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- So we're out here paving
a UH 60 expansion project.

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It's for Taskforce Javelin.

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It's a 30% increase in
their parking space,

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so they're able to bed down

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three extra aircraft on the ramp.

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And it also allows an expansion

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for UH 47s if they bring them in.

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The project here is
12,000 US tons of asphalt.

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This size project is typically
taken on by a red horse unit,

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which will come in, do this project,

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and then go somewhere else
and do another project.

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So our timeline that we
originally had was 10 weeks.

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Our paving aspect was going
to be 22 days of paving.

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And we will cut that time
down in half by 10 days

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just by maximizing these guys'
time and the ability of them

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to be able to do more than
a thousand tons a day.

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Fortunately, we've had enough members here

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to be able to take on
large projects like this

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by allowing troop training

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with our airman that we have here.

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For most of them, it's
their first deployment

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and first time doing asphalt.

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The first day we did 600 tons.

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The second day we did 1200

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and today we're doing 1400 tons.

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- This would be

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a lot worse due to the heat,

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but actually just working with
the people I'm working with,

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I can make it throughout the day.

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Actually thought this was going be like

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the worst deployment, worst spot ever,

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but I have a lot of love for my guys.

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It's a wonderful team.

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Big ol' family.

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Some have a little bit of experience,

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but you know, come together.

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Loots, shovels, paver.

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Try to get the end goal.

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- For the most part, all of these guys

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have taken this project
and just run with it.

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This crew that we've had
here has been amazing.

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The last six months out here

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we've done numerous, large projects

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and these guys have just
killed it every single day.

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