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The 1002nd Civil Engineering Squadron

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is located here at Yokota Air Base

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Japan working with the 374 Civil

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Engineering Squadron , and we are part

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of a deployment for training program

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that the National Guard Bureau puts on .

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So the primary purpose of this DFT is

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to allow our airmen to really work

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together as a whole unit as a whole

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team and to work on projects that we

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wouldn't normally get to work on . It

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also allows us to integrate with the

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active duty as a total force . This

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gave us an . Opportunity to see how

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they work , how they operate , how do

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they support the base from the

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operational level and from the location

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here which is unique being in the

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Pacific theater and how does that work

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with the bigger picture aspects of what

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the DOD and the Air Force are trying to

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get accomplished . 8 19th Red Horse

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Squadron is here at Yokota Air Base as

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well . They're working on some airfield

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projects . They're , they're doing a

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lot of concrete work . We have the same

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AFSCs but different mission sets , and

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so to be able to integrate with them

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and see how Red Horse works was a great

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opportunity as well . Our airmen have

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had great attitudes this whole time ,

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and they have taken the bull by the

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horns in all honesty , they've they've

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really just gone out above and beyond

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and just really ask for work . We need

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this training . We want this training

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we want to get these things

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accomplished . We want to make Yokota

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Air Base better than when we got here .

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The 102 has really stood out here at

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the Dakota Air Base with the 374 civil

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engineering squadron , you know , we

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definitely integrate ourselves

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immediately . We've showed impact

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almost right off the bat with , uh ,

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really supporting uh Red Horse here .

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We're supporting just the day to day

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operations here and just making sure

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that the national . Guard and the

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active duty uh integration is really as

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seamless as possible and that we're

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capable of doing the mission whenever

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and wherever uh required and the 102

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Soering squadron absolutely has that

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capability and will will be a huge

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asset in the future for whatever might

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be down the road .