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- [Chris] Hawaii National
Guardsmen from the 230th

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Vertical Engineer Company
along with local charitable

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organizations and companies
banded together to form 20

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micro-shelters in Pahoa, Hawaii

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for residents affected by the
killer wave volcanic eruption.

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- Well, first and foremost,
If you look at the soldiers

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out here, they're from Hawaii.

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They may not be from this island,

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but they are from Hawaii
and we're one community.

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So it gives that measure
of comfort to the community

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as you see neighbors
basically out here in uniform

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helping out not only to protect
them and provide security

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but pitching in when a project

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like this with their skill set.

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The day's been incredible.

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What happened over the last 34 hours...

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Well, what you see on the ground here

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wouldn't have been possible without

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those men and women in
that particular unit.

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- [Chris] Help services
Hawaii is currently

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reviewing applications
from displaced residents.

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And says, "First priority will go to

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the elderly and families
with small children."

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- Working with the civilians
that volunteered on Saturday,

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everybody fed off each other,

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so everybody started pushing each other.

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You know, it started off
with a brief safety briefing

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in the morning which prepares,

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and it just got everybody hyped up

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to push for all those
that lost their home.

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- The National Guard
has been critical to us

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being able to get this done.

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I mean, the labor, the
manpower, the skill set

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that the National Guard came with already

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to complement the skill sets
that's in our community.

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You know, so, we're working
hand in hand, side-by-side.

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- [Chris] Reporting from Pahoa, Hawaii,

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this is Air Force Master
Sgt. Chris Shepherds.