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This week , we have 18 sea cadets from

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up and down the eastern seaboard . We

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kicked off this morning on Monday and

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we immediately had the cadets come over

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to the simulator building . So we have

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brought them to the expeditionary Fast

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Transport simulator where they have

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been immersed into the atmosphere of

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learning to drive an EF and also into

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the small craft bridge which allows

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them to drive smaller vessels . In the

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one instance , here was a landing craft

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this afternoon , we're going to get

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them into damage control where they

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will be inside a wet trainer and they

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will be allowed to stop progressive

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flooding on a ship and learn how to

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really save in the ship at sea where

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they are learning that they are the

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ones that are going to come to the

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rescue . They are going to be the

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firefighters on board . They're going

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to be the mechanics and everything else

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that goes involved in it . Wednesday .

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The cadets will return back to us and

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they will be fully immersed in

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firefighting where again , they will

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learn about being a firefighter on

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board . They will fight active live

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fire here , they will dress in all the

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gear that they would dress on a ship .

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They will do helicopter firefighting ,

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they will do search and rescue inside

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of a building and they will spend the

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entire day doing that

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Thursday . We will have a ship's

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reaction force training . So that will

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be where they learn how to do the

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security side of things on board of a

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vessel . And I think that one is really

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piqued the interest of the sea . So I

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think that will be a good event for

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them . I think it's important for us to

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have these essentially outreach

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programs . At least the start of one ,

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the sea cadets are a great stepping

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stone . They will help aid in

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recruitment efforts in the years to

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come . The idea here is to allow our

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younger generation , our youth and

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insight into another career path ,

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whether or not they choose that is

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really up to them . But I think it's

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our best interest in order to show them

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what's out there to show that they can

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support their country in many different

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ways , whether it's active duty ,

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military or federal service . And for

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us , the merchant marine through

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military sea of command is vitally

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important to the future of this country .

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Again , the merchant marine , there's

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very little known to the American

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public about what we do . If you look

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at the commercial sector for the

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merchant marine , most people in the US

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don't realize that all the products

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that we're buying 90% of which come by

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ships . We do a complete resupply for

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the US navy and foreign navies across

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the world . I think people assume that

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that is all done by the active duty

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service members and that , that they

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don't have the ability to serve their

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country unless they're serving in the

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military . And it's quite contrary to

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that , that with the military command ,

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we have 5500 civil servant Mariners

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around the world that are doing those

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wartime efforts . And on top of that ,

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we do have the contract Mariners that

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support the roles as well . So it is

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vitally important to the country and to

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the invited out there to have that

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services employed by , by me .