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- I'm Technical Sergeant Daniel Torrio,

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part of the 5th Expeditionary
Air Mobility Squadron

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here at Ali Al Salem Air Base.

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We're in charge of the C-17 maintenance,

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the launch and recovery
of all C-17 aircraft

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that come through our AOR.

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So day to day we launch and
recover all the C-17 aircraft

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that come through Ali Al Salem Air Base.

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With that is all the general servicing,

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repair, and maintenance of the aircraft.

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Primarily used as a
strategic airlift mission,

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so we move people, cargo,
vehicles in and out of the AOR.

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Here at stateside,

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we primarily launch and
recover the aircraft

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for training missions,

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maintaining the pilot Globemaster currency

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so they're ready to come out here

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when they're called upon to deploy.

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Up here, we're doing tasked missions

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into the AOR for the combatant commanders,

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so everything we launch and recover

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is direct support of
the war fighting effort.

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Even though I've been
doin' it for 10 years,

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every time you put your
hard work into the aircraft

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and it's ready to fly
through and it breaks ground

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and you see it goin' on it's way

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either taking people or
cargo into the fight,

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that still gives me goosebumps.

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Makes me proud of what I do.

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And out here we get a
little extra benefit.

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The C-17's known as The Moose.

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It takes a pretty unique sound
whenever it's being refilled.

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Has like a moose call sound,

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so whenever the plane breaks ground here,

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we say, "That moose is on the loose,"

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and we let everybody know that
it's in the air, it's gone,

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sent it on its way.

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