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Just a quick review . About 2023 last

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January right out of the UE I , we did

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an excellent job that got effective .

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We had multiple highly effective areas

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on base February . We put a team

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together to get AC 130 J site survey

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team knowing that these J MOS were

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coming to the Air National Guard after

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we got uh C 130 Js , we had 86 people

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out and deployed . We've touched all

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seven continents in every combatant

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command got came out the door . Then it

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was identified that we were gonna get

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AC RG A contingency response group .

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Other things we did throughout the year ,

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we had a recruiting ware program where

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we are all recruiters . We supported

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many honor flights across the ramp as

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some veterans come back from a day in

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DC . Uh We've had a German exchange

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officer here on base . A lot of big

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things happened . We did . Air defender

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Peoria went , led a major exercise ,

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the largest transit land NATO exercise

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since the NATO Alliance Alliance was

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founded back after World War two . We

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led that . We followed up with a Poland

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Aviation detachment . We sent a few

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tales and crews over to Poland to

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continue working on our state

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Partnership for Peace program . We got

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a merit unit award just came out within

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the last two weeks based on Afghan

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refugee support . And then most

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recently , we got the Newman Award .

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That award is substantial in itself .

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Stanley FH Human Award was founded by a

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guy going to the University of Illinois .

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Always going above and beyond . Very

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similar to the Peoria way . That was

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his last year . That was a lot . And

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that's not everything . Just know that

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you're valued , you're wanted , you're

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needed and you are what makes this

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space successful , you all make it so

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easy to go out and do these things and

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win the awards that we do . Thank you

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for doing what you do and recognize one

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another of what you bring to the table .