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Hi , my name is Debbie Molex . I'm a

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project engineer for Army Corps of

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Engineers and I work here at Fort

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Jackson out of the Charleston District

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office . I'm currently working on the

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reception complex phase one . I

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recently finished a paving on Hill

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Street and I'm also working on an 81st

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parking lot project out on your road .

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So here at Fort Jackson , they do over

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50% of the basic training for the army .

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And the reception complex is where they

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arrive right off of the buses , trains ,

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airplanes . Um It's their very first

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week exposure to the army and from here

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they move out to other portions of Fort

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Jackson to complete their basic

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training . So the barracks and the

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dining facilities that I'm working on

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will house those troops . I've always

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enjoyed math . Um , even in second

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grade , they asked me what my favorite

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subject was . And I said , math and

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they said , well , you're a girl . And

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I said , well , I still like math . So ,

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um I love being outside the

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neighborhood I grew up in was about 20

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kids . Two of us were girls . So I'm

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definitely a tomboy . So I went on to

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get my engineering degree because of

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the math . And , um , when I came out

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of college I have a structures degree

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and I probably should be doing design

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work . But I really enjoyed

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construction and I've just stayed there

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ever since . Um , I enjoy the scenery .

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I enjoy . Um , I grew up in West

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Virginia . I've only been here in South

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Carolina about five years . Um , I

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enjoy , um , getting to see the troops

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on post . Um , where I'm at you can see

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them , they still have hair on their

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heads and cell phones in their pockets

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and then , you know , 12 weeks later

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they're graduating . So we've got to go

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to a graduation ceremony and you get to

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see how much change has happened in 12

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weeks . I'm a woman who works in

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construction and I'm proud to serve our

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nation .