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Hello . My name is Carlos Torres . I am 

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the division chief for the public sales 

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contracting division and today I want 

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to talk to a little bit about um how I 

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feel or what I think about Hispanic 

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heritage month and what Hispanic 

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heritage means to me is the culture 

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and this year the theme is Unidos which 

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means united and two things stick out 

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for me for Hispanic heritage month and 

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that's a strong family . 

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Hispanics typically 

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have a strong family and that family 

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isn't just your immediate family , it's 

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your grandparents , your aunts and 

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uncles and cousins supporting each 

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other . Just like delay disposition 

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services were dispersed all over the 

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world and we do support each other just 

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like a family and I think we use that 

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term a lot and disposition services is 

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our family . Uh The second thing that 

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comes to mind is a strong work ethic 

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and for Hispanics at least for me me 

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and my generations and my grandparents 

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that I've noticed is that comes from 

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working in crop fields and orchards , 

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ranches and farms and through 

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generations that work ethic has been 

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passed down to me and I do the same 

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thing to my family and my Children . 

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And I see that in disposition services 

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it's a strong work family or the strong 

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work ethic that combines being a strong , 

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strong family and being united united 

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and the one mission of supporting the 

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war fighter um disposition services . 

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You know specifically on disposal 

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operations , supporting the army , the 

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navy , the Air force , the marines 

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Coast Guard and now the Space Force and 

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other federal agencies and a 

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strong work ethic in the family are the 

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two things for Hispanic Heritage Month 

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that resonate with me and keep it in 

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line with the theme of unite of unidos 

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being united . And I believe , uh , 

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delay disposition , services employees . 

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All of our teams were very proud of 

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being part of the team , just like the 

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Hispanics are uh , in the culture .