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Crystal didn't join the army for a

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college fund travel or even financial

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stability . Freedom is not something

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that's passed through the blood , It's

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not a genetic thing , it's not

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something that we can pass along to

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someone , but it is inherited . That

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belief led Krystle to serve her country .

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But after nine years she had a training

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accident . She said support from her

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family and the U . S . Army helps . But

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she isn't the same person I like to

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call how I am now the new me because

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it would be physically impossible for

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me to be the soldier that I was . But

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my heart is still the same and my

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integrity is intact and my values are

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still there . So you never become less

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of a soldier . You just become a

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different kind of soldier . Crystal is

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still on active duty and says training

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for Warrior Games makes her feel like

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she's still in the fight . My injuries

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don't define who I am and that's how I

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felt when it first happened and now

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they amplify who I am . And it's it's a

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it's motivating , it's inspiring .

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Krystle still has her struggles , but

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she doesn't give up , lose her focus or

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drive . And Warrior Games is another

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step on her road to recovery . Natasha

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Schlepper Fort Meade Maryland