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Athena is our grassroots effort for

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change . What Athena's do for everybody

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is to give them a voice and it gives us

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the ability to give that data to senior

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leaders so they can take it forward for

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that actual change . I

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know

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Arcana differ from other Magna in the

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fact that we have multiple statuses .

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So we have T R SDS G S Civilian Arts

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and a G R s . So that's a very big

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component and especially when you bring

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in the citizen airman piece , the

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volunteers on Arcana are absolutely

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amazing . They are the heartbeat of all

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of this . So we have anywhere from 6 to

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13 volunteers on each L O E . Um They

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are comprised of ranks anywhere from

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senior airmen to lieutenant colonel .

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It is everybody in the mix who wants

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change . It's absolutely phenomenal .

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They are from bases that range from

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Pittsburgh all the way to California ,

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from Guam and Lake and where they

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dedicate their time and effort and

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wanting to uh push this data out there

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for us to give this to senior leaders

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for that change . They're absolutely

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incredible would not be a hero of

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contact . You know , Argentina is such

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an important cohort to our United

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States Air Force largely in part

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because great ideas don't always come

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from the Pentagon . And so any time we

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can hear directly from our airmen

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veterans families about how we can

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first identify barriers to service and

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actually get after those things are

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really important . So it's really

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cohorts like the awesome volunteers

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that are part of our Kana that will

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help us be able to tap into all the

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strengths that our airmen and their

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families provide so that we can be the

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force that ultimately our nation needs .