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So this is what the National Guard um

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is here for . Um We're here to help our

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local communities . I'm incredibly

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honored to get to be here in the state ,

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helping our neighbors . This is , this

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is the type of thing that you hear

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about and getting to be a part of .

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It's awesome . Uh Seeing the support

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from the local communities , whether

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that's through official uh their

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emergency management office , the

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highway patrol , uh the high water

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rescue folks , even just the locals

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that drive by and ask us if , if , you

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know , we need anything , if there's

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anything that can help , um just the ,

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the need and the ability to fill that

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need is incredible . And getting to see

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everyone come together is , is just an

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awesome experience . I'm , I'm honored

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to be a part of it . Wanted to get out

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and help . I've all I this is , I've

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been with the Corps for 66 or seven

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years now and I've , uh this is

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something I've always wanted to do . I

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reach out and help people in need . Uh

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You know , let people know , you know ,

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the involvement with the Corps of

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Engineers and uh let us see that .

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We're also have boots on the ground .

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We wanna get out , we wanna help people ,

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we wanna strive to make things better

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for these communities . Everybody

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across the board on the federal state

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and local levels . You know , we're ,

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we're all here to help , we're all here

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to work together . Uh , everybody ,

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everybody wants to want , you know ,

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the main thing at the end of the day .

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And that's to see , you know , these

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people get the help that they need ,

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get back to a normal way of life that

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they had before and , uh , you know ,

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strive for that .