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Yeah . Uh private first class Robert

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Brian . I am part of the first of the 2

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97th Infantry and I'm an 11 bravo .

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Yeah . Yes . Uh I'm from Juneau ,

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Alaska and it has been a huge

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impact on our community with the

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flooding from the Mendenhall River . It

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has affected from what I've heard over

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600 households and there has been

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extensive water damage to lots of homes

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and I'm just thankful that we could be

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out here to do this . Oh , it's been

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awesome . You know , seeing the Air

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National Guard working with us , seeing

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the Alaska State Defense Forces working

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with us . It has been an eye opening

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uh endeavor to see working with ,

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uh you know , NC OS from different

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organizations working with officers and

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warrant officers as well has really

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been impactful to me and just seeing

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the kind of rapport and respect that

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everybody shows each other no matter ,

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you know , if you're junior enlisted to

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non commissioned officer , it's just

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been amazing working with so many

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different folks . Oh , it , it's

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awesome . Yeah , the uh to see all that

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is great . Uh Everybody's got such

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respect for us and they're so thankful

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that we were able to activate so

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quickly to get here and to help remove

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all the debris , all the household

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trash , all of the construction

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materials and everything that has been

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affected . And it's , I mean , it's

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been , it's been a lot , you know ,

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that of just picking up and

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throwing away , I've been on the street

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crew the entire time and it's just ,

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it's never ending , you know , there's

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just piles and piles of debris just

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coming out of these homes and , you

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know , you work your way down one end

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of the street just so you can turn

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around and come back and look like the

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piles and , you know , we never even

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picked up . Like , like you said , it's

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a feeling of accomplishment and relief

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at the end of the day , you know , that

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we've taken so much out of these homes

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and taken such a huge burden off of our

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community . And , you know , in the

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morning when I put it on , it's on the

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uniform . It's , uh , you know , it's

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kind of powerful , you know , because I

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know that I'm going out , I'm doing the

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right thing for my community and

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supporting everybody the best that I

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can . I'm just super thankful that

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everybody across the state has been

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able to come down here and help out my

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community in just this huge way in a

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time of need is , you know , just like

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it's Alaska is just one big community

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really , you know , and everybody is

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just brave to come down here and help

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out .