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first , I think it's difficult for

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everyone . It just hits everyone at a

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different time and it is , it may look

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like , wow , you have this , you know ,

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person and there's many thousands in

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the military that are very successful

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and then it's like , what's next ? And

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for me there was that fear of , I was

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successful in the uniform , but it also

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was what I want to do . It's what I

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loved and it , it kind of came easy .

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Not that it wasn't hard work , but it's

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what I love to do and I was scared of

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like , what's next ? Am I going to be

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able to be successful ? Am I going to

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be able to do the same thing ? And

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quite frankly the things that make you

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a good soldier or what's gonna make you

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good in your transition and good in

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your civilian life as long as you adapt .

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And really that was the process for me

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over , you know , a lot of

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conversations talking with people to be

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like , hey , I need to adapt , but hey ,

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believe in myself , I have been

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successful and I can be successful

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again and I determine what success

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looks like