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- On a DDG, you're operating somewhere

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between 17 and 23 sailors, we do the exact same job

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on a larger vessel with only five of us.

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^My name is Brian Nichols, I'm from California.

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I do have two kids, Christian and Kingston.

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I serve this country

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and they have the ability to enjoy their life.

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My mom was a nurse, and I wanted something to do

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that was gonna possibly involve that field,

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and saw the military as a way of joining,

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and also a path toward maybe obtaining some type

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of credentialing or a degree.

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My father was a boats mate in the Coast Guard,

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and I attribute a lot of my success to his guidance,

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and him being hard on me when I was younger.

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My job here at the PCU Zumwalt, soon to be USS Zumwalt,

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is the deck LPO of the ship's deck division.

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It's great to get out and train sailors

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from multifaceted rigs, and have 'em come out here

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and work in deck and experience what it's like

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to do some of the fun things we get to do here.

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I like to teach them through my experiences,

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and things that I've gone through and I've seen,

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that I've helped other people get through.

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You should already be looking at

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how you're gonna become a Chief,

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what qualifications you need,

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what duty sessions you should attend.

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If you do those things that early age,

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and you're on top of your record

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and you take care of yourself, as well as your division,

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and anyone that you have working for you,

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and you continue to foster an environment where people

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desire to come to work and they wanna work for you.

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The force as a whole gains a tremendous amount of momentum.