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My name is Staff Sergeant , Michael

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Bogren , getting ready today to

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commission as a second lieutenant in

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the Oakham Army National Guard chaplain

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candidacy program . So I joined the

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army 16 years ago . Um And the reason

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why originally was to pay for college ,

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I deployed to Afghanistan in 2017 ,

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2018 there . I got to do the chaplain

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assistant job full time through that

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experience of just being with soldiers

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in their highs and in their lows

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planted the seed that maybe army

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chaplaincy is my next step in my army

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career as a chaplain candidate . I hope

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to learn as much as I can from

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chaplains who have been there before .

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So it's definitely a learning on the

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job training role um As a full fledged

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chaplain , my hope is just to have the

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biggest impact um on soldiers morale ,

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wellness and well being . There's

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definitely a need for chaplains and

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chaplain assistance and it's a great

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ministry opportunity . It's a very

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unique job in the army . And so if

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there's somebody out there or people

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out there who find that intriguing ,

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like at least search it out