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I'm Colonel York , commander of the

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Team Beautiful , here to help with

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beautification efforts around

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Washington DC area . We're partnering

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with local and federal agencies to help

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them and assist them with

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beautification of the parks and public

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areas around Washington DC . Our

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soldiers currently are all from the DC

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National Guard , Air Force and Army .

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While this might not be their specialty

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for what they do in the military .

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Every day they're excited to be here

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and helping our local and federal

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partners complete this mission . We're

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currently out here at Haines Point .

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This is our 3rd day actually out in

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this area . Two days ago we were out

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clearing up around the water edge where

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there's a lot of driftwood , um , some

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overgrown grass . We're actually out

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here on lawn mowers , weed whackers ,

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cleaning up that area , and today we're

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out here in the park area , picking up

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trash and collecting refuse .

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With the positive interactions , most

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of them um are coming from like the

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local law enforcement um some of the

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metro police they're very grateful to

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see us because we've been . Just our

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presence deters a lot of the crime that

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they have to deal with on a day to day

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and then a lot of tourists have really ,

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really been thanking us because they've

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finally been able to come back to the

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city and feel safe seeing soldiers and

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police working hand in hand , they've

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really . Really felt safe .