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Following the impact of hurricane

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Milton . This is the largest movement

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of air National Guardsmen for domestic

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operations for the air personnel . We

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have over 900 personnel activated the

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possibility of it actually hitting

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Tampa and being a category five storm ,

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we really had to team together and , uh ,

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dig down deep and , and provide a big

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response . We're some of the uh first

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ones out clearing the roads with our

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rock clearance teams , uh opening up

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for the roads for emergency response

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vehicles . The army and Air National

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Guardsmen worked alongside each other

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to perform search and rescue operations ,

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points of distribution , route

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clearance and more . Uh , we're there

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for points of distribution which is

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critical , uh especially for the

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counties and uh neighborhoods that lose

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power , uh , to know that they have the

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f you know , the mres that we have the

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mills ready to eat the water , uh tarps

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and , and ice , but also again , being

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there to clear the roads to make sure

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that folks can move around and you know ,

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get to places that are open . So for

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this mission , we activated up over

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6700 soldiers and airmen and uh most of

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which almost 6000 , just over 6000 were

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Florida guardsmen . So army and air

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from Florida , there were 20/20 states

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that came to support , uh Florida after

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the uh impact of hurricane Milton . Um ,

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as far away as Alaska . And , um , I

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think the number was just over 3000

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that had volunteered to come in and

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they were either moving uh directly to

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the state or en route to the state to

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help the army makes us better because

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they , they ensure that we're

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integrated and we're providing the best

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impact we can to the citizens reporting

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from the Florida National Guard Joint

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Operations Center . This is senior

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airman Brooke Kessler .