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OK .

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Yeah .

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What I get out of being a drill

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sergeant is um just the pride

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of , hey , I completed six cycles ,

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um very stressful , but uh you have to

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be real resilient . Uh Just building

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that resilience , that confidence and

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uh just being proud of what I do to be

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a drill ser is more than a uh position

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or a title . Um It's being that first

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person that someone sees when they

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transition from a civilian to a soldier .

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Um It's that person that's saying one

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more rep . Um It's that the standard

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that goes across the board that keeps

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the army moving forward . So drills

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star to media is important because it

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provides leadership mentorship um and

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direction to these trainees who first

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enter the army and don't have any

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guidance on what to expect . So ,

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before they move on with their lives ,

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whether it's back home , National Guard

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or to their units , and we're that

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first face that we see and sometimes

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they don't even have that structural

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formation back home and we're that

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guidance for them , that role model .

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It means a lot to be a drill sergeant

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from the outside . It means that you

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embody professionalism . You embody

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discipline , you almost mean more

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than what it does to be an NCO . But

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you embody just about everything that A

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NCO could be from the inside . It's

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more a level of pride , a level of

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distinguishment . Um , and it's always

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nice to go back home and , and tell

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your parents and especially those that

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have been veterans that you are a drill

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sergeant because if they were a veteran

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they've all dealt with a drill sergeant .

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Hello ? No .

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What some ?