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My name is Lincoln Miss you , I am a

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Chief Petty Officer , United States ,

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Coast Guard assigned to the Coast Guard

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cutter forward . Uh , people ask me ,

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you know why , why did you join the

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Coast Guard ? I was came from

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recruiting and I had to answer that

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question quite a bit . I wanted to make

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something of myself , wanted something

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my parents were proud of , but I wanted

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to , uh , be a part of something , you

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know , more than , uh , more than

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myself . It's a multi mission service ,

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do many things myself as a food service

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specialist . I've been to AIDS and

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navigation units . I've been the small

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patrol boats that can be an E . M . T .

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Or you could be a gunner loader . You

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can be boarding team member . And I've

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enjoyed the challenges of every job

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because I'm always prepared for the job .

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But I always have to step up and learn

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the job . So it kind of keeps things

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going . Yeah .