

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this is where they come
from is from the warehouse

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down at the TAG complex.

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Right next to the warehouse is the J6,

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and the J6 is all of our IT personnel

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that help with any computer issues,

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or connectivity, communication
within the state.

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Next to the J6 is the USPFO,

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and it is the location where
they handle contracting,

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finances, military pay,
and all over different

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support elements that help soldiers

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throughout the state of South Carolina.

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Next we have the South
Carolina Military Museum,

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and they are not a part of the

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South Carolina National Guard,

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but they are a part of the

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South Carolina Military Department,

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and they house the military
history of South Carolina.

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Right next to the South
Carolina Military Museum

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is the Blufford Armory which is where

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Joint Force Headquarters is located.

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This armory is very unique

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because it houses a lot
of good information.

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They have the deer section,
the ID card section,

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as well as service member family care,

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which is there to provide
all service members

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as well as their families

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with important information for
services available to them.

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So our last stop in the TAG complex

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is the TAG building which is also where

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the Adjutant General of the
South Carolina National Guard

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work as well as the G3, human resources,

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and different support staff

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that help throughout the state.

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- All right, so we've completed this day

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of visiting our different
readiness centers

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and complexes and stuff.

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I know we shot today a
little bit differently,

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but these complex areas,
McCrady and McEntire,

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and the TAG area, are so much larger

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than just a regular maintenance center.

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We could have shot a
whole month of content

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just going through all the different units

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and people and personnel

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and things that these sites offer.

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So we're headed back out
on the road tomorrow.

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We'll be headed up
towards the upstate area,

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checking out some of the readiness centers

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and stuff up there.

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So, we look forward to
catching you tomorrow.

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(ominous music and metal clanging)