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mhm . Yeah ,

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I'm going on 14 years . I started in

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November of 2007 . Um I was an active

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duty marine , a logistician and I've

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worked with delay in the plast and

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quite frankly , we're here in battle

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creek michigan and I'm originally from

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Michigan . Well when I first arrived ,

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I worked with the RTD branch and then I

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deployed um after the deployments , I

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worked with the law enforcement support

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office or the less . So the lesser

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program , I was there for approximately

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eight years and that program

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dramatically um evolved . It was a

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program that delayed disposition

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inherited And it's been around since

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1991 and primarily was the

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accountability . So we had a robust

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post issue tracking um and also the

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types of property as a result of the

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divestiture or the Iraqi draw down ,

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there is more equipment that was

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available um for law enforcement . Um

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Specifically I think two of the game

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changers were the Humvees that were

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made available and also the Emirates

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the mine resistant ambush protected

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vehicles , armored vehicles um that

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were available to law enforcement and

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it really saved them a lot of money for

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them to purchase that type of equipment

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um was hundreds of thousands of dollars

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and through the program , uh they paid

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for the transportation , they think

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they could get that that type of

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capability . We're doing a compliance

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review . We showed up and the police

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chief just started off saying how he

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loves me and he loves the program .

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I've never met this guy and he goes

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before we start , I need to show you

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something and he took me to an armored

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vehicle that he got through the lesser

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program and it had um , some chip

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paints that he pulled up on a normal

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routine call and someone opened up

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firing with him on a K 47 it saved his

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life . He normally takes a patrol car ,

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patrol car . He had no idea why he took

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the armored vehicle on that call . And

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um , he was just very grateful . Um ,

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and that really hit home to me and the

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folks I was with , um , motivated us on

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the importance of the program ,

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the division chief of public cells . Um ,

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I wasn't around with it . I was towards

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the tail end and I've never seen one of

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these , but there used to be live

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auctions all over the sites when we

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sold stuff stuff that was safe to sell

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and they held literally had deal , I

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had auctioneers and they would auction

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property out and sell stuff and had

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cashiers and handling the money and

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checks and cash . Um , that obviously

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evolved to be automated and our sales

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now are done , They're done online

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Occasionally . We'll do a

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live sale but

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99.9% of their done online now .

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It was 2009 . Uh , I thought

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it was fantastic . I've deployed

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previously with the military and

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deploying as a civilian and the direct

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support that were , you know , I was

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ended up being on joint base balad and

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serving the Air force and the army on

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their disposal missions , which I

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didn't realize how important that was .

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When I was an active duty guy . We had

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incoming fire . We had our typical

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protocols of running into the bunker ,

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the sirens go off on the base , which

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is typical on all those forward

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operating bases . Um , so yeah , I mean

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being an active duty marine , you hate

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to uh , say the words you get used to

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it . But the definitely the

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threat was definitely there . I come

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from military background and there's a

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lot of veterans here and just the

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culture of truly wanted to serve , You

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know , we say the warfighter , the Army ,

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Navy , Air Force Marines , Coast Guard

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and working with those customers and

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for me specifically in delayed

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disposition services , the river , the

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reverse logistics . Um , I was a little

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decision seat on the front end and now

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I used to turn stuff into the old D . R .

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M . O . S . Um , and now just being

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part of that team in that process . But

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I would say it's definitely the people ,

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the leadership and just the team that

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deal has