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During this year's college World Series ,

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the 55th Wing hosted the North Carolina

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State Wolf Pack baseball team . It was

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awesome to have those exceptional

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student athletes here and to showcase a

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little bit of what team off does every

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day to keep our nation safe after they

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uh had lunch in the hangar , they got

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to go out and tour an RC 135 on the

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flight line . They were able to shoot a

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fire hose and see a military working

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dog demonstration . And probably the

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biggest thing for them was they got to

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meet General Cotton , the Commander of

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us Strategic Command who just happens

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to be an NC State alumnus . There are

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eight service clubs that host teams

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during the college World Series . So

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the College World Series , Inc and the

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NCAA assign the service clubs to a pod .

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So we knew this year we were following

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the organ pod . So whoever out of the

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winner out of that Super Regional was

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going to be our team over the years ,

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teams have preferred to be hosted by

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the 55th Wings . We have become kind of

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the team favorites just because we have

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a unique opportunity here amongst

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others , we can come bring them on the

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base and show them some unique things .

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We just have a great experience with

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them and show them this unique

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opportunity that not others of these

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service clubs have the access to this

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type of stuff . Taser taser taser

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members of the 55th security forces

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squadron also had a taser demonstration

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along with the weapons display . It was

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an absolute blast to host the team here

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at , as someone who loves the game of

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baseball and played when I was younger ,

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I have a lot of appreciation for the

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amount of work , skill and discipline

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that these student athletes had to put

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in to getting to this point in their

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careers . I hope that they enjoyed

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being here as much as we enjoyed having

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them for 55th Wing public Affairs where

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the sun never sets on the fighting .

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55th , I'm Kevin Schwan .