>>VIC MICOLUCCI: POSITIVELY JAX, A MILITARY HOMECOMING SURPRISE IN FRONT OF TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
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THEM. WATCH THIS. GARY IS
HIDING BEHIND JAXSON DE VILLE.
THEY HAD NO IDEA. IT REALLY
DIDN’T. THAT IS INCREDIBLE. SO
THE BEAVER AND ITS FAMILY WAS
CALLED TO THE FIELD DURING
LAST SUNDAY’S JAGUARS GAME FOR
A HOMETOWN HEROES SHOUT OUT.
BUT WHAT THEY DIDN’T KNOW WAS
THAT DURING THE MESSAGE,
MASTER SERGEANT ERIN WAS
ACTUALLY. AT THE STADIUM IN
THE UNITED STATES, STEPPING
OUT ONTO THE
>> WOW. I MEAN, IF THAT
DOESN’T MAKE YOU SMILE, I
DON’T KNOW WHAT DOES AN
INCREDIBLE HEARTWARMING
SURPRISE THIS MORNING. MASTER
SERGEANT ERIN BURNETT IS
JOINING US FROM MAXWELL AIR
FORCE BASE. FIRST OF ALL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
WELCOME HOME.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. TAKING
THE IT REALLY WAS A A GIVING
CERTAINLY MORE THAN I EVER
EXPECTED. ORIGINALLY REACHED
OUT CAPTAIN FALL ROUGHLY ABOUT
TOO MUCH FIRE. AND I ASKED HIM
IF HE REACH OUT TO THE JACKS
TO SEE WE DIDN’T MAKE THIS
POSSIBLE. AS TIME WENT ON TIME
DREW CLOSER, YOU KNOW, THE JAX
REACHED OUT TO ME AND SAID,
YEAH, REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS
OUT. AND AND AND I DID NOT
EXPECT ALL ESPECIALLY THE YOU
KNOW, MY ENTIRE FAMILY THERE
ON FIELD. IT CERTAINLY WAS
MORE THAN I BUT IT WASN’T. SO.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WANT TO BREAK
THIS DOWN BECAUSE IF HIS FACE
LOOKS FAMILIAR TO YOU, IT’S
BECAUSE HE’S ALSO A CAPTAIN
WITH JACKSONVILLE FIRE AND
RESCUE. SO CERTAINLY HAS
SERVED OUR STREETS HERE IN
DUVAL COUNTY FOR YEARS. BUT
THEN YOU ARE ON LEAVE FOR THE
AIR FORCE WHERE YOU ARE A FIRE
CHIEF, YOU ARE IN AFRICA AND
YOUR LEAVE WAS COMING UP. BUT
YOU ARE IN JEOPARDY ABOUT
ACTUALLY MAKING IT BACK IN
TIME.
>> LIKE
>> A LITTLE AND RESTING
TOWARDS THE END PLANE THAT
BROUGHT DOWN MILITARY AIRCRAFT
DOWN THE TRANSIT. WE’RE SECOND
FOR FOR PERIOD OF TIME AND IT
TOOK A LOT FOR GOING AND
GETTING WITH THE OTHER AND
MAYBE AN AIR FORCE TO GET US
HOME MADE WITHIN A DAY. WHEN
FELLOW CAPTAINS JACKSON PARK
APARTMENT, ONE OF MY BEST
FRIENDS GOT JACOBS, A CAN DO
IT. MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE.
PICK ME UP. TOOK ME BACK.
COULD BE OUT THIS OUT FOR A
DAY AND WE’VE BEEN THE SNUCK
AND OUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE
PEOPLE. WE KNOW OUT THERE AND
THAT’S WHEN THEY BROUGHT US
OUT OF THE FIELD AND GOT TO DO
THIS
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: WOW. AND WE
WERE JUST LOOKING AT SOME
VIDEO RIGHT THERE OF YOU
TRAINING. KENYAN MILITARY
MEMBERS ABOUT FIREFIGHTING. SO
YOU’RE ABLE TO USE WHAT YOU
LEARNED HERE IN JACKSONVILLE
OVERSEAS TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE
SAVE LIVES.
>> THAT’S THAT WAS ONE OF THE
MOST REWARDING ASPECTS OF THAT
APPOINTMENT WORKING WITH OUR
COALITION THAT CAN ENABLE
FORCES AND THEIR FIRE BRIGADE
AND TEACHING THE TACTICS,
TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES WITH
BUT THE IN AIRCRAFT RESCUE
FIREFIGHTING. THEY WERE VERY
RECEPTIVE AND THEY REALLY WITH
THE TRAINING. SO PROCEDURES
SEE THERE ON ONE THAT IS A ARE
FORMER ARMY AND NEVER DONE
THAT BEFORE. SO WE TOOK THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO TRAIN THEM AND
IF IT MEANS RESCUE YEAR DURING
THE STOP.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: SO FINALLY,
ON THIS VETERANS DAY, I KNOW
THAT YOU ARE STILL AT YOUR
BASE, BUT YOU’RE GOING BETWEEN
MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, IN
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. WHAT DO
YOU DO WITH YOUR FAMILY TO
REUNITE? YOU’VE BEEN GONE.
WHAT, 4 MONTHS?
>> I THINK
>> GONE FOR VERY TO 7. BUT 7
RIGHT WAS. WE HAVE TO DO
PROCESSING AFTER HOMECOMING.
IT HAD TO COME BACK HERE IN
ORDER TO DO THAT IN
PROCESSING. BUT A NUN WITH
THEIR IN VERY GOOD TO
CERTAINLY UNDERSTANDING THE
BUSINESS THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL.
SO THEY GAVE ME PERMISSION
COME BACK HOME BEFORE IT HAD
TO COME BACK TO MY
>> AND CERTAINLY YOU CAN JUST
SEE. HOW ECSTATIC YOUR FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE. YOUR LOVED ONES
JUST SO APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE
YOU BACK HOME. WONDERFUL
MASTER SERGEANT ERIN
BURNETT’S. WE APPRECIATE YOUR
TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
PLEASE GIVE EVERYONE ELSE ON
YOUR BASE. OUR THANK YOU’S.
WE’RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEIR
SERVICE AND OBVIOUSLY ON THIS
VETERANS DAY. WE APPRECIATE
EVERYONE WHO IS SERVING HAS
SERVED AND IS PREPARING TO
SERVE TO PROTECT OUR COUNTRY.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH WE REALLY
APPRECIATE THAT. AND FROM ALL
OF US, IT’S OUR PLEASURE TO
SERVE OUR COUNTRY.