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The Secretary of Defense has activated

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the guard and reserve to augment and to

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help support Transom and their mission

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to move stuff rapidly globally around

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the world , so we were activated with 8

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augmented crews and 53 maintainers to

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go out and be part of that process

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going out the door usually we get 30

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days once the Secretary of Defense has

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ordered . The activation , but in this

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case he waived the 30 days and we had

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72 hours to prepare to get the airmen

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out the door and I think this is really

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an example if you look at General

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Healy's task or and talking about ready

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airmen and what that means , you know ,

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as the as the culture changes in the

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military and the environments that

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we're gonna have to go to in the future ,

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so this is a great example of how a

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unit can . Be faster , get out the door

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as soon as needed to meet the nation's

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requirements . Tons of training that

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had to be accomplished within that 72

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hours and could not have been done

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without the support , um , from RTRs

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that came in from the support staff

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from the MSG to the medical to the LRS

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flights , uh , to the 602 and . 627 for

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them to come in on Sunday uh to make

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sure that we could rapidly get out the

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door that it could be accomplished when

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we work together as a team . Airmen

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came off leave because they wanted to

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be part of this . A couple of airmen

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told me , you know , this is what we're

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here for and to actually get mobilized

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and be activated and have to go out the

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door and do it was really exciting for

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them , you know , it absolutely shows

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the vital needs for our reservists and

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guard members , uh , to augment the

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active duty force that our guys are

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ready to go . How impressed I was with

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the work that we did , not just our

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wing , but the support we got from the

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62nd Airlift wing and the 627th Air

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Base Group , you know , it's a team

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accord effort for us to get out the

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door , you know , to make sure that

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this happens . So watching the entire

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team come together was , was really

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impressive .