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really . There is no better training

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than when you are getting your hands

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and just making things happen . You

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talk about all you want in the

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classroom , all this conceptualization ,

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all this thinking through problems ,

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but until you get punched in the face ,

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you don't know how you're gonna react ,

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and that's when you fall back . On your

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training , so when we put them in these

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stressful situations where they are in

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mop gear , they're sweating it out ,

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they're having a hard time talking ,

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but they're still having to get the

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mission done there's no substitute for

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that and that is why events like Silver

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Flag are so important .

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Silver flag has traditionally been a

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qualifying event prior to deployment

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for anyone from civil engineering ,

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manpower , PESCO contracting , but it

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hasn't really encompassed that many

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AFSCs previously . Now what you're .

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With the combat airbase squadron is 65

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AFSCs congregating two silver flags to

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get this training , and it's really the

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first step in our preparation and our

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spin up cycle for our deployment . Oh .

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Mhm . The

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cadre's expertise while we've been here

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has been absolutely spot on . We've had

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a bunch of opportunities to have

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classroom instruction as well as going

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out to the field and to see what that

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looks like , and it's been phenomenal ,

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and the instruction they've provided to

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our young airmen and our older ones

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like myself has been bar none the best

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that I've seen .