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 (Marine Corps Cpl. Shannon Lilly) At first,

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I was hesitant to go to Section Chiefs Course
because I'm pretty hard on myself, and I

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always want to be perfect at everything before
I take on any sort of leadership role.

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But I'm really glad I did.
It pushed me and challenged me in a lot of

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ways.
And, when I was the first one to graduate

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as being a female, I think that opened a path
for more females to do this job and make it

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more normal for females to be in a combat
MOS.

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I want this job to be more normalized for
females to be in.

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So, that's why I make sure to push myself

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even when I am not totally confident, to make
sure I ensure that we can do this.

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To me, like, I don't want me being a female

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section chief to take away from all the hard
work that all my counterparts have done.

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We're just all here doing this job, and it's
hard work.

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Personally, you can take motivation from people
saying that they don't believe in you, 

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or you can take motivation from people believing
in you.

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I take motivation from both.

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So, when I heard that people didn't believe

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that I could do it, I took that as even more
motivation to do it.

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And, I passed the course. I got good scores,
and I'm here now. I'm doing it.

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I'm not perfect, but I'm doing the best
I can just like anybody else.

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If you're a female and you're looking
to join combat MOS, make sure that you come

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to work and really pave the way for the future
females.