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- The mission of the engineer

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is to ensure that our primary
surfaces of the airfield

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are FOD-free and greened up

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so that we can launch and
recover and execute the ATO

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as directed by CFAC.

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We get to build the facilities
and the infrastructure

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that support every single mission

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in the United States Air Force

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in executing our missions
across the world,

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but particularly here at Bagram

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we get to take the fight
to the enemy realtime

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and it's no greater honor to do that.

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- Aircraft, when they take off and land,

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they'll leave behind a
residue from their tires.

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Over time the residue will build up

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and we have to remove that

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so the runway condition
assessment meets requirements

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so they can safely land.

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Over time, again, weather
elements and aircraft traffic

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and vehicular traffic running
over the aircraft markings

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or the pavement markings,
they just wear out.

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So basically they were out
there with the paint striper

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repainting the markings
and putting the glass beads

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on them so the markings can be seen

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during day or night ops.

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A huge part, as you know,
of civil engineering

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is programming projects and
facilitating construction

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on the base, so in order to do that,

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we have to contract a lot
of the construction out

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because it's beyond our
capabilities at times

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and we do not have enough manpower

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to escort those civilian contractors

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on the job sites and do our own job,

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so it's really important for
us to have Force Protection

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out there with a contractor,
keeping their eye on 'em,

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making sure that the job
is getting done right

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but mostly to make sure that
the contractor isn't making

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our base a vulnerable target.

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- It's the highest
privilege that one can have

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is to command airmen in combat,

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and every airman is a
consummate professional

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in their career field and
they take their jobs seriously

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and they know that they're
directly supporting

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kinetic effects against our enemies

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and to be a civil engineer officer

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and a squadron commander of
the Civil Engineer Squadron,

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there's no better job in the Air Force.