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I'm prior first class , Nicholas mcgraw .

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I am a 91 alpha , which is an Abrams

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tank mechanic . I've been in for a year

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and three months and I am from Vero

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Beach Florida . Always wanted to serve

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since I was a little kid . It's been

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that calling . My uncle served in

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Vietnam . So he always told me stories

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from when he was in service and he uh

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really inspired me to join and also

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just be a better person and make a

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positive impact in this world . We're a

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tanking uh tank unit . So I just fix

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repair , troubleshoot and install parts

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on the tanks to keep them up and

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running . Being a mechanic is essential

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to have one on a team because without a

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mechanic , when things break , it won't

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be uh fixed and then the tank will be

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deadline and operable . And I feel like

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uh it's important for me , not just

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myself , but the other mechanics will

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be on the team as well . And as we work

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as a team , we get things done .