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Pacer Goose is the main resupply

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mission coming from military sealift

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command . One of the unique things here

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is we own and operate a sea port and

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the operations that go along with that

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can become a challenge because that is

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not one of our normal mission sets .

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Well , Pacer go is a mission that's

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been going on for about 75 years now ,

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air base is a very remote place . So

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once a year , uh this resupply boat

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brings in equipment essentials ,

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anything that the site may need to

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support the base for an entire year .

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It is what keeps the base alive all the

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way from their fuel to the food , to

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the equipment that lasting throughout

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the storm seasons , to the winter , to

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the dark seasons that they go through .

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Anything that's really too big or too

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cumbersome to fly in such as generators

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or fuel trucks or fire trucks , any of

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those kind of things . That's , that's

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really what Pacer Goose is all about .

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This place is so remote . There's only

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one short window during the month of

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July and August to get this mission

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here . So the rest of the year , this

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place is isolated from any other goods

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arriving here unless they're bringing

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it by air . Um , so we have such a

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short window . We have to be thorough

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with everything that we do and they do

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send a Canadian ice breaker that breaks

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the ice and , and guarantees that those

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chips can get in and , and resupply us

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because there's , we don't have any

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other options . There's no roads to get

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here . Really . It's the airfield which

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we can fly in a lot , but you can't fly

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in everything . There's so many things

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here that are so wonderful and so

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beautiful that you don't think about it

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when you're looking at the map and just

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like , well , I saw ice or snow and

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just the , the nature , everything

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that's around and then to come here and

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see everything behind me and see what

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I'm doing and see how much is affecting

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what's happening here . It makes you

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feel pretty good . The privilege to be

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here is more than just a privilege to

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be honest with you . It's honestly ,

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it's an honor to be here . Uh , to know

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that we're contributing to such a huge

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factor in the survival of this base is

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there's no words to match for that .