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(upbeat patriotic band music)

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(canon boom)

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^- [Sgt. Whitecar] Angelo State University.

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^Recognized as military community

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^with its annual Military Appreciation Night.

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An evening devoted to service members and their families.

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- [Game Announcer] Will you please toss the coin.

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- [Narrator] But tonight's game featured more

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than those currently serving.

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- It's a pretty big honor.

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^it's a big deal.

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^I mean, it's cool that the community takes

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^this much interest and that the base

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^is taking this much interest

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^in that everyone's kind of coming out for all the people

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who are joining up.

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- [Man] Do solemnly swear.

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- [Narrator] Goodfellow Vice Commander,

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Colonel Jeffrey Sorrell, enlisted 28 joint service members

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into the delayed entry program.

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- [Man] The Constitution of the United States.

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- My grandma was in.

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My uncles were in.

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It's kind of something that has been

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in my family for a long time.

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So it's nice to be able to keep that going.

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- Of the United State.

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- [Narrator] But the San Angelo recruiting station

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wasn't exactly the biggest recruiter in Jacob's life.

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- My wife is in the Comm Squadron,

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she's cyber systems operations,

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so she works on all the computers

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and networks and stuff.

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Just kind of stuck, well crazy journey to hear.

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- [Narrator] No matter how they decided to join,

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Jacob says ASU, the San Angelo community

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and Goodfellow Air Force Base

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made a significant impact.

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- To get to do it on Veteran's Day,

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to get to do it in front of all these people,

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like out in this environment,

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it's a pretty cool memory that's gonna last

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forever pretty much.

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And it's not something I was expecting.

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- Take Sergeant David Whitecar, Goodfellow, Texas.