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- [Steven] Thursday, March
21st, marked a new beginning

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for Bradley Air National Guard Base

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as the 103rd Airlift Wing broke ground

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on its new base entry complex.

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103rd Airmen, Connecticut
National Guard leadership,

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and state and local
officials were in attendance

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for this historic event.

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The 103rd's new front gate
will improve base security

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and positively reshape

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the Connecticut Air National
Guard's presence at Bradley.

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103rd Airlift Wing Commander
Colonel Stephen Gwinn

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says the new gate will instill

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a sense of pride for the base
and represent the connection

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between the 103rd and the local community.

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- Those people will drive down Route 20,

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which is a very busy
road, on their way to work

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from Granby, from Massachusetts,
sometimes from Simsbury,

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they will know as they pass that gate

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that we are a professional
military organization.

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We are their National Guard

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and we're here to support
them and the country.

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- [Steven] Reporting from
the 103rd Airlift Wing,

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I'm Staff Sergeant Steven Tucker.