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I'm Lieutenant Colonel Mike Corkum ,

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deputy garrison commander for Fort

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mccoy . This is behind the triad and I

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am here at White Tail Ridge with

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tactics paintball with Mr Neil

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Chittenden Neil . Tell us about

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yourself . Um I work at MWR , I'm the

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paintball guy . I basically run the

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paintball fields , uh , laser tag and I

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also run the civilian gun range . A

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sportsman's range as well . Been out

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here paintball about six years . I

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started out as just a volunteer coming

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out and helping get things going and

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helping where needed and now I'm full

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fledged employee for MWR . Uh It's been

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an awesome ride so far and uh , yeah ,

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I , I've been doing paintball about 30

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years , give or take and , um , I love

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what they got going on here and I , I

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want to see it grow and expand . That's

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awesome . So , tell me about what we

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have here . Um You know , Fort mccoy is

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pretty awesome . Um , the fact that we

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actually have an area to ski and an

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area to play paintball , let's dig into

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paintball a little bit . So I don't

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have any equipment . Can I rent it here ?

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Absolutely . Um We've got a whole fleet

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of rental equipment so you can get

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rental , uh , paintball markers right

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here . We got all the air tanks you

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need . We got the protection equipment

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that you need . You come on out .

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You're welcome to bring your own gear .

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If you have your own gear , we check it

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before you get on the field . Make sure

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it's a safe , you know , rate of fire

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and all that . But we have everything

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you need otherwise you can bring your

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own doesn't really matter . That's

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awesome . Ca can you tell me a little

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bit about the balls ? I mean , I should ,

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I be afraid that they're gonna leave a

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mark . Are they gonna , they're gonna

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stain my clothes ? Do I have to have

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special stuff or is it , can I wear

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whatever I have and , and not worry

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about it . It's all personal preference

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if you've never done it before . I , I

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definitely suggest long sleeves and

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long pants . Uh , when the paintball

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hits you , it's a 68 caliber paintball

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and it travels at about 280 ft per

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second . That's roughly 200 miles an

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hour . Now , as far as a 10 year old

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coming out , it depends on the kid .

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Obviously , this is awesome . Um , so I

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guess my next question is when can I

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play ? Well , I , if you're wanting to ,

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I mean , uh , we actually have another

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staffer here who plays quite often .

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He'd be , he'd be ready to take you on

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right now . But as far as our regular

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season come , you know , end of April ,

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beginning of May , uh , but if you

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wanna play , we , we can maybe get a

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couple of one D ones today . Well ,

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maybe , let's see what we can do .

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Right . No ,

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no , no .

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Right .

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Hey , I really appreciate it . Thank

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you about , uh , what you have here and ,

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um , you know , if you're at the Fort

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mccoy community , come out , enjoy it

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and , um , give it a shot , you might

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find out you like it .