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^- I'm Colonel Harry Seibert,

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^commander of the 1st Special Operations Maintenance Group,

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^and this is Air Commandos Up Close

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^I'm an introvert, I know that.

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^I am perfectly fine with sitting alone,

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^all by myself.

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^It's real easy to stay tied to the desk,

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^and tied to the computer and do that all day long.

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^But the computer isn't making the mission happen.

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^It's the people.

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^So, I gotta get out from behind that desk,

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^go out and just mingle with them.

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Because of my Civil Air Patrol background, I originally

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^tried to get accepted to the academys.

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^If I'm lucky enough, I get to be a pilot,

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^or I get to go to the Academy.

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^If I'm lucky enough.

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^But I knew that there were other options.

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^Just because one door closed,

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^doesn't mean they're all closed.

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^I could try another avenue,

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^and get essentially the same effect out of it.

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^Well, I had a desire.

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^It was a "I want to serve."

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^So, I just didn't give up.

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^You know, I kept at it until I got something

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^that I was happy with.

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^I actually went to school at Eastern Kentucky University.

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^Joined the ROTC program,

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^and it may not have been what my original goal was,

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^but there was advantages to doing somethin' different.

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^If you don't try, you definitely are not gonna get in.

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^It's that simple.

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^So, why not try, and you never know what happens.

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