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This is Later with Lee Matthews,
the Lee Matthews Podcast More What You Here

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weekday Afternoons on the Drive. Captain
Robert Skills majoris is joining us now as

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we get ready for two exciting events
that are coming up. The first is

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Naval Week in Oklahoma and the second
is the exciting and well anticipated Tinker Air

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Force Base Air Show. Captain Robert
Skills Morris originally graduated the Naval Academy in

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nineteen ninety nine, after which he
went to Naval Pilot training and earned his

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wings at Vance Air Force Base just
down the road and Enid and we are

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glad to have you along here,
Commodore. Hey, I'm thrilled to be

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with you guys, and listen,
Oklahoma is in for a tree. We've

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got maybe week coming up. It
starts June twenty sixth through July two with

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a bunch of great events and it
culminates with an air show that's being held

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at Tinker Air Force Base, which
is a super event over the first and

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second of July. And during that
event, we're fortunate, we're honored to

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have the Blue Angels come in as
a demonstration team. So it's going to

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be a lot to look forward to
and it starts on the twenty six next

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one day. Did you have any
stick time in the same aircraft that are

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used as the Blue Angels. No, that wouldn't be my pathway. The

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route I took got me to Tinker
Air Force Base, where I fly a

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communication airplane that talks the nuclear submarines. Well, that's significant as well,

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But I just was wondering with your
experience and en it if it ever went

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in that direction. But let's talk
about Naval Weekend exactly what that is,

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because it's different for different states across
the across the nation. Right. So

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the Navy week here is a series
of events and they're designed to share with

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Americans how the Navy is deployed worldwide
and around o'clock. That's why a strong

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Navy is vital to protecting the American
way of life. So what we're doing,

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our sailors are going out into the
community for Navy Week and they're excited

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about the opportunity to connect with the
community and show our appreciation for the support

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while showcasing the professionalism and dedication of
the Navy team to the public. So

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the air show it's coming up,
it's family friendly, It offers something for

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everyone from thrilling aerial displays, the
static aircraft displays, and interactive exhibits,

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and it also allows everyone to have
a better understanding of the Navy and the

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vital role that it played in protecting
our country. Commodore Robert Skills majoris is

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with us talking about the upcoming air
show a Tinker Air Force Base. I

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don't know anybody who doesn't love a
good air show. Yeah, I personally

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I love the air show too.
I get excited every time that it comes

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around. And this is actually the
first time in a couple of years that

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we've been able to get together and
here at Tinker Air Force Base in a

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large gathering to see the air show. So I think everybody's really excited.

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And then on top of that,
having the Navy Blue Angels come to be

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the demonstration team is probably the icing
on the cake for anybody who's in the

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Navy getting to see our demonstration team
perform. Especially for me, it's always

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been motivating and inspirational. I'm looking
forward to it. So Navy Week starts

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on the twenty second. The air
show will be the first and second two

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performances on the Saturday and the Sunday, What time do things get started.

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It opens at eight am and it
goes all day, so it's from eight

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am to five pm both days.
There are places to park, and there

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are shuttles that will get you back
and forth to viewing areas, and they're

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going to have displays for stem for
the kids to kind of check out science

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and technology, and they're going to
be a lot of really aircraft that are

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on display. You can walk around. One of the aircraft from my community

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will be on display. You can
walk around and see it. And yeah,

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show up early, Yeah, because
you'll want you'll want enough time to

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be able to walk around the static
displays before the big show begins. Yeah.

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Absolutely, I mean, the show
and parking are all free. We

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assume that we're going to get a
lot of traffic here. It's going to

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be fun, but there is a
lot to see and do, so I

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would recommend showing up one or both
dates and just making a day of it.

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And that's coming up on the fourth
of July weekend, which is also

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very apropos or a national celebration like
this. The first and second Tinker Air

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Force Base Air Show starts at eight
o'clock and runs until five o'clock and Captain

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Robert Skilts majoris with us. How'd
you get that nickname? Skilleds? I

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could, I could show over a
cool beverage song. Okay. I thank

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you for joining us Commodore and we
look forward to the show. Thank you

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very much, thanks for having me
on and look forward to seeing you there.

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