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- Well, I joined the army in 86

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during the changes in Reaganomics

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and I lived in Casper, Wyoming

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working in the drilling field

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and there were just, the work dried up.

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So I figured I join the army

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for a couple of years until
the economy got better

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and then get back to work.

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And that turned into a lifelong commitment

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and retired in 07.

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The most I liked about the army

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was the unit cohesiveness, the training,

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and it also taught me about
the value of selfless service.

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God rewards you a whole lot better

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when you're just taking care

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of people around you and your community.

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And I find that very rewarding

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and it's just a great feeling
to be able to help people.

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But now I work for a volunteer

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for veterans organizations
that kind of fills that gap.

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And I highly recommend anybody

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that's getting out of the army

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to look at those organizations
that are veteran oriented.

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I think the most memorable period

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of my career was in Alaska.

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We did a lot of course winter training

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and we did a lot of

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skiing,

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sur journeying

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and getting to drive the SUVs,

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the track vehicles was kind of cool.

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Living in a tent at 70 below

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was a little different.

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So that makes it pretty memorable.

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And we did get to go to Thailand

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for 30 days for an exercise
while I was up there

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and that was an experience
I'll never forget also.

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Language barriers to overcome,

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snakes,

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pits,

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working day and night.

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But we did get to go see

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some of the different culture stuff.

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And

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it was a lot of fun eating with

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the sir majors of the Thai army

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and learning some of their maneuvers

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that were more physically
challenging Ninja Warrior stuff.

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And, so yeah it was a lot of fun

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and it was a challenge

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and like I said,

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I'll remember that the rest of my life.