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All right , hey , good morning . Um ,

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so , Thanks for coming this morning to

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our big official ribbon cutting . That

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was great . I want to give public kudos

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to Captain Struzyk and Master Riley . I

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gave them thanks in the remarks , but

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again , just among the family , good

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job to the two of you , to Herman Wah ,

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I don't know if she's here , but

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everybody who had a hand in making that

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ceremony possible . It was really ,

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really well done , and I've gotten a

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lot of feedback since we finished that

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everybody's very happy . Will is happy .

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Kelly's happy , so we please , we

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please the uh those folks , um . We

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wanted to do something special for you

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guys can relax that . We want to do

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something special for the kennels and

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we're gonna do something special for

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the range once they can start firing on

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the range because that was very focused

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on that building and yes the campus ,

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but I want to talk about the kennels

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and what our men and women and dogs

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have endured um and you guys were in

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the kennel during all this . But I want

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to talk about a lot of the handlers um

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aren't here anymore and , and a couple

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of the handlers are deployed who really

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were integral in what we endured . But

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since the flood of 2019 . Our squadron

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was displaced , but there's one section

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in particular that sacrificed and

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worked harder than any other section

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from 19 until today . And that's our

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military working dog kennel section .

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The men and women and the dogs endured

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hardship . From 2019 till now . They

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have moved more than anyone else , and

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they were moved into some . Horrible

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facilities , right ? It was , there

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were health hazards to the dogs , there

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are health hazards to the humans , and

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I'm really proud of the team . They

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were able to get the mission done

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without any hiccups . They are

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resilient . And this is a symbolic

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milestone opening this officially , and

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I didn't want it to be anti-climactic

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and I didn't want you to not have your

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own ribbon cutting . So we're going to

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have our own special ribbon cutting in

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true military working dog fashion . The

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dog is going to cut the crime scene

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tape . Don't lose a finger , don't lose

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a hand , but let's do it . Cool to

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rock and roll . Oh .