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My name is AM2 Brandon Howie. I work 

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for the USS Arizona Memorial detachment 

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here at Joint Base Pearl Harbor 

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Hickam and we drive tourists back and 

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forth from the memorial to the national 

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park every day. So when you first join 

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the military, you're told that you're 

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a part of the 1% of Americans that get 

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accepted into the United States 

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military and then to be funneled down 

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even further into this pool of 16 

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people that are billeted for the USS 

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Arizona Memorial Detachment. And then 

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we drive over 2000 people a day , all 

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from little kids, babies, infants, all 

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the way up to elderly people that are 

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even, you know, World War Two 

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veterans is something that is an honor 

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in itself. 1177 United States sailors 

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and marines gave their lives on the USS 

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Arizona alone. So whenever I have an 

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opportunity to educate people about how 

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it's not just a sunken battleship. I 

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always love to take the opportunity 

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whenever I can. For me, it's an honor 

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to be able to drive these two boats to 

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and from the USS Arizona Memorial. And 

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I hope that as long as this job exists 

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in the navy, the sailors of the 

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Arizona will never be forgotten.