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I hope to be able to call myself the

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best warrior for the state of Oklahoma

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and compete at the regional level . My

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chain of command asked if I wanted to

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do it and that was all the inspiration

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I needed . The purpose of it is not

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only to gain knowledge but to sharpen

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your skills and develop leadership

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abilities . This competition develops

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all the little skills needed

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individually to get into the more

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complex skills of the groups , the

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units , the squads , all of them . This

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is where it all starts . You know ,

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it's been able to help me show my weak

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points , you know what I can focus on

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and then be able to take whatever

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lessons I learn out here back to my

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evening and help rest my sections . I

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learned what it takes to be the best

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warrior . And I'm hoping that when I go

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back to my unit , I can uh start to

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implement some of the things I've

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learned here into the training site .

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And hopefully alpha company can win

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next year as well . You can really

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develop your full potential as a leader

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and as a soldier , if you start here ,

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it's the friendships they build because

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these kids are E fours together .

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They're E fives together one day ,

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they're gonna be E seven , E eight , E

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nines together and they have somebody

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they can lean on and that's really what

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we need in the guard . It's that long

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term friendships and development that

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these guys give each other heart . If

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you have heart , you can overcome about

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anything . These kids put everything

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they have into it . And I think that's

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all you need .