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- My name's Staff Sergeant
Michael Sprecher the third.

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I'm with Westminister
Army Recruiting Center.

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I'm originally from Hagerstown, Maryland.

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Well, initially when I
talked to an Army recruiter,

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he told me how awesome it was gonna be.

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Didn't believe him I would say at first.

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Uh, got enlisted been
here for seven years now.

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Flyin' through ranks.

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I've been stationed at
Fort Carson, Colorado,

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uh, Fort Stewart, Georgia,

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now I'm here in Westminister, Maryland.

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Recruiting somewhere you're familiar with

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is awesome 'cause you can kinda relate

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to everybody around there.

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You know where they're coming from,

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you know kinda their history,

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their ancestry,

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so it helped out a lot relating to 'em.

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I think what I like most about recruiting

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is really having that one-on-one
connection with people.

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They come to us and they're
looking for an outlet

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and we're able to give it to 'em.

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So it's just something
that really fulfills you,

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makes you just feel good about yourself

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and what you can do for other people.

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(thunder)

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