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I'm Greg Gillis , retired Air Force

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colonel , a former commander of the

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50th station la uh We are here at

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Vandenberg to witness and launch of my

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son's ashes in this space . This launch

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was for Brandon's wife and

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Children . A culmination of a

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pretty good weight for the opportunity

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to do this but also a sense of closure

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at the center though it brought back a

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lot of the sadness that was associated

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with Brandon's passing and

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it was difficult for all of us . On the

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one hand , uh it was , it was a very

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rewarding to see his final wishes ,

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aren't you ? By being once and on the

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other hand , it , it pulls me right

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back into the set sad time frame in

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difficult times after his passing last

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year . This collaboration between

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military commercial and industry has

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created robustness in the space launch

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business that's providing what you'd

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say uh assured access to space that uh

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we will all bet .