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after spending countless years serving
in the united states army

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one soldier of the one seven field
artillery second armored brigade

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combat team first infantry division
has made the decision to

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transition back into civilian life
shortly after returning home

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from deployment there are many reasons
for a decision like this

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to be made but the most common
ellie has to do with family a

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was my life at 20 years that we
would retire i'm a family man

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first and foremost on the father
the husband I wanna give back

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to them now and I want to be dedicated
to being there for them

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and although I will always be a soldier
dies time for me to take

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that that next step and start that
transition I mean that to

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my family was the decision has
been made it's always a smart

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idea to have a well thought out plan
the first and foremost biggest

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planners disband a whole lot more
time with my wife melissa my

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son ethan I intend to take full
advantage of a soldier for life

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program but I wanna do i'm gonna
be passionate now and then I

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comply the same dedication motivation
that I have as united states

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army soldier master sergeant dean
says that he will always consider

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himself to be a first lightning
and dagger soldier he goes on

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to say that there is a bond within
the ranks and that they truly

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are a first lighting family I wanna
thank them for their support

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their understanding their patience
and I wanna thank everybody

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for having that same patients and
education in my cell reporting

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from camp buehring kuwait i'm
staff sergeant john portela.