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pretty good for me . It was

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about the , the actual

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inspiration of pursuing our legacy

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When I commissioned , I was like , my

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main goal is I want to come back um and

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train and just give back what I got

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while I was here as a cadet ever since

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I got an active duty , always kind of

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thought about ROTC and whether I'd be

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able to have that positive influence on

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people , it just seemed like a fun um

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job to do to be quite frank about it

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and it is fun .

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One of the things that I've learned is

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that instructing is that moment when

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you see someone and you're teaching

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them a concept or explaining something

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that is historical in nature and you

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see the light bulb and the aha moment

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go off and the sense of pride that you

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have to know that you're a part of that

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legacy . It , that's what truly

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motivates and drives me making the

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decision to join our TC . Um , while I

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was a student here , it's probably one

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of the best decisions I ever made in my

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life because the military changed me

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forever . Um , and I learned more about

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leadership and what it means to be a

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leader and serving this country while I

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was a cadet and then especially

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graduating here . So coming back as a

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card , remember thinking back of , you

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know , the mentality that I had as a

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cadet , making sure that everything

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that I learned in active duty is I

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give back and make sure the next

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generation of officers that's here are

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prepared as well

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can make you nervous because you're

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like , oh you know , there's a lot

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riding , other people's potential

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careers , have a lot riding on you and

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what you do . So

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coming to a part of , to be part of a

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historical detachment such as 015 ,

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it's , it's nothing more than just

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inspiration . I finally get to see and

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step in the same places that

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individuals such as general chappie

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James and you have general Charles

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McGee and I can train the future of our

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Air Force . It's my , it's just my

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aspiration to make sure that I can

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influence one more person um decrease

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just like how I got a chance to just

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all the experiences that I got as a

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leader , as a person professionally and

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personally . Um I just want to make

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sure that at least one other person got

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that same experience .