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I am Ah , Warren , Officer James shoes

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and I'm with the 117 Engineer Brigade

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down here and Horry County helping feed

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the public school Children . We came

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here three weeks ago and we took over

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for the public school system . So

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currently we are picking up food from

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the school cafeterias in the morning

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and establish ling pickup sites for

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parents and Children to come pick up

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meals . And then at the same time ,

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we're also running bus routes . 22 bus

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routes . It was 20 and then we moved it

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upto 22 bus routes this week ,

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producing around 8000 meals a day .

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Believe also , um , during our

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operations , we discovered that the

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libraries have summer reading programs ,

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and they also have programs where they

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need to . Recycled books are moved ,

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old books out , move new books in and

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they were basically discarding the book .

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So what ? We decided to actually hand

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those books out to the Children that

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come by and get the meal . So some of

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the books are part of their reading

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summer reading program that there were

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unable to distribute because of Gove in

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19 and then some of the books are

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actually older books that they were

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going to discard anyway . So at the

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same time we're delivering the meals .

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We put boxes of books on each bus and

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they're handing out books to the

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Children on bus routes . And then also

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that some of a pickup locations if we

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have enough books . And we also have

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book distribution along with meals at

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the pickup sites at the different

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schools . So the kids really love it .

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They're actually more excited about the

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book . Sometimes then in the meal .

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This is , ah , really great mission .

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This is actually why personally , I

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joined the Guard and for the local

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mission , the state mission , along

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with the federal mission that it's

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really rewarding to all of us . This

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morale is very high . We were excited

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every morn , everybody smiling and

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anxious to get to work every day to see

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that some of the same kids . But this

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is why you joined the National Guard ,

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because I like to serve others . And

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when you come to the guard , it's what

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you're gonna do . You're gonna help .

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The nation along is with your state

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mission . So it's really , really

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rewarding and very satisfying mission .

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So not all the time . You get a mission

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like this . Actually , you can see your

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efforts . Where helps the community .

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So this is once again a really good

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mission for the National Guard . So one

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of the reasons I enjoy being a warrant

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officer became a warn officers because

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I'm able to be a Oh , I see or

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supervised or be in charge of enlisted

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troops . But also , I'm prior enlisted ,

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So I'm able to work with them , um ,

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communicate with them . They have a

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better understanding of me because I

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have been enlisted and I have a better

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understanding of their their needs and

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operational needs as far as what needs

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to happen and how I can actually

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support the enlisted people while I'm

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here and get him . The resource is they

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need to they can actually focus on

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their mission , and we can operate as

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one team