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Video: How the Military Made a Childhood Dream Come True

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Joshua Chason is a National Guard pilot and a Maryland State Police flight paramedic. His father loaded him in the car and chased down helicopters to see them take off and land. He became a Maryland State Police officer, but his aspirations didn’t stop there. See how the military made his dream come true.

 

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