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- The unique part to this squadron is that

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since were aligned underneath
a air expeditionary group,

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so the EAMXS encompasses all of the

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on-equipment and off-equipment maintenance

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for all of the platforms that we support.

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So, the MQ-9s the KC-135s and the A-10s

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that are flying out of here at Kandahar.

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Normally that would be split
up into different squadrons,

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but here, we incorporate
all of that into the EAMXS.

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Obviously, nothing happens
out here on the flight line

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without the maintenance that
the airmen and the NCOs here

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put in day in and day out.

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We're a 24/7 operation here

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and it's very important
to make sure that we have

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air-worthy, reliable aircraft

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that air crews can go out
and perform their missions.

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Flying an ATO and being
in a combat mission

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here in a combat zone, there's always a

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heightened sense of
awareness that, out here,

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we're loading live munitions
on the aircraft to fly

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real-world combat missions.

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But, the training that
we do at home station

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with both the air crew and
the maintenance technicians

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prepares us very well for the mission

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that we do over here
on a real-world basis.

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Being the operations officer

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for something that's that large,

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it comes with its daily
challenges as you can imagine.

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So, we have all of the
munitions functions,

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all of the backup functions

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and all of the flight-line functions.

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We do have subordinate
flights within there

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to manage all of those
different functions, but,

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as far as daily challenges, I mean,

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meeting an ATO here with that

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greater responsibility
and about 500 people

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to do that mission,
becomes a challenge daily.

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What motivates me is really

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the ability to go out
there onto the flight line

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and see those airmen and those
NCOs putting in the work.

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It's cold out there at night

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and it can be hot out here during the day.

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We get rain, snow and through it all,

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the airmen are out there,

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they're always perform their mission,

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a very professional core.

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It makes me proud to be a
part of that organization

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in whatever small way I can.

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