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- I've loved the camaraderie in the army,

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it's my brotherhood.

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You don't have to worry about back home,

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what's goin' on at home

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when you got your brothers
right next to you.

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Of course you do worry about your family,

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but you have your family
right there next to you.

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Even in Desert Storm,

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when I went straight from basic training,

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I didn't go into a unit,

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forever, I went into a unit that was just

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pieced in for the war.

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Even though I didn't know anybody,

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they were still my brothers.

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When I got out of the
military, after my eight years,

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I really missed the brotherhood

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and I hung my head

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'cause I didn't have
that around me anymore.

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And joinin' the VFW really
brought the brotherhood back.

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I may not have served
with any of these guys,

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but they're all my brothers

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and I just value brotherhood.

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That's one of the things
that we're here for,

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is we're here to help the veterans

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and we're here to be out in the community

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and show them that we're not
the old man drinking club,

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we're a brotherhood

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and we care for each other

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and we love each other.

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Like any family,

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you'll have your little spits
and spats and everything,

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but, when it all comes down to it,

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this is our family.

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Our girls were raised going
to conventions and things.

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If I didn't have the VFW,

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I'd probably be back in
the same depression state

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and just hangin' my head and stuff.

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I just really value
bein' with my brothers.