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And in studio with me this morning ,

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I've got Thomas Gadbois . Did I get

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that right ? You did ? Yeah , I also

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got Kristen Laughlin . Good morning .

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Good morning . So you both are

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representatives of the USO . It's

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really a holistic support for service

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members and their families during their

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time in service , whether it's in the

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US or overseas here in the Pacific

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region or with our partner folks in

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Europe and across the , across the

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world there as well . I mean , I

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learned something new every day , right ?

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That was a good one . That's so

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wholesome . I would say probably our

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biggest program is , of course , our

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USO centers , what people most know the

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USO for and across the region here in

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the Indo Pacific , we have 24 manned

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centers . So that centers in Alaska ,

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Guam , Hawaii , mainland Japan , Korea ,

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and of course here in Okinawa , along

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with a number of unstaffed lounges so

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folks can still receive those USO

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services as well .