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You know , what would I want to tell

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someone who wants to join the Marine

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Corps , join the service ? Um

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Understand that it is a stepping stone

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of success . Uh So what is my current

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civilian jobs and current jobs that I

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had prior to getting out ? Uh So once

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upon retirement in 2019 , I went

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straight into the FBI Academy where I

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am now in a special , a special agent

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with uh the FBI . So what made you

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wanna join the Marine Corps ? That's a

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great question . Uh I think going into

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my senior year , I didn't really know

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what I wanted to do with my life . I

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knew that I wanted to do something that

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got me out of Saint Louis and out of my

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hometown , uh the recruiter had called

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and gave me an opportunity that I could

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not say no to . Uh And here I am later

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after 21 years , it was a great time

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and those vital lessons that I learned ,

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I would say that working

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with the different people , uh

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understanding the different missions ,

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um leadership discipline ,

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the perseverance to deal with stress

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in difficult situations , uh the

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ability to think upon your toes and act

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quickly at , at different times . I , I

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mean , I think the , the positives are

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endless as to what I took away from it .