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uh huh .

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Task Force 31 was a great opportunity

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for all members of the Army and Air

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card . A lot of the members had the

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opportunity to serve the state of

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Alabama and to serve their communities .

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Things has just been , ah , great

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opportunity for us toe to show the

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community what we've been able to do ,

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what we can do . It really affected me

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to actually go out and see the blend of

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what they did and how they took that

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mission that was so important because

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it was taking care of our own families .

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Here in the state of Alabama , the

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initial guard is participating in Task

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Force 31 which is a joint task force

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there cleaning long term care

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facilities , which helps prevent the

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spread of code on our most vulnerable

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citizens of the state , the elderly and

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this pandemic . This was new , and it

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wound up involving , Ah , lot of folks

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as you can see , So this was not a

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normal process , so there was a lot of

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entities and things that happened

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throughout this . Soldiers and airmen

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were required Thio go through a

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periodic health assessment , which

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medically cleared them to perform their

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missions on Task Force 31 for

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decontaminating long term care

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facilities . During that periodic

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health assessments . Any issues that

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were identified medically that would

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have negated them from performing those

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missions . We released those soldiers

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and Aaron back to their home stations .

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No ,

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e think it all worked well . But I'm

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just proud to be a part of the

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organization there were . There were a

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lot of people with tears coming down

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their face of thinking us for what we

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do . They had no idea what all the the

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National Guard could do to help them

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with this crisis . And they found out

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real quickly of how professional we

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were on whatever the mission , Waas

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wow !