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at age 18 Private Daniel Hooton dropped

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out of school and joined the Israel

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Defense forces to serve the homeland of

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his people , culture and religion .

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Hooton served as an M 113 armored

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personnel carrier mechanic near the

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Lebanese border . But now after he

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honorably completed his service to

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Israel Hooton isn't done serving last

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year , he swore into the Georgia Army

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National Guard and attended the

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National Guard G E . D Plus program

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where he completed his course work ,

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physical training , basic military

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education and received his diploma .

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But before he leaves for basic training ,

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Putin takes one last look at an M . 113 .

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Oh yeah , this is the age of there we

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go . Very much enjoyed my time when my

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service over there and to tell the

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truth , I haven't missed it a little

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bit , but the opportunity of being

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given here . Getting my GED , that's

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not saying I would give up for the

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world's Hooton says hundreds if not

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thousands of young american jews like

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himself are currently serving in the

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Israeli Defense Forces from Little Rock .

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I'm Captain Kyle Key