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I've been through numerous uniform

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changes for all of the services . Um ,

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but but one of my main memories is when

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it was Operation Desert Shield , Desert

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Storm and we were um , providing

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the equipment for the soldiers to

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deploy . And there was a shortage of

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Kevlar helmets and um , clothing and

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textiles was the agency , the the

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supply chain responsible for those

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helmets , and we were literally

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supplying helmets as soldiers were

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getting on the plane to deploy and some

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soldiers would have to stay back

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because they couldn't , we just

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couldn't didn't have the helmets to

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give them and they couldn't go wheels

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up without their gear . Um and that

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also included their Kevlar plates as

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well . And I actually had a mother and

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a son come into troop support clothing

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textiles just right across the driveway

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here and the sun brought me his

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Hoeveler plates and he had been shot

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the day he put them on .