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- [Narrator] The USO brought their mobile station

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to the Ronald O' Harrison National Guard Readiness Center

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in Miramar, Florida,

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to give a much needed breather to the soldiers

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being tasked out to provide hurricane relief efforts.

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- We basically travel the entire country

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going to deployments, homecomings,

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airshows supporting the military.

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We come to natural disasters.

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We'll do anything, we'll go anywhere.

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Basically, we're in the same boat as the National Guard

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and the Reserves and everyone else that's down here

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helping with this disaster, is they got pulled out

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at a moment's notice.

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They're like, "You need to be down here right now."

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And, when that happens, we can come down and give them

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some down time when they've been out all day working.

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They can FaceTime home, they can play video games,

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they can watch TV, or watch movies, eat snacks,

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just hang out and not have to think about

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being away from home,

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all the things that they're going through down here

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working so hard all day to make sure that

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we can be safe.

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- Knowing that there's people around

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who's helping us out after we help some people out

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during the day, you know?

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So, they just come on this bus, relax, have some fun.

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We come in here, there's games, consoles.

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Got some down time, some TV, watch some college football.

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Just havin' some down time after a lot of work.

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- There's a couple people that I only have contact with

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through gaming, that I play with all the time.

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They knew that I was in the Guard and then I got activated

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and they're all worried about me, aaahhhh!

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So, it's nice to talk to them some,

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make some calls to some family and stuff,

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and just sit down, hangin' out, cold drinks. (laughs)

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- It's basically just to say, "Thank you,

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"and here's some time to relax."

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- [Narrator] Reporting from the Ronald O'Harrison

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National Guard Readiness Center,

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I'm Army Private First Class, Ari Nettle,

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107th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment.