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So about 2.5 years ago , AFSOC 

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convened a meeting to start to identify 

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how we get this unique comp package 

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that AFSOC provides from a soft 

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perspective out to the units . We were 

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having members who were going to their 

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onboarding units , whether in guard or 

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in active duty , that were not exposed 

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to what we would . Want somebody to 

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have in terms of the training that they 

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come out of tech school with . The 

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course name is the AFSOC communicator 

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course . This iteration in particular 

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is the Delta Thunder variant of the 

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AFSOC communicator course . That first 

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iteration of the course that happened 

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was last February in Canon . The beta 

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course is what they call that one . The 

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next iterations happened . In the 

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summer and early fall last year they 

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were down at Hurlbert . We actually had 

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a large contingent from the 137th that 

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were facilitators , instructors , 

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observers who then brought all that 

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back to the table . It really is gonna 

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give the students , uh , an authentic 

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look at what it's going to be like when 

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they take this equipment and go 

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somewhere to utilize it for a support 

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element and then for an operational 

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element beyond that .