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the US Navy Seabees have a long

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standing tradition of serving with

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pride , honor and courage . Since their

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creation in nineteen forty two , they

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have served in every expeditionary

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conflict in which the US has had

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involvement from Salerno , Normandy to

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Guadalcanal and Wendover Island . The

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CBS trademark can do attitude saw them

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thrive in all theaters during World War

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Two . Through and through , CVS

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continued to stand out with excellent

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service in Korea , Vietnam and just

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about every campaign since World War

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Two . So Afghanistan .

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I didn't think like any of that would

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have happened to me . When I first got

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out there , I was terrified . Um , I

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wasn't really sure what I was doing

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because I just joined the Navy . So I

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wasn't really sure what my job or my

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role was within the Navy . So that was

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a big stepping stone . I really learned

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a lot . I learned my job and then just

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the camaraderie , getting along with so

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many people and you know , you knowing

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that they have your back and creating

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this family , That was probably , you

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know , the closest people that I've

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gotten close to . So we just created a

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family . It was pretty great .

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Thankfully , on conflict has been on a

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downward trend , and the CBS have been

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able to focus on other projects , such

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as deployments for humanitarian efforts .

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We it was a project to build a CMU

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block building , Uh , for some joint

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expeditionary like training that was

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happening there . We actually got to

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finish that project , so it was pretty .

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It's pretty fulfilling to me seeing the

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project , you know , go from the ground

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up . No , no , it definitely wasn't eye

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opening experience because I

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honestly , I didn't think that Africa

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was as developed as it was . It

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is a beautiful , beautiful continent .

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Cameroon was a beautiful place . It

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really , really open eyes to to the

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world . At that point , As the CBS

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continued to evolve in today's Navy ,

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they look forward with zeal to build

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onto their already solemn reputation .