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Mhm .

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I enjoy coming out here and helping

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people . It just it gives me joy to

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help people and just be out here and

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ready to go if anybody needs anything .

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I just it's very much of a joy for me

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this year's I . R . T . Mission is

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a carryover from last year . Um and

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we're working side by side with the

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Cherokee Nation and their their mission

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is to build homes for Cherokee Nation

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veterans and disabled veterans .

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So the innovative readiness

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training program provides hands on

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training to National Guard and Reserve

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troops . And in turn we build

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partnership at our local communities .

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The amount of homes that we're building

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over here is 21 last year we built

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seven homes this year we're gonna build

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seven and next year we're slotted for

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another seven . Our soldiers over the

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last few years have done a lot of in

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state active duty missions . Typically

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that's because of a natural disaster .

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Those those things are great and the

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state knows us for that . But being

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able to work with like the Cherokee

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Nation away from just a natural

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disaster really gets soldiers involved

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in their community on a deeper level

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and not just because something bad

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happened but because we actively want

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to be engaged with our community .

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My favorite part about the mission is

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just being able to learn things that I

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haven't learned . I don't know a whole

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lot about interior construction . So

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I just enjoy learning about that kind

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of stuff . It's my passion construction

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is my passion . So

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I think it's important for soldiers to

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do these types of missions for several

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reasons . One , they get hands on

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training , they get valuable training

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with people . Some of our soldiers do

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these types of things on the civilian

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side and some of our soldiers do not .

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We have soldiers that maybe carpenters

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in the military and their electricians

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on the civilian side . And so they're

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able to come out here , learn from

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carpenters on the civilian side and

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electricians on the civilian side and

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kind of a lot of cross training .

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We are providing training to the troops

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while also providing some sort of a

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collaborative initiative with the

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Cherokee Nation . It's just a very

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enjoyable thing for me and I would

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assume for the entire National Guard to

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just be out here and helping the

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Oklahomans . It's without being a

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natural disaster . This mission ,

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I'm gonna have to say it's been a lot

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of fun . The guards people , they ,

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they respond anywhere they are . And so

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I'm I'm absolutely proud about that