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OK . My name is Specialist Thompson .

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I'm from 553 alpha company . My M OS is

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88 Mike . My current assignment is

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doing missions throughout Lithuania .

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I'm from Miami Florida . I joined the

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army for stability . We did eight mile

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rock soaking wet . We did multiple uh

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challenges throughout the way . So we

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did like no line Medevacs , we did

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contact , reacting into contact vehicle ,

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recoveries and different different

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events honestly . Um So it was

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something to do like and I like like

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challenges . It was a good challenge

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because it pushed me . I actually

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pushed myself like when I like wanted

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to give up my feet tired mind telling

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me no , I actually was able to see how

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far I can really push myself most

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enjoyable part besides the finish line .

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Um I would say probably , yeah , the

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helicopter ride honestly , you know ,

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that was the best honestly from me ,

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like looking back and I actually like

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seeing what I had to go through . Uh It

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means like a lot more to me . I earned

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it . Um I feel like it's important

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because it gives like soldiers like a

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different like challenge pertaining to

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the CAV unit and , like , it keeps it

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going , keeps the traditions alive ,

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you know . Yeah . Um , it's hard to ,

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so all the other people that's doing

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the spray ride , um , let's go wearing

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an extra uniform .