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operations like Operation santa are 

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incredibly important to the remote 

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communities because it helps build 

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trust and partnership with the Alaska 

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National Guard . It's an opportunity 

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for leaders and elders to come together 

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to determine a need and identify where 

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and how the Alaska National Guard can 

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support them . And then for us to have 

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the two Way Conversation of this is how 

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are assets can fit that need . So it 

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really is an incredible opportunity for 

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building trust and partnership . 

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So what we did for Operation santa 

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claus today was just to fly the CH 47 

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aircraft from Nome to Buckland and 

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deliver presents for the um town of 

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Buckland . 

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Mm hmm , mm hmm . 

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Mhm . As a state , uh , we've been 

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through some difficult times in the 

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past couple of years and uh just this , 

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these efforts here I know will bring a 

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good amount of happiness to those 

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Children in those communities .