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Hey there , my name is Alison Robinson

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and my husband is Colonel John Robinson ,

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the commander of the 3/15 Air Wing .

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And we're out here today doing a key

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spouse flight and it just gives us all

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an opportunity to see what these airmen

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do on a day in and day out basis . So

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today , the spouses got to see in

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addition to the Charleston Skyline ,

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the Charleston Harbor , uh they got the

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chance to see the C 17 show off . It's

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a short field capability . Uh We had

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them on the side of the runway as we

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demoed uh an assault landing which is

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3500 ft landing and they also got to uh

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enjoy views of the Charleston Harbor .

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So the great thing about today's spouse

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flight was that we showcased our

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readiness . Uh So they got to see

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pilots in action , uh you know ,

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performing the capabilities of C 17 .

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They also got to see load masters doing

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their training with the door and

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loading operations . And this is the

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most important to our organizations

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because our mission here is to maintain

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redness . We are ready to go within 72

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hours . So it was great to get the

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spouses out today and to give them a

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taste of what we do in the 315 . And

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what people don't realize is that they

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have to be ready at , uh , minutes

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notice . I mean , every , every ut A

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they're doing training to do everything

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that they need to do because in a

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moment's notice they may have to go out

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and , um , and protect our country .

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And so just to see it , uh , first hand

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was such a neat experience today . I

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just really enjoyed it and all the

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spouses loved it . So it was just an

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awesome experience .